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After the Fall: Value in Oil Stocks (XOM, CVX, BP, SLB, HAL, BHI, VLO, MPC, TSO, OIH, XOP)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 11:11 am

The month-long slide in crude oil prices has chopped the share price of many of the biggest names in the oil patch. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is about -4% ...
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Oil Inventories & Capacity Act As Booster (OIH, VLO, PSX, USO)

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:44 am

The U.S. Department of Energy has released its weekly oil inventory data showing a build up in crude inventories as expected.  The rise came to +2.128 million barrels of crude ...
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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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As Crude Prices Fall, Are Refiners Going to Benefit? (HFC, WNR, VLO, TSO, MPC, PSX, SUN)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 9:57 am

As of about 9:30 this morning, Brent crude is trading at its lowest price in three months, and the price differential between Brent and WTI crude closed to about $12/barrel ...
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Major Reactions As Crude Marches Down Through $100/Barrel (USO, OIH, AMJ, XOM, CVX, SLB, BHI, RIG, NOV, VLO, CHK)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 12:24 pm

It was just a couple of days ago that oil was trading around $105 per barrel for West Texas Intermediate crude. Now the talk has migrated away from geopolitical risks associated ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (WPI, AZN, ANF, SPWR, YGE, COST, MERU, ACI, VECO, PBY, ADM, CPO, AVP, DPZ, PFE, VLO, ABX, JDSU, MRO, FSLR, V, PFCB, DAL, CHK)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 4:03 pm

The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (TRP, DMD, ARII, CHK, KFT, DG, KALU, LDK, HUM, SNH, SOHU, ACI, ADM, RATE, BRCM, DPZ, ODP, PFE, SIRI, VLO, BKS, SUN, PAY)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 4:13 pm

The major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning and continued drifting lower all day. The Chicago PMI report got the day started on the wrong foot, showing a ...
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How Bad Are Things in the Garbage and Waste Management Sector? (WM, RSG, WCN, BIN, ECOL, VLO)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:01 am

The garbage and waste management sector is supposed to be a futurist’s delight. There are generally large barriers to entry for new players and most geographies are controlled by regional monopolies or ...
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The Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (NYX, ACI, ADM, BRCM, CHK, SIRI, VLO, AWK, NLY, CMCSA, FSLR, GRMN, HIG, MA, SYMC, V, WFM)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm

Earnings season is in full swing and the coming week is going to be extremely active with big earnings reports.  24/7 Wall St. has tried to preview several top earnings for ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, FSLR, VLO, TIF, C, CMA, GS, JNJ, MMR, GWW, YHOO, SYK, STX, URI, SRSL, ENOC, LEE)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 4:07 pm

Markets opened higher this morning and by late-morning equities were trading down about 1.5% across the board, where they have mostly remained for the rest of the day. An upbeat ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACHN, AAPL, BSX, CLS, C, CTRN, FSLR, HAIN, IDIX, INFY, NCT, SAP, TNK, TIF, VLO, VRTX)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 8:27 am

These are some of today's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) Started as Outperform with $11 target at ...
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Lower EIA Oil & Energy Demand Projection Tempers Expectations (XOM, BHI, OIH, VLO, CHK, BTU, KOL)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Oil demand is being revised lower in a new forecast by the Energy Information Administration.  The reality is that the demand erosion is modest at a mere 70,000 barrels per ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, DELL, FWLT, HOG, KBR, MDR, NE, PLG, GOLD, RJF, SKS, TIVO, VLO, VE, WPRT)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at Wells ...
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Firms Approved to Make E15 Ethanol (ADM, BIOF, VLO)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 7:23 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday released a list of 20 companies that have been approved to manufacture ethanol for use in blending the 15% ethanol-gasoline blend known as E15. ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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