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Google and China working to salvage carriers’ Android plans
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 3:59pm | 680In the aftermath of Tuesday’s (January 12) bombshell announcement, Google is now engaged in discussions with Chinese ministry officials about the “feasibility” of their business operations in China. Key points of contention include state censorship of “search” on Google.cn and incidences of cyber...
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Company News for January 15, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 10:27am | 203• Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) bested buoyant estimates with final quarter earnings of 40 cents, beating Zacks estimates of 34 cents, versus 4 cents a year ago on revenues of $10.6 billion, ahead of Zacks expectations of $10.1 billion and last year's $8.2 billion. The firm also provided upside first quarter...
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CF Industries Withdraws Offer For Taking Over Terra Industries (CF, TRA, AGU)
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 9:09am | 168CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) has withdrawn its offer to takeover Terra Industries Inc (NYSE: TRA) because the two companies could not come to a consensus on the deal valuations. CF Industries sold a lot of stake in Terra Industries. On the other hand, Canada based Agrium Inc (NYSE: AGU)...
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Alnylam Pharma Guides - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 11:30am | 445Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALNY) recently provided an update on its key pipeline, scientific and business goals for the next 12 to 18 months coupled with financial guidance for 2010. Alnylam, which focuses on developing novel therapeutics based on a biological breakthrough known as RNA (Ribo...
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Monsanto Receives Department of Justice Demand
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 10:29am | 157Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) revealed on Thursday that the Missouri based multinational agricultural biotechnology company had received a civil investigative demand from the United States Department of Justice related to its soybean traits business. The company said that the demand was issued seeking...
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Biggest NYSE Losers (KYN, AMX, ZLC, PKX, MON, MED)
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 10:21am | 373Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co. (NYSE: KYN) plunged 6.80% to $23.56 in the pre-market session. Kayne Anderson today announced that it has commenced a public offering of 5,500,000 shares of its common stock. In the last year, KYN is up over 45%. KYN closed at $25.28 in the last trading session....
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Tim Seymour Sees Potash At $105
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 7:03pm | 115CNBS's Fast Money Tim Seymour is worried that agricultural stocks could plunge. Agriculture Department issued a report today that showed higher than expected production, and as a result the price of corn, wheat and other crops dropped. Tim Seymour thinks that farmers will not be able to buy more...
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CF Industries Upgraded (CF)
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:50pm | 96Agricultural chemicals company, CF Industries (NYSE: CF) was upgraded from neutral to buy at Sterne Agee today. According to Google Finance, "CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Holdings) is a manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America." Sterne Agee...
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Today's Top Tickerspy Indexes
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 5:49pm | 198The top performing sector indexes today according to Tickerspy.com are Diversified Electronic Stocks, Agricultural, Chemical and Fertilizer Stocks and Chinese Agriculture Stocks. The Diversified Electronics sector was propelled by small cap name, Methode Electronics (NYSE: MEI), which soared 25%...
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BHP Billiton (BHP) Forges Ahead with Plans to Develop Their Own Potash Reserves
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 2:53pm | 1658This is quite an interesting development as mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP) has been mentioned often as a suitor for one of the few, huge potash miners. Instead it appears (for now at least) the company is going to strike out on its own to develop potash assets. As long time readers know, a...
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Positive Outlook And Better Guidance Results In Upgrades (UNH, CVH, WLP, AAPL, BBBY, MON)
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 1:51pm | 367Barclays expects strong year for those health insurers that do a lot of business with Medicare. The analyst maintained a "Positive" view on the health insurance industry, saying investors will pay more attention to the state of their business this year and less to the details of the debate over...
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Monsanto Company (MON) Reports Loss, Cites Herbicide Sales Slide
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 10:09am | 130Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) reported a quarterly loss instead of the break-even results that Wall Street had expected, citing a slide in herbicide revenue and a smaller drop in corn and soybean seed sales. Shares of Monsanto bounced off early declines and rose later as officials laid out new...
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Should You Buy the Big Winners of 2009?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 6:04pm | 484There are almost as many trading strategies as there are investors in the market. That’s why countless newsletters, stock services, and web sites sell their picks to anyone with a credit card. Investment publishing is big business. Though most publishers tack on tiny disclaimers saying something...
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Mosaic Will Continue To Operate At Lower Production Rates
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 5:19pm | 22Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) will continue to operate at lower production rates until demand improves.
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Farming Stocks Could Still Make A Fortune (MON, POT, MOS, MS)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 10:24am | 131Analysts at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) are bullish on companies in the agricultural products space. They have retained an Overweight rating on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) and Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS). Corn prices are expected to move up with potash prices to follow suit....