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This morning we saw Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI) report a tripling of earnings for the second quarter, $113 million compared with $37.6 million for the same period a year ago. The company reported EPS of...
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has decided to start paying out a dividend to shareholders. The company’s board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on the common...
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Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has come out and reported earnings, marking the first of the large companies to post earnings to kick off earnings season. The metals giant posted $0.66 EPS on $7.6 Billion in...
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Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to lead off Q2-2008 earnings season. After looking around at many last minute sources, we’d caution against you falling for tying the overall bias of earnings season...
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Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) has just reported its quarterly earnings report. The agriculture and seed giant has posted $1.45 EPS on $3.588 Billion in total sales. First Call had estimates at $1.34...
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Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) is set to report earnings on Wednesday morning pre-market with a conference call to follow at 9:30 AM EST opening bell. The seed and agricultural giant is expected to see...
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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) is seeing a surge in pre-market trading this Tuesday after the company raised its guidance. Reliance expects its earnings to now come in a range of...
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Bunge (BG), which has a big business in finished corn products, is buying Corn Products International (CPO) for $4.4 billion. CPO’s name pretty much says how it makes its money. The price is a 25%...
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) and Investment Saskatchewan have announced that they are seeking a buyer for Saskferco Products Inc. This is a joint venture of Canadian government and Mosaic. Mosaic...
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Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN) is seeing a severe reaction to its earnings report this morning. In fact, the fallout is hitting competitors rather hard as well. We first noticed this one over in...
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The Toronto Stock Exchange has granted a final approval for an emerging potash player to list its shares on the TSX. Potash One Inc. will trade under the ticker "KCL" on the TSX starting on...
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Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) is seeing a surge in shares this morning after the agriculture player raised its guidance for part of 2008. The firm raised guidance for its second quarter to $2.80 to $3.00...
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Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.–Will Rogers Corn prices, up 47% this year, are likely to rise again. The heavy rain in the Midwest is killing off some of the crop. Flooding...
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The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) has just received an Investment Grade rating from independent ratings agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. The bond rating service has raised its corporate...
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This week set one specific outcome in motion: price hikes equals inflation. We saw several major producers announce price hikes, and that is on the heels of other price hikes elsewhere that have...
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