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Top Narrow Based Indexes For September 14 (DROOY, PLM, NG)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 1:02pm | 215By 12:04 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 35.11 points, or 0.33%, to 10,579.24, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 4.23 points, or 0.38%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 13.34 points, or 0.58%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the market are...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Agricultural Chemicals Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (TNH, CMP, SMG, MON)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 6:58am | 121Below are the top agricultural chemical stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Terra Nitrogen Company LP (NYSE: TNH) has a dividend yield of 10.20%. TNH's shares closed at $92.01 yesterday. Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) has a dividend yield of 2.10%. CMP's...
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Two Stocks Poised To Breakout (TC, TQNT)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 2:55pm | 521Large moves in stocks often seem to come out of nowhere, leaving retail investors to either chase names the have already popped or throw money blindly after stocks that look “cheap.” One important lesson that retail traders need to understand is that stocks that have sold off in a downward market...
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Rio Tinto's Ownership of Ivanhoe Mines Rises to 34.9%
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 11:44am | 240Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE: IVN)(NASDAQ: IVN), and John Macken, President and Chief Executive Officer, announced today that Ivanhoe Mines has converted Rio Tinto's maturing US$350 million convertible credit facility, plus accrued interest of $50.8 million, into...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 6
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 7:30am | 2148Year 4, Week 6 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 66.7% (v 71.4% last week) 22 long bias: 19.4% (v 28.3% last week) 8 short bias: 13.9% (v 0.3% last week) [Note: Long bond and volatility...
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Fast Money Picks For September 10th (LVS, TEVA, ARG, FCX)
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 7:01pm | 186CNBC Fast Money's Tim Seymour recommended investors to sell Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) on Friday. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) gained 0.28% on Thursday, and closed at $31.67. Guy Adami thinks that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ: TEVA) should be bought tomorrow. Teva...
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Vale Enhances Liquidity - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 2:34pm | 629Vale S.A. (VALE), the Brazilian miner, disposed of its $1.75 billion of global bonds due 2039 at 110.87% for a yield to maturity of 6.07%, and priced its $1 billion 10-year debt issue at 99.03% of face value for a yield to maturity of 4.748%. The proceeds from the above are to be used for general...
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Bookkeeping: Closing Titanium Metals (TIE)
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:26am | 449Rather than chasing after stocks that had a tremendous move off last Tuesday's lows, I was looking for some alternative ideas late last week, one of them was Titanium Metals (TIE). In retrospect just piling into the same 30-40 names everyone else is chasing was the better idea! Unlike most names I...
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Brush Wellman Inc. Announces Global Price Increase
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 2:22pm | 55Brush Wellman Inc.'s (NYSE: BW) Alloy Products group announced that it will increase prices worldwide on some premium grades of beryllium alloy and copper alloy products. Effective with orders on October 4, 2010, Brush Wellman Alloy Products will increase fabrication prices by 5% on its Moldmax®...
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Teck Announces Cash Tender Offer for Up to US$1 Billion
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 9:28am | 100Teck Resources Limited (NYSE: TCK) announced today that it has commenced an offer to purchase for cash up to an aggregate of US$1 billion principal amount of its outstanding 10.750% senior secured notes due 2019. Teck also announced it has commenced an offering of up to an aggregate of US$700...
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Game Plan 9/8/2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 8:33am | 613Just a quick post before the open today. Commodity stocks were in play yesterday and look to be continuing with their strength on the open today. I am specifically looking at US Steel (X), Freeport-McMoran (FCX) and Mosaic(MOS) today on the open. All three are up in the pre-market and...
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ArcelorMittal and BHP Billiton Terminate Discussions to Combine Assets in Liberia and Guinea
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 7:06am | 106ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) today jointly announced that they have ended preliminary discussions to combine the two companies’ iron ore mining and infrastructure interests in Liberia and Guinea into a single joint venture. The companies were unable to reach a commercial...
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RTI Biologics and Zimmer Dental Enter Distribution Agreement for Global Dental Biologic Implants
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 4:04pm | 104RTI Biologics Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq: RTIX), a leading provider of orthopedic and other biologic implants, announced today the signing of an exclusive, 10-year distribution agreement with Zimmer Dental Inc. for biologic implants for the dental market worldwide. Under the new agreement, which is...
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Dahlman Rose Has Notes On The Metals & Mining Sector (RTP)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 2:06pm | 195Dahlman Rose & Co. is out with an industry report on the metals & mining sector. It has Buy ratings on BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), Freeport McMoran (NYSE: FCX), and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP). It has price targets on these three companies at $100, $120 and $115, respectively. In the research...
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Potash CEO: BHP Won't Be Only Bidder
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 1:28pm | 169On a video posting on his company's Web site, Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) CEO Bill Doyle said that BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world's largest mining company, will not be the only suitor for the Canadian fertilizer producer. Doyle said that "a number of parties" have shown interest in various types...