S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (11 MAR -17 MAR) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 17Mar11 Close Price 11Mar11 Market Cap($Mil) CONSOL Energy Inc. CNX 13.8 55.33 52.48 ... Read Full Story »
Japanese officials have confirmed 4,340 dead and 9,083 still missing as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country a week ago, according to London's Daily Mail ... Read Full Story »
Healthnet was hammered on news that it "missplaced" data on 2 million customers. Toyota (NYSE: TM) remained high on the list due to concerns about Japanese production and sales. Regulatory ... Read Full Story »
Lubrizol (NYSE: LZ) is being bought by Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) for $9 billion. Investors seem to think that is too low. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is hurt by earthquake and ... Read Full Story »
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (18 FEB -24 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 24Feb11 Close Price 18Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK 12.9 34.35 30.43 ... Read Full Story »
Like demand for crude oil, demand for coal is being driven by China. The government's recent decision to limit domestic production means that other coal miners will be sending more ... Read Full Story »
Apparently it seems that getting coal in your Christmas stockings is now a good thing. FBR Capital Markets has a research report this morning that is highlighting some select coal ... Read Full Story »
After the markets closed on Friday, the board of directors of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) issued a press release announcing that its long-time board chairman and CEO, Don Blankenship, ... Read Full Story »
The board of directors of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) are meeting this week to decide on the company's next step following a report in mid-October that it was "exploring ... Read Full Story »
The coal sector has enjoyed much of the same run that has been seen by other commodities of late. Coal companies and commodities companies are about to start reporting earnings ... Read Full Story »
China consumed 864 million metric tons of coal in the first quarter of 2010. Thermal coal consumption to generate electricity totaled 444 million metric tons and metallurgical coal consumption, primarily ... Read Full Story »
The coal sector has been rocked in the past two weeks by deadly accidents at mines in China and the US. In China, 32 miners are still missing and 6 ... Read Full Story »
These are this Wednesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early morning Wall Street research notes: Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. CONSOL Energy ... Read Full Story »
This morning we got to see the new equity holdings of T. Boone Pickens, via his BP Capital Management, L.P., as of March 31, 2009. Some of the higher stakes ... Read Full Story »
We have been saying for some time that 2009 would be a tougher year for coal producers than 2008 was. The struggling economy just doesn't need more energy. CONSOL Energy ... Read Full Story »