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General Moly Announces Liberty Project Drill Hole Results Ahead of Revised Resource Estimate
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 4:34pm | 156General Moly (NYSE: GMO) announced the results of 33 core holes that were not previously included in the Liberty project's 2008 pre-feasibility study. Bruce D. Hansen, Chief Executive Officer, said, "As part of our effort to re-start project development activities at the Liberty project this year...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes For July 5
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 10:54am | 187By 10:50 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 10.75 points, or 0.09%, to 12,572.02, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 3.07 points, or 0.23%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 0.91 point, or 0.03%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...
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Deutsche Bank Updates 7/5
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 8:44am | 701Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) had its coverage initiated with a Buy rating and a price target of $95. Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) had its rating downgraded from Buy to Hold. At the same time, its price target was reduced to $56...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 8:16am | 140Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgraded Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc (NYSE: TC) from “buy” to “hold.” Thompson Creek's stock closed at $10.13 on Friday. Thompson Creek's trailing-twelve-month ROA is 7.50%. Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded Riverbed Technology Inc (NASDAQ: RVBD) from “outperform...
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Deutsche Bank Downgrades TC, GG, SSRI
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 6:07am | 204Deutsche Bank's recommendation changes in metals and mining for 7/5/2011 are as follows: Thompson Creek (NYSE: TC) - Buy to Hold, tgt $14 to $12, Goldcorp (NYSE: GG)- Buy to Hold, tgt $60 to $56, Silver Standard (NASDAQ: SSRI) - Buy to Hold, tgt CAD37 to CAD31. Target Price Changes: Alcoa (...
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Food Crisis: Would The Vested Interest Starve The World? (Guest Post)
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 1:30pm | 1572By Kurt Cobb In his latest book entitled Bottleneck sociologist and ecologist William Catton Jr. explains in detail why he believes human society is destined for a major dieoff, a "bottleneck" from which few survivors will emerge. One cause, he says, is an array of vested interests who...
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Friday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 12:44pm | 78Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Pharmacyclics Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYC) 3,550 puts, 19 calls 2. Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) 5,000 puts, 100 calls 3. Carters Inc. (NYSE: CRI) 3,900 puts, 136 calls 4. Cadence Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CADX) 5,704 puts, 204 calls 5. Titanium Metals Corp. (NYSE: TIE...
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Calls Purchased on Exeter Resource Corporation
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 12:22pm | 113Shares of Exeter Resource Corporation (AMEX: XRA) are higher on the session by 1.20%, currently trading at $4.23. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past five months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...
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Rodman & Renshaw Reiterates Market Outperform on U.S. Energy Corporation, Raises PT to $6
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 6:20am | 48Rodman & Renshaw reiterated its Market Outperform rating on U.S. Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: USEG). At the same time, the rating agency raised its price target on the company's stock from $5.45 to $6. On Thursday, USEG added 0.95% to finish the day at $4.27.
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A Look At The "Other" Australia ETF
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 4:11am | 318In the world of Australia-specific equity ETFs, there is a king: The iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund (NYSE: EWA). There is a prince: The IQ Australia Small Cap ETF (NYSE: KROO). And there is another member of the court: The little-known WisdomTree Australia Dividend ETF (NYSE AUSE). Now two...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The General Building Materials Industry With The Lowest PEG Ratio
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 12:23am | 119Below are the top small-cap general building materials stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio LSB Industries Inc (NYSE: LXU) has a PEG ratio of 1.19. LXU's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 25.88%. Amcol International Corporation (NYSE: ACO) has a PEG ratio of 1.38. ACO's trailing-...
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U.S. Energy Corp. Enters Into Second Eagle Ford Participation Agreement With Crimson Exploration Inc.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 12:39pm | 191U.S. Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: USEG) announced today that it has entered into a second participation agreement with Crimson Exploration Inc. (Nasdaq:CXPO) to acquire an interest in an Eagle Ford oil prospect and associated leases located in Zavala and Dimmit Counties, Texas. Under the terms of the...
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Rare Earths Are Still The Rage
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 11:20am | 245The rare earths stocks really became well know and popular in late 2010. This sector looks to have peaked in early May 2011 with the overall stock market indexes. The rare earths have been staging a short term rally on the daily chart since June 16, 2011. This morning, all of the rare earth stocks...
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Global Hunter Securities Initiates Coverage On Timberline Resources Corp.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 8:38am | 204Global Hunter Securities is initiating coverage on Timberline Resources Corp. (NYSE: TLR) with an Accumulate rating and a $1.35 price target. In a note to clients, Global Hunter Securities writes, "Timberline Resources (Timberline) is on the cusp of becoming a producing gold company while still...
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Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The Industrial Metals & Minerals Industry With The Highest Profit Margin
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 1:16am | 128Below are the top industrial metals & minerals stocks on the NYSE in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Natural Resources Partners LP (NYSE: NRP) is 52.54%. NRP's ROE for the same period is 21.68%. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Thompson Creek...