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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (May 31)

Posted: May 31, 2011 at 10:47 am

Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB) was sued for supporting dangerous para-military groups in Columbia in 2007. The EU began what is likely to be a vigorous examination of the Western Digital ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (5/3/2011)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 11:29 am

The Flame Index started as a research tool in 2008 at the NY Innovation Design Lab (nyidlab). It was used as a general metric to evaluate companies and their ...
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Merger Bonanza, The Shrinking Coal Sector (ACI, ICO, ANR, MEE, WLT, RIO, RFLMF, CNX, BTU, PCX, JRCC, KOL)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 10:12 am

Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition that has probably been in the works for months. The coal miner has announced an all-cash acquisition ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 5 The Companies With The Most Bad News

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 10:00 am

Note: The Flame Index scans thousands of news sites 24 hours per day and ranks companies getting the most negative press right now. The Flame Index Media Analysis Algorithm crunches ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index, The Companies With The Worst PR: March 16

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 10:21 am

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 ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 10 GM CFO Goes

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:55 am

BP (NYSE: BP) stayed at the top of the list of companies receiving the most negative news after skepticism about its CEO's apology about Deepwater Horizon. Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) threatened ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 9 BP Apology

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 10:36 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) CEO Dudley apologized for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The gesture apparently did not go over well. Negative press on the UK-based oil firm moved it to ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 8 Coal Drop Hits Massey

Posted: March 8, 2011 at 10:11 am

Bad press about Chevron (NYSE: CVX) rose on news that a federal judge would delay an $18 billion damage judgement made in Ecuador. Rite Aide was hit by poor press ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, ADP, COF, LNG, XOM, INTC, JBLU, MEE, RAD, PCL, GOLD, VLO, YHOO)

Posted: February 1, 2011 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APA, BRCM, BG, CIEN, HD, LOW, MEE, PETS, PWER, DGX, SAP, SBUX, RDS-A)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 8:35 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy ...
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Alpha Gets Massey for $8.5 Billion (ANR, MEE, BTU, ACI)

Posted: January 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Reports have been  around or months that Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) would acquire Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE). Other suitors were mentioned, but Alpha was always at the ...
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Coal Sector Has Much More Than Arch’s Earnings Signal (ACI, BTU, MEE, ICO, PCX, CNX, KOL)

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 12:53 pm

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 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, BHI, CIM, FFIV, FLR, GS, HCBK, MNKD, MEE, MU, SHAW, TYC)

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Baker ...
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Massey Energy Deal in the Works? (MEE, ANR, MT, PCX, ICO, WLT, WTNCF, KOL)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 10:53 am

Since the CEO of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) resigned earlier this month, the odds improved that the company would either be acquired or that it might go through a ...
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Today’s Top Rumors (CSCO, GOOG, MEE, MOT, SNE)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 9:03 am

There are several rumors and developments happening this morning.  We are tracking these and other situations, with updates throughout the day pending developments. China is considering a tightening of credit ...
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