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Top 4 Stocks In The Gold Industry With The Highest ROE (CDY, BVN, CGC, GTU)
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 5:26am | 135Below are the top gold stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Cardero Resource Corporation (AMEX: CDY) is 61.26%. CDY had no debt for the latest quarter. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Compania Mina...
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BHP In No Hurry To Boost Potash Bid Ahead Of Government Ruling
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 2:54am | 176BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world's largest mining company, isn't in a hurry to raise its $38.6 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) ahead of the Canadian government's Wednesday ruling on the bid. Press reports said on Sunday that BHP was considering a 10% increase to...
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BHP May Boost Potash Bid By 10%
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 12:18am | 107BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world's largest mining company, may increase its $38.6 billion hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) by 10%, according to the Sunday Times, which cited unidentified sources. The paper said the revised offer will not be made public until...
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Steel Industry Outlook - Nov. 2010 - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 7:12pm | 2562The U.S. houses one of the world's largest steel industries. It is rather concentrated in structure, with a few producers accounting for the lion's share of sales. ArcelorMittal (MT) is the world's largest steel company, with crude steel production of 73.2 million tons in 2009, representing about 6...
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Steel Industry Outlook - Nov. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 7:12pm | 2562The U.S. houses one of the world's largest steel industries. It is rather concentrated in structure, with a few producers accounting for the lion's share of sales. ArcelorMittal (MT) is the world's largest steel company, with crude steel production of 73.2 million tons in 2009, representing about 6...
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Steel Industry Outlook - Nov. 2010 - Industry Outlook
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 6:36pm | 2562The U.S. houses one of the world's largest steel industries. It is rather concentrated in structure, with a few producers accounting for the lion's share of sales. ArcelorMittal (MT) is the world's largest steel company, with crude steel production of 73.2 million tons in 2009, representing about 6...
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Calls Purchased on General Moly (GMO)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 3:09pm | 149Shares of General Moly, Inc. (AMEX: GMO) are higher on the session by 16.28%, currently trading at $5.00. The stock has been moving largely higher for the past two months, making new 52-week highs seemingly every single day since it broke above the 20-day moving average. Options traders are...
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Potash In Talks With As Many As 15 Firms (POT)
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 2:11pm | 152A report from the Globe Mail say's Potash (NYSE: POT) has been in talks with as many as 15 bidding firms regarding their hostile 38Bil$ takeover bid from BHP (NYSE: BHP). Potash shares are higher by 3% today to 145.95 on above average volume of nearly 9 million shares. Potash believes their...
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Rock of Ages Reports Third Quarter EPS of $0.30
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 9:07am | 74Rock of Ages Corporation (NASDAQ: ROAC) announced today that net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $2,200,000, or $0.30 per share, which included costs and expenses associated with the exploration of strategic options and the shareholder lawsuit totaling $358,000, or $0.05 per share. For...
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General Moly Announces Third Quarter EPS of $.09
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 8:30am | 104General Moly (GMO) announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Net loss for the three month period ended September 30, 2010 was approximately $6.3 million ($0.09 per share), compared to a loss of $2.4 million ($0.03 per share) for the year ago period...
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Puts Purchased on Sterlite Industries (SLT)
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 2:25pm | 139Shares of Sterlite Industries Limited (NYSE: SLT) are lower on the session by 1.03%, currently trading at $15.41. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A...
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Brush Engineered Materials (BW) Up 13% On Strong Results
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 2:04pm | 243Shares of Brush Engineered Materials Inc. (NYSE: BW) are trading up 13.1% at $33.38 per share during the Thursday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of Brush Engineered Materials Inc has been between $31.60 and $33.48 per share. Analysts covering the company's stock give...
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Potash Lifts Outlook, Pressuring BHP
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:50am | 147(TheStreet) -- Potash (NYSE: POT) gave itself some ammunition Thursday in its struggle either to scamper away from takeover pursuer BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) or force the mining giant to pay up. Potash reported third-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations, but the company's managers...
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Dahlman Rose Reviews IVN's Counter Claim
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 10:39am | 170Dahlman Rose & Company is out with a research note this morning, where it reviews an arbitration counter claim that Ivanhoe has raised to Rio Tinto's (NYSE: RIO) arbitration proceeding to resolve a shareholders rights plan that was adopted by Ivanhoe in May. Rio alleges that the plan is in...
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Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Reports EPS of $.65
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 8:33am | 121Brush Engineered Materials Inc. (NYSE: BW) today reported stronger than expected results for the third quarter of 2010 and raised its outlook for the full year. The Company reported net income for the third quarter of $13.4 million, or $0.65 per share, diluted, on sales of $325.3 million. Sales...