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Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM) today reported a summary of recent Company highlights and financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Revenues $13.6M EPS $(0.14)

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), Colombia's state-run oil company, released its fourth-quarter results today after the close of U.S. markets and while the results were impressive, the company's plans to spend $80 billion on exploration and production activities through 2020 is the real news. Ecopetrol's...

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), Colombia's state-run oil company, released its fourth-quarter results today after the close of U.S. markets and while the results were impressive, the company's plans to spend $80 billion on exploration and production activities through 2020 is the real news. Ecopetrol's...

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc (NYSE: POT) was upgraded by Gleacher from "neutral" to "buy." POT's shares closed at $60.00 on Friday. POT's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 38.03%. Davenport upgraded WellPoint Inc (NYSE: WLP) from "neutral" to "buy.” WLP's shares closed at $66.52 on...

Analysts at Barclays upgrade Frontier Oil Corporation (NYSE: FTO) from “underweight” to “equal weight.” The target price for FTO is set to $28. FTO shares rose 9.66% to close at $28.03 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

At the time of this writing, there are still a few minutes left in the trading day, but it's safe to say that this has been an interesting. Despite a holiday-shortened week, U.S. stocks and ETFs seemed to pack 10 days of excitement into four days and with the Libya situation not yet cured, this...

(TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks are on pace to double last year's gains, with the S&P 500 Index up 3.8% so far in 2011. However, unrest in the Middle East has caused a correction. With economic growth expected to accelerate in the first quarter, stocks are still attractive. However, it's best to...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report on World Fuel Services Corp (NYSE: INT), raising its price target from $35 to $42. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "INT posted 4Q10 EPS of $0.56, coming in ahead of our $0.50 estimate and the average Street forecast of $0.49. Higher-than-expected gross...

First up is an IPO of Hutchison Port Holdings Trust which is part of conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa which will list in Singapore. The actual ports are in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau but the listing, as mentioned, is in Singapore. The trust structure can be thought of as being like a REIT and this...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) from $35 to $42 and maintains its Overweight rating.

erenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM) today announced a series of changes within its senior management team to take effect March 31: Carlos Riva, currently Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be retiring from his position at the Company. He will continue to be available to the...

World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) today reported fourth quarter net income of $39.4 million or $0.56 diluted earnings per share compared to $34.5 million or $0.57 diluted earnings per share in the fourth quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share for the fourth...

Four local ironworkers, all suffering injuries from exposure to hydrofluoric acid (HF) in March 2009, are alleging that Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) and its subcontractors knew the long troubled South Philadelphia Refinery's Unit 433 was an accident waiting to happen and failed to protect them from harm.

Shares of Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) are lower on the session by 3.45%, trading at $23.47. Overall put volume is now running at 2.03x the daily average, with 63% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 8,027 contracts have traded on the session so far. Tesoro Corporation is an...

Oil Prices Pass the $100 Mark; Reminding Consumers and Investors to Take another Look at Alternative Fuel Choices February 24, 2011 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com a leader in cleantech investor research, reports on recent clean energy vehicle news for...