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Media Digest (1/17/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 17, 2013 at 6:40 am

The head of Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) will leave after the company took a $14 billion write-down. (Reuters) The FAA grounds the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner after it ...
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Harry Winston Diamond Business Sold to Swatch

Posted: January 14, 2013 at 8:19 am

Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (NYSE: HWD) announced this morning that it has agreed to sell its luxury brand diamond jewelry and watch division, Harry Winston Inc., to Swiss-based The Swatch ...
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Base Metals Outlook Improves Little in 2013

Posted: January 7, 2013 at 10:13 am

A shrinking global economy took a heavy toll on producers of nonprecious metals in 2012. Prices for base and industrial metals like copper, iron ore, and aluminum fell sharply as ...
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Dry Bulk Shippers Pin Hopes on Iron Ore, China

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 12:01 pm

Shares of a host of shipping companies are getting a big boost today on a report from Bloomberg that the 2013 outlook for shipping rates, especially for iron ore, are ...
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Outlook 2013: Turnaround Unlikely in Base Metals

Posted: December 19, 2012 at 9:20 am

2012 has been a mixed year for the base metals. 24/7 Wall St. is looking into 2013 to see what the new year may bring for the sector. The long ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARO, AKS, BBY, BHP, BP, CCH, CTB, DE, EXC, FB, HTWR, KCG, MCD, MG, RIMM, SNDK, RIO, WAIR, YHOO)

Posted: November 26, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) cut to Neutral at Janney Capital. AK Steel ...
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Rio Tinto Gets OK to Expand Australian Mine

Posted: November 23, 2012 at 7:36 am

At a time when iron ore prices are falling like tears, Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) has just received approval from the Australian state government to expand one of its ...
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BHP Dumps Canadian Diamond Mine

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 10:56 am

Diamond company Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (NYSE: HWD) has agreed to purchase the Ekati diamond mine from the Canadian subsidiary of BHP Billiton PLC (NYSE: BHP) for $500 million. BHP ...
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European Markets Falling on Effects of Sandy

Posted: October 29, 2012 at 8:54 am

Major European equities markets are trading lower today as investors are waiting to see the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the heavily populated U.S. East Coast. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 15, 2012: Markets Hold onto Gains (C, KO, ORCL, RIO, SNDK, HAS, GCI, INTC, IBM, PKG, WDFC, FRX, GS, MAT, OMC, PNC, UNH, GWW, WWW, CLWR, S, CYCC, YONG)

Posted: October 15, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning, aided by a better-than-expected report on U.S. retail sales and a smaller-than-expected rise in the Empire State manufacturing survey (more ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ATK, CBF, CELG, CTIC, KO, ECL, ELX, HAS, HIBB, ISRG, JIVE, LOW, HD, NWL, EDU, ORCL, PGR, RIO, SNDK, S, TTWO, TRN, UTHR, WFT)

Posted: October 15, 2012 at 8:26 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) raised to Outperform at FBR ...
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Alcoa and the Sum of its Parts

Posted: October 9, 2012 at 11:08 am

Here we go again. We’d all feel cheated if a year were to pass without chatter about the possibility of a takeover of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). In 2007, BHP ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — September 5, 2012: Markets on Hold for ECB Announcement (FDX, FB, TWX, CHK, RIO, BLMN, FNSR, PBY, DG, FCEL, HWD, KFY, PAY, LAYN, NAV, NOK, BONT, FRAN)

Posted: September 5, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat to slightly lower again this morning even though word leaked out of the European Central Bank’s likely bond-buying scheme (our coverage here). ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ATVI, ADTN, AMD, AOL, CHK, CLF, CVGI, EA, LLY, FB, FDX, GRPN, HES, LNKD, OSIS, GOLD, RIO, STM, TWX, TIVO, WAB, ZNGA)

Posted: September 5, 2012 at 8:58 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) started as Buy at Jefferies. Adtran Inc. ...
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Glencore, Xstrata Deal Unraveling

Posted: August 29, 2012 at 7:37 am

When the proposed $90 billion merger between Glencore International and Xstrata was first announced, the seeds of its failure were first planted. Glencore already owned 34% of Xstrata and could ...
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