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Brazil Miner Vale Wants To Be Global Fertilizer Leader (VALE, BHP, POT, RTP, MOS, IPI, AAUKF)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Brazil's Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) is the world's leading miner of iron ore and wants to become the world's leading producer of fertilizer. The company's move into the fertilizer business ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMCC, BSX, CLWR, FLEX, JACK, MDT, MPEL, MCO, NFLX, PPL, RTP, ZMH)

Posted: September 2, 2010 at 8:13 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (NASDAQ: AMCC) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, DGIT, GPS, GPRE, KYN, RAX, RTP)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes this Tuesday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Outperform at BMO ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, AEO, APEI, AWR, ADSK, CECO, COCO, DV, KLIC, RTP, RIG)

Posted: August 6, 2010 at 8:15 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Market Perform at Wells ...
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Australia Lowers Excess-Profits Tax Proposal (BHP, RTP, XSRAY, VA

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Last week's change in Australian prime ministers has produced an early result for mining companies with assets in the country. A proposed excess profits tax of 40%, put forth by ...
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Gold Rush, Yet Many Poor Miners (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, GRZ, DROOY, RTP, KGC, AUY)

Posted: June 4, 2010 at 2:17 pm

Over the past year, gold prices have jumped by about a third, from around $900/ounce to over $1,200/ounce. And while the ETFs that track gold bullion and gold miners are ...
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Media Digest 5/24/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 24, 2010 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   China avoided a commitment on the yuan's value during talks with the US. Reuters:   A Senate committee will look at the UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) merger with Continental (NYSE: CAL). ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, MT, CVS, DELL, FDX, GERN, GFIG, HPQ, RTP, UPS, WAG, WFC, WFMI)

Posted: May 20, 2010 at 8:10 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. ...
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Could Australian Resource Tax Come to the US? (BHP, RTP, XOM)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 2:34 pm

The Australian government's proposed 40% super profits tax has caused a considerable uproar among mining companies operating in that country. BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) has said it would use all its ...
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China Still Runs on Coal (BTU, ANR, CNX, BHP, RTP, YZC)

Posted: May 10, 2010 at 4:08 pm

China consumed 864 million metric tons of coal in the first quarter of 2010. Thermal coal consumption to generate electricity totaled 444 million metric tons and metallurgical coal consumption, primarily ...
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Rio Tinto Boosts Iron Ore Production But Faces Speed Bumps

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 2:58 pm

During the first quarter of 2010, Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) boosted production of iron ore by 39% compared with the same period last year. The primary driver, as expected, is China, where ...
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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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Media Digest (3/29/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 29, 2010 at 2:51 am

Reuters:   A suicide bomber killed 37 in Moscow. Reuters:   China sentenced Rio Tinto (RTP) executives in prison for ten years. Reuters:   A JPMorgan $1.4 billion tax write-off faces FDIC scrutiny. Reuters:   ...
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Media Digest 3/23/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 23, 2010 at 2:55 am

Reuters:   Google (GOOG) risks China's wrath by its challenge to censorship Reuters:   China expressed both regret and anger at Google's move. Reuters:   The head of the Chicago Fed said the ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Daily Stock Watch 3.23

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 8:05 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter ...
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