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ThinkstockOne sure way of making money in coal mining these days is to find a buyer for your mining assets. That is what Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) did this morning, and its stock price is getting a...
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ThinkstockA purchase of the Financial Times is once again being discussed, and the buyers are said to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and the state-controlled Abu Dhabi Media Group. A...
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ThinkstockAs the Federal Reserve moves down the path of asset purchases intended to produce “substantial improvement” in employment while keeping inflation under control, markets are demanding...
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Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Shares of BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) are sure to take a serious beating today following a dismal earnings report for the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year and an...
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June 27, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the reports on new U.S. jobless claims and personal income and a blizzard of data from Europe. Eurozone consumer confidence is...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released its preliminary report on June farm prices. The index uses prices from 1990 to 1992 as its base value (100). The June all-products...
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ThinkstockThe manufacturing survey from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank posted a reading of -5 in June, down from 2 in May and equal to the readings in March and April. A reading above zero...
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thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 95 billion cubic feet last week, compared with an expected build of 88 billion cubic...
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ThinkstockThe National Association of Realtors (NAR) this morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes in May. The pending home sales index rose 6.5% from a downwardly revised 105.2...
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ThinkstockKB Home (NYSE: KBH) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The home builder reported a quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.04 on revenues...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsWe have two key pieces of employment data for Thursday’s key economic reports. Weekly jobless claims data is out from the U.S. Labor Department and personal income...
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courtesy ConAgra Foods Inc.ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The food processor and packager reported...
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courtesy of FordAutomakers will be reporting June sales next week, and now is the time for industry watchers to make their predictions of how the carmakers have performed. Kelley Blue Book (KBB)...
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June 26, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the final reading on first quarter U.S. GDP growth, which came in lower than expected, but investors apparently believe that...
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thinkstockThe International Energy Agency (IEA) said today that power generation from renewable sources will surpass generation by natural gas by 2016. Renewables also will generate twice as much...
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