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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/2/2011) Sinopec M&A, MF Global

Updated throughout the day. The FBI may probe the causes of the MF Global bankruptcy (Reuters) Sinopec (NYSE: SNP) may buy a stake in Galp Energia SGPS SA  (Bloomberg) Douglas ...
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China Drives Away Investors on Hard Landing Concern

If there is any single signal that China may be in for a hard economic landing, it is the performance of the local stock markets on the mainland and in Hong ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, AEM, AXP, AMR, BHP, COF, CMG, SNP, CEO, JNY, ERIC, PTR, RVBD, SODA, SON, SWC, WRB)

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.  Despite the weakness, there are still upgrades taking place. ...
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Pipeline from Canada to US Gulf Coast, Billions At Risk Or Reward (TRP, XOM, SU, SNP, COP, CVX, MUR, TOT, RDS-A, BP, DVN, KMP, ENB)

A decision is expected by the end of this year from the US State Department on whether or not the US will allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built. ...
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The Great Shale Gas Opportunity in China For Outsiders (BHI, HAL, SLB, NOV, CHK, DVN, SNP, CEO, PTR, RDS-A, CVX, BP)

The boom in US natural gas drilling resulting from the technological advances of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing is beginning to spread to the rest of the world. In some ...
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China to Begin Serious Hunt for Shale Gas (SNP, PTR, CEO, RDS-A, CVX, BP, STO, HAL, SLB, BHI, NOV, DVN, CHK)

None of China's three largest oil companies is having a particularly good year as far as refining profits go. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) -- known as Sinopec ...
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Another Oil Sands Producer Acquired by China (CEO, SNP, COP, TOT, PTR, CHK)

Another day, another energy acquisition by a Chinese firm. This time its Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) putting out about $2.1 billion for Toronto-traded Canadian oil sands developer Opti Canada. In ...
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Commodities Watch: US Oil Supply Surges, Refiners Post Yearly Highs; Cotton Jumps to Limit; Copper, Gold, Silver Shine (SNP, VLO, TSO, WNR, FCX, JJC, COPX, GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, SIL)

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. The US Energy Information Administration announced today that crude oil stocks in the US grew by ...
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Shuffling the Deck in the Canadian Oil Sands (TOT, SU, TCK, OXY, COP, SNP)

French oil major Total SA (NYSE: TOT) and Canada's Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) have agreed to form an alliance that combines the two companies' interests in a number of ...
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China Keeps Interest Rate Steady, Pushes Up Shares (BIDU, CHL, SNP, GOOG)

Over the weekend the Chinese government revealed that the country's inflation rate had hit 5.1%, considerably higher than expectations of around 4.7%. An interest rate hike was expected to follow, ...
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Valero Leads Off for Refiners on Profits and Revenue (VLO, TSO, MRO, FTO, WNR, SNP, PTR)

Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) is the first of the oil refiners to report earnings this quarter, and this morning's release is a lot better than a year ago, when diluted ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/15/2010)

Updated throughout the day. Sinochem (NYSE: SNP) has given up on its bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) (Reuters) GM should have mid-November IPO (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has renewed it ...
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Media Digest (10/11/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: CNOOC offered $1.1 billion for a part of Chesapeake Energy, a deal the US may not approve. Reuters:   Pressure to investigate mortgage practices has begun to build for banks. ...
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Media Digest 10/4/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   The American Sociology Review said a group of mortgages aimed at racially segregated neighborhoods helped cause the mortgage crisis. Reuters:   Sanofi-Aventis made an $18.5 billion offer for Genzyme (NASDAQ: ...
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Media Digest (10/1/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters:   A trade  by Waddell & ...
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