Spain’s industrial production falls 5.1% on an annual basis in February. (MarketWatch) U.S. brokerage firms pay increasingly higher bonuses to get top producers. (Reuters) Alcoa (NYSE: AA) has a surprising first-quarter profit.…
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) has managed to pull a rabbit out of its hat and it is the good kind. The aluminum giant and DJIA component just reported earnings of $94 million…
Jon C. Ogg Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to report earnings after the close on Tuesday and this will both be the first DJIA component to report earnings and it may set the tone…
Jon C. Ogg Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) kicks off the new earnings season after the markets close today, and according to S&P Capital IQ consensus estimates, it looks like earnings are going to be off…
Markets opened lower this morning on the first trading day in the US following last week’s poor report on non-farm payrolls. Higher-than-expected inflation in China also caused led some observers to suggest…
The first quarter earnings reports will start to dribble out this week and expectations have been tempered in recent trading days ahead of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) on Tuesday afternoon. The stock…
Companies will begin to release first quarter results this week. S&P says it expects a sharp slowdown in earnings improvements among the S&P 500. This, in turn, could knock the stock market…
A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP Morgan (NYSE:…
Jon OggEarnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012. There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA rose…
A few weeks ago Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) wrote down $9 billion on the value of its aluminum division, BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) cancelled its plans to to build a…
The metals and materials sector, including miners, has been hit hard by the weaker global economy. China’s manufacturing slowdown, the turmoil in Europe, and slow growth in the US have caused prices…
The world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP), is cancelling its plans to build a new aluminum smelter in Congo. Not only that, but BHP could be trying to sell…
Yesterday’s release of a new study by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on the impact of natural gas exports on domestic gas prices is just beginning to have its own impact…
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released a study on the impact of domestic pricing if the US begins to export natural gas. The question has been on the minds of…
US equities opened strongly this morning and managed to maintain solid gains throughout the day. The in-line earnings report last night from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) and higher commodity prices — based…
