“Green is green as in the color of money” – Brand director of General Electric, Brandweek, July 26, 2006 “Greenwashing” is the act of misleading the public regarding the environmental practices of…
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) has won the auction for seven ethanol plants formerly owned by VeraSun Energy Corporation (VSUNQ), which is now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Valero will pay $477 million for…
A Brazilian newspaper reports this morning that Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) may purchase the Brazilian ethanol group Unialco, together with a mill belonging to Da Mata. According to the news…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Complete Production (CPX)…
According to Reuters, Obama won the race for US president Reuters reports that stock index futures were steady after the Obama win.
Osiris Therapeutics (OSIR) started the day with a big surge. More details. Animal Health (AHII) may be one of the worst performing stocks today. Financial giant CIT (CIT) may have one of…
This morning’s earnings report from Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) offers proof that if a company is going to be in the ethanol business, it had better have a fallback position. ADM blew past analysts’…
The most prominent ethanol energy company in the US, Verasun (VSE), is filing for Chapter 11. Among other things the firm has been pinched by falling oil prices, which make ethanol less…
These are some of the top upgrades we have seen this Monday morning with about 2 hours until the open: Allied Capital (ALD) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)…
According to Reuters, a new tally of votes for the Yahoo! (YHOO) board election shows a high percentage of protest votes. Reuters reports that the Fed held rates steady and indicated it…
Global Industries (GLBL) Bad second quarter. Falls to $7.81 from $28. Himax Technologies (HIMX) Still dropping a day after rough results. Down to $2.79 from 52-week high of$6.29. Reliant Energy (RRI) Q2…
Today’s earnings report from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) not only missed analyst’s targets, but may have missed the broad side of the barn. Analyst expected EPS of $0.67, and got EPS of…
Ethanol stocks appear to be under pressure this morning. Citigroup has downgraded the group to a SELL rating, partially based upon the Midwest flooding. VeraSun (NYSE: VSE) and BioFuel Energy (NASDAQ: BIOF)…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning: Archer-Daniels (NYSE: ADM) cut to Hold at Citigroup. ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underperform at Jefferies.…
Very few people drive down the miles-long highways and dirt roads in the middle of the country to see combines cut grain and fertilizer trucks spread chemicals. The picture is not monochromatic,…
Douglas A. McIntyre