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LSB Industries, Inc. Reports Q3 EPS of $.17
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 4:40pm | 92LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE: LXU) announced today results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Third Quarter 2010 Financial Highlights Compared to Third Quarter 2009: Net sales were $138.9 million, an 8.7% increase from $127.8 million; Operating income was $8.5 million compared to $...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Advises Investors To Hold DuPont (RDWR, DD, POT, OMC, GOOG, WFR, FHN, WFT, NOK, RFMD)
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 4:01am | 262On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that let the shares of Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) come down, “then pull the trigger." He advises the investors to hold DuPont (NYSE: DD), adding that “Don't give up on Potash (NYSE: POT), either." For Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), Jim said, "...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 10:33am | 316Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Avnet Inc (AVT) China Petro & Chem Corp (SNP) E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co (DD) W.R. Grace & Co (GRA) Green Dot Corp (GDOT) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AVNET (AVT): Free Stock Analysis Report DU PONT (EI...
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Robert D. Hansen Named President of Dow Corning Corporation
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 9:53am | 57Dow Corning Corporation's board of directors elected Robert D. Hansen, president of Dow Corning Corporation, effective immediately. Stephanie A. Burns remains Chairman and CEO. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Corning, Incorporated (NYSE: GLW).
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Dow AgroSciences U.S. Patent Application Allowed
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 12:04pm | 75Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today the allowance of its U.S. patent application for crop plants that contain one of Dow AgroSciences' new class of herbicide tolerant traits. The trait, which has shown exceptional promise for use in corn and...
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Unconfirmed Rumor that EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) will acquire Solutia Inc. (SOA) at $27.00 a share
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 11:43am | 31Unconfirmed Rumor that EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) will acquire Solutia Inc. (SOA) at $27.00 a share
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Dow AgroSciences Exclusively Licenses Crop Enhancement Technology
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 10:03am | 48Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), entered into an exclusive commercial license agreement with Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL) for technology that enhances the root systems of plants with important implications for crop improvement.
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Dow Chemical Exceeds 3Q Expectations
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 8:16am | 171Dahlman Rose has published a research report on Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) after the company released 3Q earnings results that greatly exceeded expectations. In the report, Dahlman Rose writes "Dow reported 3Q10 earnings of $0.54 surpassing our estimates of $0.35 and consensus of $0.41,...
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Unconfirmed Rumors that The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) will acquire Cabot Corp. (CBT) at $47.00 a Share.
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 10:33am | 30Unconfirmed Rumors that The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) will acquire Cabot Corp. (CBT) at $47.00 a Share.
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 13
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 8:43am | 2476Year 4, Week 13 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 69.0% (v 69.2% last week) 20 long bias: 27.6% (v 26.3% last week) 4 short bias: 3.4% (v 4.5% last week) [Note: Long dollar positions...
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Eastman Beats Consensus Handily - Analyst Blog
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 6:36pm | 700Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) earned $2.33 per share in the third quarter of 2010, outperforming the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.22. Year over year, earnings shot up 69% from $1.38 per share. A healthy top-line growth driven by higher volumes and prices led to the robust earnings. Revenues...
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Bookkeeping: Starting Eastman Chemical (EMN)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 2:20pm | 1150One group I've completely missed on this run from late August are the chemical companies - not my usual area to play in, but a deeply cyclical group benefiting from many of the multinational trends I've outlined in countless pieces. A lot of these multinational names are starting to show fatigue,...
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J.P. Morgan Raises Dow Chemical 2010 EPS
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 9:06am | 124Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) reported 3Q:10 EPS 30% in excess of consensus expectations and yet the stock traded lower, J.P. Morgan reports. The difference between consensus and reported results can be attributed entirely to outperformance in Dow's Basic Plastics unit. “There is no additional...
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Dow Chemical Back In Action
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 8:25am | 149Deutsche Bank believes that Dow Chemical's (NYSE: DOW) 3Q results have the capacity to rebuild investor confidence, as EPS results came in up 122% and a whopping $0.13 over consensus. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "After posting one of the weakest results in the sector in Q2, Dow posted one...
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DOW Beats Consensus Estimate - Analyst Blog
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 4:21pm | 993Chemical giant The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) earned 54 cents per share in the third quarter of 2010, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 41 cents as well as last year's 24 cents. However, including one-time charges, the company earned 45 cents, down 29% from 63 cents in the year-ago quarter...