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Health Care thoughts: Defining an ACO
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 12:34pm | 356Health Care: Defining an ACO Having recently plowed through about hundreds of pages on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Integrated Delivery Systems (IDSs), I should know how to define an ACO. But I don't know, not exactly. Using an old Supreme Court standard, I know one when I see it...
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Trading The FOMC Statement (FCX, POT, CF, CAT, DE)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 12:31pm | 247The market has had an impressive rally off the lows of the session, with the Dow off 176 points, after being down 292 points earlier today. The Nasdaq is off 40 points, and the S&P is down 18 points to 1,277, which is a key area from last night's break down in the futures. Of course all eyes...
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Is QE3 On The Horizon? (POT, FCX)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:58am | 101The market activity today has been interesting to say the least. The aggression that some traders are using to buy the dip in material stocks is rather remarkable. In particular, Potash (NYSE: POT) and Freeport-McMoran (NYSE: FCX) have moved off of their lows into positive territory, a move of more...
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Celamin Holdings NL (ASX:CNL) Update On Companies Projects And Activities
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 10:35pm | 855Melbourne, Mar 14, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Celamin Holdings NL (ASX:CNL) is please to update on companies projects and activities. Bir El Afou Phosphate Project 1. Field Activities Celamin's work in the Bir El Afou (BEA) permit area has been significantly expedited by the co-operation and local...
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BHP Billiton Wins Second Post-Spill Deepwater Gulf Permit
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 10:13pm | 215BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world's largest mining company, was awarded the second permit to drill in deepwater locations in the Gulf of Mexico following last year's oil spill, the largest ever to be seen in the U.S. Following the spill, which was caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon...
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Have We Found A Bottom In Freeport-McMoran? (FCX)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 4:29pm | 137Stock market bulls had better hope that Freeport (NYSE: FCX) hammers out a bottom soon. This stock is a leading copper miner and trades much like a copper ETF. Copper prices have a reputation of being a very reliable indicator of the health of the global economy and they have been headed south...
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China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Up 21% (SHZ)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 2:01pm | 95Shares of rare earth miner China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (AMEX: SHZ) have surged more than 21% on Friday after opening lower. Volume has been heavy with more than 3.6 million SHZ shares already trading hands on the session. Year-to-date, SHZ has lost nearly 50%, but the stock is up around...
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China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Up 25% (SHZ)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 1:29pm | 61China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Inc. (AMEX: SHZ) shares are skyrocketing today, up 25% to $4.47, a gain of 90 cents on more than 2.5 million shares. China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in exploring, developing, mining, processing, and distributing...
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Options Brief: Thompson Creek Metals Company (TC)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 1:06pm | 85Shares of Thompson Creek Metals Company (NYSE: TC) are higher on the session by 4.61%, trading at $12.47. Overall call volume is now running at 2.15x the daily average, with 53% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,846 contracts have traded on the session so far. Thompson Creek...
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Options Brief: China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (SHZ)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 11:17am | 91Shares of China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources (AMEX: SHZ) are higher on the session by 11.90%, trading at $3.95. Overall put volume is now running at 4.78x the daily average, with 13% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,377 contracts have traded on the session so far. China...
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Unconfirmed Rumors Continue to Circulate that (BHP) will acquire (APC) at $100.00 a share
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 10:40am | 29Unconfirmed Rumors Continue to Circulate that (BHP) will acquire (APC) at $100.00 a share...
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The ETF Select List Is Here ! And It Stinks!
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 9:28am | 776Schwab published an ETF Select List of what it describes as the best fund choices for 50 categories. While there is a little utility, for the most part it is worthless. The list seems to be targeted at an Investing 101 or maybe Investing 102 audience. Most of the equity categories are broad and so...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Copper Industry With The Highest Revenue (FCX, SLT, SCCO, TGB)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 5:19am | 145Below are the top copper stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE: FCX) is $18.98 billion. FCX's ROE for the same period is 43.80%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Sterlite Industries (...
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China Shen Zhou Mining Letter to Shareholders
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:57pm | 83China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc. (NYSE: SHZ), a company engaged in the exploration, development, mining and processing of fluorite, zinc, lead, copper, and other nonferrous metals in China, today announced that the Company has issued an open letter to its public shareholders to refute a...
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Copper Almost Back To Flat (JJC, FCX)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 2:28pm | 133Copper is almost back to flat on the day, which is a remarkable turnaround considering the tremendous sell off we're seeing in equities Shares of the copper ETF (NYSE: JJC) and Freeport McMoran (NYSE: FCX) have paired all their losses, and are now slightly positive on the day. This is a stark...