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Jefferies Adds Four New Stocks to Global Conviction List (DECK, PTR, TKOMY, VNTV)

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 8:30 am

While the U.S. and Asian markets have had strong starts to the 2013 trading year, global equities as a whole have faced some headwinds over the past month. Many of ...
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American Stocks Dominate Global Equities

Posted: August 28, 2012 at 9:05 am

More American companies are among the 20 largest in the world than at any time in the past decade. This is because earnings at U.S. companies have risen faster than ...
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Hang Seng Down 3% as Contagion Spreads to China

Posted: July 23, 2012 at 6:26 am

Economic contagion has spread to China, as the markets there signal deep concern. The Hang Seng fell 3% overnight as the reality that Europe will undermine growth in the People’s Republic set ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACE, AIG, CAR, RATE, CIEN, CTSH, DNDN, EBAY, ENS, EXPD, GOOG, JPM, MM, MS, NBG, PTR, RTN, VCLK, VECO, YGE)

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 8:03 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Ace Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Started as Buy at Stern Agee. American ...
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Valero May Sell Shuttered Aruba Refinery to China (VLO, PTR, DAL, HES, CHK)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 3:17 pm

In a filing yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) said that it has accepted an offer of $350 million plus working capital ...
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Media Digest (4/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 5:54 am

A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP ...
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What’s Important Today (3/29/2012) PetroChina Tops Oil Production, Goldman Board Meets

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 6:34 am

Europe moved closer to raising the value of all of its bailout funds to a total of $1.3 trillion. Many economists believe that sum will calm the global capital markets. Worry ...
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PetroChina Passes Exxon

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 6:18 am

Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is no longer the world's largest corporate producer of oil. That distinction has gone to PetroChina (NYSE: PTR). Reuters reports that "PetroChina announced Thursday that it ...
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Shell Gets Shale Gas Deal in China (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 7:25 am

Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) announced that the company’s China subsidiary has signed a production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of publicly traded ...
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Market Raises U.S. Gas Prices, Chinese Government Raises Its

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 6:23 am

China does not need to depend on the free market to set gas prices. It can largely determine what its drivers and businesses pay for gas and diesel. The U.S., ...
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Media Digest (3/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 6:21 am

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) begins staff cuts as part of an annual review process. (Reuters) The Obama Administration is expected to help U.S. solar panel makers in a trade war ...
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China Sees Explosive Growth in Shale Gas Production (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 9:07 am

Under a new development plan released today, China forecasts production growth of natural gas from its shale deposits of around 230 billion cubic feet by 2015, up from zero today. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BRCD, CAB, CHK, CEO, EXM, HPQ, JNPR, LVLT, ERIC, MELI, PTR, POOL, TJX, VVUS)

Posted: February 23, 2012 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) Reiterated Hold at Argus. Cabela's, Inc. ...
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Media Digest (2/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:37 am

Greek ministers will go to Brussels to meet with EU officials about restructuring of debt, but several details have not been resolved. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) posts earnings that trouble Wall ...
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Media Digest (2/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 6:47 am

The U.S. indicts Swiss bank Wegelin on tax evasion charges. (Reuters) Fed president Richard Fisher says there is no need for QE3. (Reuters) Panasonic posts a quarterly loss of $2.6 ...
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