Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

American Vanguard Corp's (AVD) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0591. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased slightly to $6.95 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending 2010 has decreased by 10 cents over the...

American Vanguard Corp's (AVD) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0591. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased slightly to $6.95 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending 2010 has decreased by 10 cents over the...

Acquisition Details Enterprise software developer, Novell Inc. (NOVL) announced that it will be acquired by Attachmate Corporation, a software company supported by private equity firms such as Golden Gate Capital, Francisco Partners and Thoma Bravo. Novell expects the deal to close in the first...

Acquisition Details Enterprise software developer, Novell Inc. (NOVL) announced that it will be acquired by Attachmate Corporation, a software company supported by private equity firms such as Golden Gate Capital, Francisco Partners and Thoma Bravo. Novell expects the deal to close in the first...

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that Carl Casale, executive vice president and chief financial officer, plans to leave his position effective December 31, 2010, to become president and chief executive officer of CHS Inc. (Nasdaq: CHSCP). Casale will work through the remainder of...

Joe Terranova just recommended buying Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) to protect yourself from the global food shortage. Shares of POT gained $4.25 today to close at $140.32, a gain of more than 3%. Potash produces and sells fertilizers and related industrial and feed products worldwide.

A total of $635 million has been approved for investment in Western Australia's iron ore production with $570 million share of BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), which agreed to invest after withdrawing from the buy-out offer for Canada's Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT). Other partners in the...

Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE: POT) is up more than 2% after the company announced yesterday that it would be buying back its own stock, in wake of a failed merger between the company and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). At last check, shares were up $3.91 to $139.98, a gain of 2.9%.

A total of $635 million has been approved for investment in Western Australia's iron ore production with $570 million share of BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), which agreed to invest after withdrawing from the buy-out offer for Canada's Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT). Other partners in the...

In a report regarding DuPont (NYSE: DD), Deutsche Bank said that strong Pioneer performance in 2010 bodes well for 2011. “With the harvest in North America nearly complete, Pioneer released 2010 corn and soybean yield results,” Deutsche Bank writes. “The yield data confirm strong 2010 performance...

Shares of Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CDTI) are screaming higher today, currently up by 22.71%, trading at $14.50. The stock has been on a wild and volatile run over the past few months, involving sharp spikes higher. Stock volume is currently running at 3.3x the 10-day daily average...

Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a new one-year share repurchase program, effective November 18, 2010, for up to $2B of the company's common stock. The announcement is a welcome move following the withdrawal of the BHP acquisition offer earlier this...

Reports of a slowdown in China and concerns that the European debt crisis could spread throughout the continent cast a shadow on Wall Street Tuesday, sending the Dow average to its biggest single-session drop since August.   The fast-paced economic growth in some Asian economies, particularly...