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ThinkstockThe price of bacon in the United States rose 13% in February, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency said that the supply of hogs was “ample,”...
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Alcoa may no longer be a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, but investors are still trying to use the company as a harbinger for earnings season. The aluminum giant beat earnings on soft...
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Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is no longer a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, but it is still the first of the large earnings reports. Prior to Tuesday, the aluminum giant’s shares were down about...
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Alcoa may no longer be a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, but it is still the first of the large stocks that the stock market tries to use as an earnings season indicator or as an economic...
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When the EPA ruled last month that Northern Dynasty Minerals could not proceed with its plan for the Pebble Mine in Alaska, Rio Tinto had a decision to make. It made that decision Monday.
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The natural gas revolution claimed its first coal-mining victim after markets closed Monday night. James River Coal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it tries to find either investors or...
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Monsanto reported better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. Shares were fractionally higher in premarket trading.
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The size of this year's corn crop is expected to be smaller than last year's, raising the price farmers can expect to get for their crop and raising the price that consumers pay for corn flakes.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton is working on a plan to spin off its underperforming assets. Shares of some of its competitors were higher Tuesday, as investors speculated the spin-off might prove...
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Sterne Agee issued a flash note on Monday showing that, along with Alcoa's recent capacity curtailments in Rusal, the company announced it will shelve its plans to open a new smelter.
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its preliminary report on March farm prices Friday afternoon. The all-products price index rose by 5 points month-over-month (4.7%) to...
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The EPA last year invalidated a 2007 permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers to a subsidiary of Arch Coal allowing the company to build a mountaintop mine in West Virginia. The U.S. Supreme...
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This could be the moment the investors looking to own gold stocks have been waiting for. RBC Capital Markets analysts believe precious metal equities are poised to outperform other mining stocks and...
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ThinkstockCoal may have gotten some life after the price of natural gas surged in the cold winter months. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks that the coal sector’s long-term prospects are rising....
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ThinkstockFor weeks, people who follow copper and the stocks of copper producers have been wringing their hands as prices have slipped ever lower, finally hitting a 44-month low Wednesday morning....
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