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Dahlman Rose reiterated its Buy rating on Tesoro (NYSE: TSO). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $34. On Wednesday, TSO added 0.13% to its value to finish the day at $23.40. Its shares continued to climb in today's pre-market trading,...

InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC) +13.87 on rumors of Samsung buying company's patent portfolio. NxStage Medical (NASDAQ: NXTM) +12.44% on better than expected earnings. MasterCard (NYSE: MA) +12.98 on better than expected earnings. WebMD Health (NASDAQ: WBMD) +12.10 on better than expected earnings...

Point Roberts, WA - August 3, 2011 (Investorideas.com Energy Newswire) - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in sector research including oil and gas stocks, releases a trading alert for Oil and Gas stocks Aug 2nd. American Petro-Hunter Inc. (OTC: AAPH) ended the day flat at $0.50. The stock has...

GREENHUNTER ENERGY, INC. (NYSE: GRH) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, GreenHunter Water, has executed a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 99 mineral acres and 84 surface acres located in West Virginia where it will develop a commercial water service facility. The...

Cusick's Corner This is a headline market, so try not to be the hero and get too opinionated. All the major markets are at the critical support level of the 200-Day Moving Average and the last test was in June. Holding these levels into the close was important and I like the fact that VIX,...

IMW Industries, a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE), announced today that it has contracted to supply Canadian food processor Cavendish Farms with a custom CNG compressor system. The new IMW four-compressor configuration will be used to produce CNG fuel to power two adjacent Cavendish...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE: AXL) had its rating reiterated at Hold. On Friday, AXL added 8.82% to its value to finish the week at $11.47. Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) had its rating reiterated at...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

For thirty years, Republicans have behaved exactly like dolls with pull strings. Tug on the back, and they repeat, without fail, "we need to cut taxes on businesses so they can create jobs". Likewise, for thirty years, Democrats have tried to tell Republicans that this is a terrible idea. "Reality...

According to Jefferies, Green Plains (NASDAQ: GPRE) Q2 EPS of $0.14 was $0.05 above consensus and estimate. Jefferies said that Q2 should mark a trough this year, as Green Plains appears to have locked in a significant portion of (better) ethanol margins for the next two quarters. “We are raising...

Verenium Corporation (NASDAQ: VRNM) today announced that it repurchased approximately $5.2 million in principal amount of its 5.5% Notes and approximately $3 million in principal amount of 9% Notes. "We are very pleased to have taken another important step toward creating a capital structure...

Gushan Environmental Energy Limited (NYSE: GU) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a controlling interest in Hunan Yin Lian Xiangbei Copper Company Limited, a PRC-based company that is currently engaged in the recycled copper business, through a series of...

Jefferies has published a report on Green Plains Renewable Energy (NASDAQ: GPRE) covering Q2 for the renewable energy company, and noting better than average EPS for the quarter. In the report, Jefferies wrote, "Segment profits were $0.10/share ahead of our forecast, driven by ethanol ($0.12/gal...

Rentech, Inc. (NYSE: RTK) announced today that it has received final court approval for the settlements of the shareholder derivative lawsuits against the Company and a number of its current and former directors and officers. The lawsuits related to the Company's restatement in December 2009 of...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with a research report on Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) and it has a Buy rating and a $36 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "As the first of the independent refiners to report 2Q results, VLO set the stage...