Coal miner Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) announced this morning that it would close its Virginia Buchanan longwall coal-mining operation and reduce its operations to five days a week. The company expects…
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) reported fourth quarter and full year earnings this morning, and, like most other coal miners, the fourth quarter was just okay, while the outlook for the year…
US coal miners had a tough fourth quarter and most are expecting the same conditions for at least the first half of 2012. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot Coal Co.…
Coal company stock prices hit a five-year high in the summer of 2008, just before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy sent the entire global economy into a tailspin. Five-year lows hit most companies…
Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) is the next M&A target if the daily rumor mill has any truth to it. The rumor is that Anglo American is weighing on whether or not…
The number of stocks that made substantial gains for the week was limited. The great exception to that rule was Petrohawk Energy Corporation Co (NYSE: HK) which jumped 62.5% on Friday after…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AEGON N.V. (NYSE: AEG) maintained “Buy” but removed from Conviction Buy…
A Goldman Sachs analyst has raised the coal sector from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Attractive’ this morning. The big gainer was Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) which was raised from ‘neutral’ to Goldman’s Conviction…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Reiterated Hold at Argus. Biogen Idec…
Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition that has probably been in the works for months. The coal miner has announced an all-cash acquisition of International…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (11 MAR -17 MAR) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 17Mar11 Close Price 11Mar11 Market Cap($Mil) CONSOL Energy Inc. CNX 13.8 55.33 52.48 12517.7 Peabody Energy…
Japanese officials have confirmed 4,340 dead and 9,083 still missing as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country a week ago, according to London’s Daily Mail newspaper. Those…
Healthnet was hammered on news that it “missplaced” data on 2 million customers. Toyota (NYSE: TM) remained high on the list due to concerns about Japanese production and sales. Regulatory problems and…
Lubrizol (NYSE: LZ) is being bought by Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) for $9 billion. Investors seem to think that is too low. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is hurt by earthquake and interruption of…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (18 FEB -24 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 24Feb11 Close Price 18Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK 12.9 34.35 30.43 22462.0 Cabot Oil…
