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The 17 Most Important IPOs To Watch In 2012

The initial public offering market  in 2012 is likely to be much stronger than many anticipate. Despite the lingering uncertainty and the underperformance of many popular IPOs in 2011, this ...
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US EPA Links Fracking to Groundwater Contamination (ECA, CHK, XOM, EOG)

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a draft of its three-year study of possible groundwater contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing near Pavillion, Wyoming. The draft results are not ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AWK, BAC, BIP, CAT, C, CPO, DE, DMND, ECA, GPS, GOV, JOYG, JPM, OPEN, SSW, TXRH, USM, VLO)

These are some of Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) added to Strong Buy List at ...
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Bright Spot in Shipping: LNG Carriers (TGP, GLNG, APA, ECA, EOG)

Day rates for shippers of container, crude oil, and dry bulk cargoes have been hit hard this year as an over-supply of vessels and general concerns about the weak global ...
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Will Natural Gas Prices Ever Rise? (XOM, BP, CHK, ECA, COP, DVN, EOG, APC, UPL, STR)

A barrel of oil contains about six times as much energy as a thousand cubic feet of natural gas. By that metric, at today's WTI price of around $90/barrel, natural ...
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Sanchez Energy IPO Filing, An Eagle Ford Shale Winner (SEN, CHK, ECA, MRO)

A new initial public offering being filed by a Houston-based company called Sanchez Energy Corporation may not garner much interest all on its own.  Not until investors realize that this ...
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Natural Gas Players At-Risk As $4.00/tcf Gets Broken (UNG, XOM, CHK, ECA, DVN, EOG, STR, LNG, CQP, CLNE, WPRT)

If you believe that an energy policy in the United States can happen in the coming years, there is almost no way that natural gas can be ignored.  The massive ...
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December Buybacks Near $30 Billion Already, More For 2011 (T, AET, AZO, ADSK, CB, CAG, CCK, ECA, ENZN, HD, INTC, MAN, MKL, SWY, SYK, TEVA, TIBX, PKW, CSCO, GE, BAC, WFC, JPM)

There is a long-standing debate over the effect and impact of share buyback plans. What is not up for debate is that many companies have given big updates or announced ...
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December Buybacks Over $15 Billion, More For 2011 (AET, CB, CAG, ECA, HD, INTC, MKL, SWY, SYK, TEVA, CSCO, BAC, WFC, JPM)

There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders.  The theory is a simple one:  reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts ...
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Seeking Major Profits in Natural Gas Production (BP, CHK, XOM, ECA, COP, DVN, EOG, APC, UPL, HK)

The US Energy Information Administration has just released its summary of US oil and natural gas reserves as of the end of 2009 and the look-back will only highlight the ...
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The Haynesville Shale: Major Opportunity & Risk (CHK, ECA, HK, EOG, XOM, DVN, XCO, FST, PXP, EP, COG, SM, GDP, CRK, CLR, DCP, KMP, ETP)

US shale gas deposits were known to have existed for decades. The problem was how to turn them into flowing wells. The natural gas was tightly compressed into small pockets ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, ARUN, CRUS, DGI, ECA, GPS, MOT, OTEX, SIRI, SYMC)

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Accumulate at ...
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Foreign Investors Buy Into Shale Gas Play

Earlier this year Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE:PXD) said that it was seeking bids from potential partners to develop its holdings in the Eagle Ford shale gas play in south ...
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Greenland: Offshore Drilling’s Next Frontier

Since 2002, Greenland has issued 13 licenses to explore its onshore and offshore areas for oil and gas. Among the licensees are Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DISH, DTV, ECA, EXPE, MMM, NFLX, PIR, SFLY, UA, UAUA)

These are some of the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. ...
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