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ThinkstockGoldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) reported third-quarter 2013 earnings before markets opened Thursday morning. The gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.23 on adjusted revenues...
thinkstock Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The fertilizer maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Tuesday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 77 billion cubic feet for the week ending October 11, compared with an...
ThinkstockThe steel industry tends to go with the pulse of U.S. and international economic growth. Mired in slow growth for years, the top steel stocks became relegated to the Wall Street doghouse....
ThinkstockFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The mining company posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
ThinkstockAfter reporting third-quarter results Thursday, Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) jumped more than 9%, before ending the day about 3.7% higher. On Friday morning, shares tried to make a...
ThinkstockPeabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The coal miner’s adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) came to $0.05, on...
ThinkstockMolycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is becoming an expert at screwing its investors. If anyone wanted a “death before dilution” company in their portfolio, they have been slaughtered over and...
ThinkstockOn signs that U.S. lawmakers could be making progress toward resolving their differences over the debt ceiling and the government shutdown, gold futures dropped to a new three-month low...
thinkstockAfter Russian potash producer Uralkali pulled out of the Belarusian Potash Co., a potash marketing group formed with Belarus’s Belaruskali, Belarus took the occasion to nab Uralkali’s...
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 90 billion cubic feet last week, compared with an expected build of...
ThinkstockThe federal government has been buying sugar since June as it is required to do by law when the price falls below $0.21 a pound. Uncle Sugar indeed! A report at Bloomberg indicates that the...
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 6.8 million barrels last week,...
ThinkstockAubrey McClendon, co-founder and former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), has raised about $1.7 billion for the new company he founded almost as soon as the ink was dry on his...
ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season, and it was probably more than just a timing coincidence that Alcoa’s shares were downgraded this morning ahead of the numbers....