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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...