Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that its Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly dividend on its common shares from 26.5 cents per share to 28 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Oct. 29, 2010 to shareowners of record on Oct. 8, 2010. Chief Financial Officer...

Fertilizer company Agrium (NYSE: AGU) released its Q2 earnings results this morning prior to the opening bell. The company reported net income of $506 million or $3.20 per share, compared to $370 million or $2.35 per share, in the year ago period. The results came in well ahead of analysts'...

• Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) reported sharply better-than-expected sales and earnings for the second quarter. Earnings of $3.09 were sharply above Zacks expectations of $2.47, as revenues of $767.4 million beat estimates of $734 million. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) kept its "buy" rating on the shares,...

Unlike some stocks which are now looking completely egregious - yet still have people chasing after them as if there will be no stock to buy ever again after today, see these punks for example... I feel more comfortable with stocks that make a nice move, consolidate, churn a bit, and then start...

BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia and the UAE could have certain services cut off after authorities stepped up demands on smartphone maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) for access to encrypted messages sent over the device. "Certain BlackBerry services allow users to act without any legal...

Yhe Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) announced it will conduct a conference call on Monday, August 2, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the preliminary injunction entered late Friday, July 30, 2010 relating to Mosaic's South Fort Meade mine permit in Hardee County, Florida. The conference call-in number...

Dahlman Rose & Co. is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Hold rating on Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT); it did not provide a price target on the stock. The Dahlman analysts cited the company’s most recent earnings report, which beat estimates, the outperformance coming...

Potash Corp (NYSE: POT) reports its Q2 EPS at $1.55, beating the consensus of $1.19. POT's Q2 revenue came in at $1.44 billion, as compared to the Street view of $1.40 billion. POT’s shares gained 1.01% to $98.70 in pre-market trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Below are the top nonmetallic mineral mining stocks on the NYSE, the AMEX and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. New Gold Inc (AMEX: NGD) had $343.71 million in total cash for the latest quarter. NGD’s total debt for the same period amounted to $217.70 million. Intrepid Potash Inc (NYSE: IPI) had $113.89...

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (NYSE: TNH) today declared a cash distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, of $2.36 per common limited partnership unit payable August 25, 2010, to holders of record as of August 10, 2010. Cash distributions depend on TNCLP's earnings, which can be affected by...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 85 points on Monday with around 15 minutes left in the trading session. Not all sectors are getting a bid today, however, as fertilizer stocks have been falling amid today's rally. CF Industries (NYSE: CF) has lost 2.77% to $77.91. CF has gained over 15...

• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted fiscal fourth quarter earnings of 51 cents compared with Zacks estimate of 47 cents. Revenues were up 22.5% year over year to $16 billion compared with Zacks estimate of $15.3 billion • SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) posted second quarter earnings of 18 cents, on revenues...