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Company News for January 05, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 10:10am | 232• Kraft (NYSE:KFT) announced plans to utilize proceeds from the sale of its Canadian frozen food operations to Nestle for $3.75 billion cash, raising the cash portion of its hostile bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) by 97 cents per share. Cadbury maintained the offer remains derisory • Brightpoint (NASDAQ...
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ETFs To Watch January 4, 2010 (XLE, MOO, TBT, XLE)
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 4:25am | 287Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watchlist for Monday January 4, 2010. Fertilizer maker Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) reports earnings on Monday, so the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO) could be in play as Mosaic is one of MOO's top holdings. The Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE) shows a...
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Fast Money Picks For 2010 (BAC, ATLS, POT, GLD)
Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 2:16pm | 211CNBC's Fast Money Joe Terranova thinks that it could be profitable to own Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) in 2010. Bank of America (BAC) ended 2009 at $15.06. Brian Kelly said that if you believe in corn, wheat, sugar and other agricultural products than you have to believe in the demand for fertilizer...
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Fast Money Guests Look At 2010 Trades
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 3:29pm | 162OptionsMonster.com co-founder Jon Najarian said on CNBC's Fast Money that tech sector is the place to be in 2010. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) are his favorite stocks in the space. Brian Kelly of Kanundrum Research likes agriculture stocks and names Potash (NYSE: POT), Mosaic (...
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Morningstar Analyst Sets Monsanto's (MON) Fair Value At $122
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 8:19pm | 299Morningstar analyst, Ben Johnson, sees Monsanto (NYSE: MON) as highly competitive firm that maintains its edge by constantly investing in research and development. According to Ben Johnson, Monsanto (MON) spends 10% of its sales on research efforts, and its key product is DeKalb corn seeds....
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top 6 consumer goods stocks for 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 4:55pm | 545I don't normally do this but I can't help linking to this article by TheStreet.com. The Street is touting 6 names as the Top 6 Consumer Goods Stocks for 2010, and by George I own 4 of them. Scotts Miracle Gro (SMG)Clorox (CLX)Procter & Gamble (PG)Phillip Morris (PM)Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)...
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Fast Money Picks For December 30th (MMR, POT, FXA, FDX)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 8:10pm | 135CNBC's Fast Money Pete Najarian thinks that investors should buy McMoRan Exploration Co. (NYSE: MMR) on Wednesday. McMoRan Exploration (MMR) jumped 6.83% today and closed at $8.45. Steve Grasso recommended buying Potash (NYSE: POT) on the dip. He thinks that the buying opportunity is below $108....
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Government Predictions
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 12:10pm | 499Today's markets are slightly higher as the volume is as light as a feather. However, today the leading names are trading lower. Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), and Potash (NYSE: POT) are all negative today even as the market is positive. All of these leading stocks have had...
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Setback for Gilead's Pipeline - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 5:40pm | 354Gilead Sciences (GILD) received a major pipeline setback with disappointing results from a phase III trial of darusentan in which it failed to achieve its primary endpoint. The drug was being studied under an international clinical trial (DAR-312) for the treatment of resistant hypertension. As a...
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Compass Minerals & The Mosaic Downgraded Today (CMP, MOS)
Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 10:27am | 96Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE: CMP) was today downgraded by BMO Capital Markets to Market Perform from Outperform. The 52-week trading range for Compass Minerals is $45.64 - $70.27. In the last trading session, CMP closed at $69.87. The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) was today downgraded...
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Benzinga’s News Roundup (BG, AZN, QCOR, BSX, CVX, MOS, PFE)
Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 10:03am | 437Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Usina Moema Participacoes, a holding company for a sugar-cane mill in Brazil and ownership interests in five others, for 7.3 million shares. Bunge Limited will become the 100% owner of Usina Moema. BG closed...
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Tim Seymour Likes POT, DBA, SQM, IPI, CZZ, UNG
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 7:49pm | 210CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour believes that farmers can't avoid the usage of fertilizers, they can only postpone it. Therefore he sees a potential benefit for agriculture and fertilizer stocks like Potash (NYSE: POT), PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE: DBA), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:...
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Agrium Wins U.S. Antitrust OK For CF Deal (AGU), (CF)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 4:22pm | 159Canadian fertilizer maker Agrium (NYSE: AGU) has recieved a conditional OK from U.S. antitrust officials in their hostile bid for CF Industries (NYSE: CF). Approval is contingent on Agrium selling CF's Ritzville anhydrous ammonia terminal in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and its own Marseilles...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (ALGT, XOM, POT, CYMI)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 10:26am | 202Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) was today downgraded by Jesup & Lamont to Hold from Buy. The 52-week trading range for ALGT is $32.07 - $57.52. In the previous trading session, Allegiant Travel closed at $48.84. In the last six months, ALGT gained over 40%. Exxon Mobil Corporation (...
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Stock Market News for December 22, 2009 - Market News
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 10:18am | 497A series of corporate deal announcements and analyst upgrades of two Dow components returned to boost confidence on the Street and sent stocks sharply higher even as a controversial legislation to revamp the U.S. healthcare system inched closer toward finalization. The mergers and acquisition...