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Morning Movers (VVUS, ONVI, CTHR, PPO, GNK)

Posted: February 23, 2012 at 10:17 am

The three major US equities indexes opened about flat this morning as US jobless claims came in near expectations at 351,000 new claims (our coverage here). The European Commission’s forecast ...
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Drop in Shipping Could Mean Weak Holiday Season for Retail (DRYS, GNK, EXM, SSW, DAC, TGT, M, WMT)

Posted: September 2, 2011 at 9:01 am

One indicator of a profitable holiday season for US retailers is the flow of goods into US ports. The shipping season for holiday goods generally starts in July and August ...
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DryShips Acquires Competitor (DRYS, OCNFD, EGLE, EXM, GNK)

Posted: July 26, 2011 at 9:51 am

In October 2007, shares of bulk carrier DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) traded as high as $124/share. The share price today is less than $4/share, but that is not stopping the ...
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Shipping Faces Oversupply, Rising Fuel Costs (AMKBF, DRYS, GNK, DSX, EGLE, EXM)

Posted: May 11, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (OTC: AMKBF) posted profit of $1.22 billion for the first quarter on revenue of about $15.2 billion, both significantly better than the same period ...
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Shipping Companies and the Japan Effect (DRYS, DSX, GNK, AMKBF, DAC, SSW, FRO, NAT, TK, TGP, GLNG, SEA)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 10:54 am

As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, the country will depend heavily on importing raw materials into the country and exporting finished goods. There are a number ...
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Dry Bulk Shippers Raising Cash to Diversify (DSX, DRYS, GNK, TOD)

Posted: December 23, 2010 at 9:42 am

A couple of large deals have now been completed in the shipping business, the latest of which is the partial spin-off by Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) of 80% of ...
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Shippers Face More Woes on Over-capacity (DRYS, DSX, GNK, AMKBF)

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 2:25 pm

We've been watching the Baltic Dry Index, BDI, for a while now as it slides further and further down. The index, which measures freight rates for ships carrying commodity cargoes ...
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Container Shipping Rises While Commodity Shipping Slides

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 1:39 pm

Seaborne shipping is experiencing a boom and bust period now as container shipping is having a difficult time meeting demand while dry bulk shipping continues its free-fall. The Baltic Dry ...
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Commodity Shipping Continues Declining (DRYS, GNK, DSX, SEA, FRO, TK)

Posted: July 1, 2010 at 11:56 am

The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks global shipping rates, has fallen for 24 consecutive days, its longest losing streak since August 2005. The BDI closed at 2,406 yesterday, its lowest ...
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New Pricing Scheme for Iron Ore Attacked

Posted: April 2, 2010 at 10:50 am

For the past 40 years, the price of iron ore has been set annually in a negotiated deal between miners and buyers. Typically, the first large customer to cut ...
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Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Rally

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Tickerspy's Dry Bulk Shipping Stock Index (*DBULK) rose 5.1% today, beating the S&P 500 by 1.3.%.  Dry shipping stocks were given a boost by upgrades today.  Deutsche Bank upgraded Genco ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AMGN, CPLP, DRIV, DSX, DNA, GNK, MAKO)

Posted: October 2, 2008 at 7:16 am

These are some of the top upgrades we are seeing from Wall Street analysts this morning:Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.Capital Product Partners (CPLP) Started as Outperform at ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 19, 2007)

Posted: June 19, 2007 at 6:20 am

ACLI cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.ACOR raised to Buy at B of A.AGO cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.ANAD started as Buy at Oppenheimer.ANET cut to Neutral at Baird.ATHR started ...
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