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Concerns about the global economic recovery and the ability of emerging markets, especially China, to keep growing are affecting prices for many commodities, including coal. Adding to coal’s...
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Yesterday’s publication of proposed new carbon emissions rules related to electricity power generating plants have taken even more steam out of US coal company stocks. The new rules are generally...
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The three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning after another (small) drop in new unemployment benefits claims and a good, but smaller-than-expected, rise in personal income and...
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The three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning after another (small) drop in new unemployment benefits claims and a good, but smaller-than-expected, rise in personal income and...
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US coal miner Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) said this morning that it was closing three of its contractor-operated coal mines and two production units in West Virginia “in response to weaker...
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There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. (NASDAQ: OSH),...
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Equities started the day with a solid move up, but lost momentum after about half an hour. The downward move lasted into the late morning, at which time stocks started a fitful climb back up. There...
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Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) and Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) are signaling some disturbing trends that only bring on more fears of recession. The companies have both lowered their...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Buy at...
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Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition that has probably been in the works for months. The coal miner has announced an all-cash acquisition of International Coal...
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The coal sector has been rocked in the past two weeks by deadly accidents at mines in China and the US. In China, 32 miners are still missing and 6 are dead, and in the US, 25 miners are dead and 4...
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CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CNX) announced a dramatic change in its guidance for the third quarter. Production is expected reach just 15 million tons, well below even the low estimate of 16.4 million tons in...
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These are not the only analyst calls affecting shares today, but these are ten of the calls that we are focusing on this Wednesday morning: Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ANPI) raised to...
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