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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.74 on revenues...
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Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) should have hoped founder Richard Shulze might have bought the firm as he considered its financial status. Now, it may be too late. Best Buy offered the kind of earnings...
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Earlier this week, CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) reported quarterly results that were more or less in line with estimates, but the mix of shipments was not what the railroader was used to. Coal shipments...
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Steelmaker AK Steel Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AKS) reported quarterly earnings today and the results that were better than expected, but earnings per share (EPS) still came in negative. AK Steel joins...
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Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) has bid $2.8 billion for Australian grain grower and marketer GrainCorp. According a press release from GrainCorp, the offer is a nonbinding...
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Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The coal mining company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51 on revenues of...
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) reported third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The mining firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.86 on...
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In August, weather forecasts for the coming winter suggested that the formation of an El Niño weather pattern was progressing nicely, which typically means slightly warmer and wetter weather for the...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled today that the U.S. did not illegally dump a type of specialty steel into the Chinese market beginning in 2010. China imposed 19.5% tariffs on the...
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Weak macroeconomic data drove central banks’ monetary policy during the third quarter, and those policies drove the world’s demand for gold, according to the latest report from the World Gold...
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Spot prices for uranium hit a two-year low last week at $45.75 amid a pending decision over Japan’s nuclear future, excess uranium inventories and slowing growth in China. Japan is dragging its...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last night that the harvest of this year’s U.S. corn crop is 79% complete and the soybean harvest is 71% complete. These numbers are significantly higher...
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In the first official comments since the revised merger agreement between Glencore International and Xstrata, the prime minister of Qatar has said, “[W]e are looking in favor of doing something...
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Crop-nutrient maker Yongye International Inc. (NASDAQ: YONG) has announced that a consortium led by the company’s chairman and CEO has made a preliminary, nonbinding offer of $6.60 a share in cash...
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As natural gas prices rise along with a forecast for a colder winter in the U.S., U.S. coal stocks have benefited from a burst of enthusiasm since early October. Share prices have jumped as much as...
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