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Commodities Daily: Ag Prices Rise, Severely Lag Rare Earths (WY, MCP, REE, AVL, VALE, RIO, BHP)

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 4:01 pm

It's 4:00 pm and time for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today's biggest upside move in ag products came in cotton, up about 3.5%, while wool was ...
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No End In Sight for Rising Iron Ore Prices (PKX, BHP, RIO, VALE)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Some of the largest steelmakers in the world have been hoping to see a fall in the price of iron ore, but such a decline does not appear to be ...
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Cargill to Sell Stake in Mosaic, Setting Off Another Fertilizer Chase (MOS, BHP, POT, AGU, MON, RIO, VALE)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 9:54 am

Time to get ready for another chase scene in the fertilizer business. Privately held agricultural giant Cargill Inc. plans to sell its 64% stake in Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) for ...
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Mosaic Sets Positive Ag-Potash-Fertilizer Tone for 2011 (MOS, VALE, POT, IPI, MOO)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 5:06 pm

The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) just set the tone for a positive reception for the potash and fertilizer market stocks. The company was the first real earnings report after the ...
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Mining Win: Joy Today, Joy Ahead (JOYG, CAT, BUCY, BHP, VALE, RIO, XSRAY, AAUKY)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 11:42 am

The demand for metals and minerals of all kinds is pushing up sales and profits in the makers of the equipment used to extract the commodities. Joy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Real Mergers & More in Potash Sector (POT, BHP, VALE, KCL.TO)

Posted: November 22, 2010 at 9:41 am

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) may have seen its shares surge on a buyout offer from BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP), but there is other merger that is standing ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AA, AMZN, EXPE, YGE, JCP, JKS, MOT, NBIX, QLGC, SCSC, SOLF, VALE, VSAT, VMW)

Posted: October 8, 2010 at 8:21 am

Maybe everyone is hanging on for the unemployment report, but this Friday morning there are many key influential analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Alcoa ...
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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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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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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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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BKD, EOG, ITRI, K, PTEN, PEET, PGR, THRX, VALE, VRSN)

Posted: March 29, 2010 at 7:38 am

These are this Monday's top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) Removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List. EOG ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADI, NLY, BIDU, CVX, ESLR, ITMN, JCG, LMT, SONC, VALE)

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 8:22 am

These are this Wednesday's top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street morning research calls: Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Annaly Capital ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BX, D, FCX, GS, NFLX, PAYX, SPLS, SLB, VALE)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 8:10 am

These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BIDU, CNQ, CCH, GENZ, KFT, LOW, MCD, NDAQ, NEM, QSFT, UBS, WCRX, VALE)

Posted: February 3, 2010 at 8:24 am

These are this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Reiterated Buy but target raised to $550 at Goldman Sachs. ...
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