[$$] Dividend Payers Return to the Fore (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 21, 05:01 AM

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan (Update 1) (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 06:43 PM

'Frontline's' 'Card Game': A matter of life and debt
Nov 20, 06:38 PM  -  'Frontline's' 'Card Game': A matter of life and debt Newsday - 9 minutes ago WHAT IT'S ABOUT Look in your wallet or purse. See those plastic things that are like anvils around some of our necks? That's what this program is about. Anchored and reported by Lowell Bergman - a ...

Rio Tinto bolstered by US coal sale
Nov 20, 06:05 PM  -  Financial Times - 2 minutes ago By William MacNamaraFday Rio Tinto, the global mining company that faced a huge debt burden a year ago, continued its recapitalisation drive as it netted $741m (£450m) by spinning off US coal ...

[video] Game Plan (at CNBC)
Nov 20, 06:00 PM

Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon case (AP)
Nov 20, 05:52 PM  - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.

Mason Hawkins Buys Yum! Brands Inc., The Walt Disney Company, Markel Corp., Chesapeake Energy, Sells Ebay Inc.
Nov 20, 05:47 PM  -  GuruFocus.com - 20 minutes ago Richard Aster Jr buys Jb Hunt Transport Services Inc., Bmc Software Inc., Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Sunpower Corp., Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Curtisswright Corp., Constellation Energy ...

Wall Street Drops As Technology Shares Decline, General Electric (GE) Slips
Nov 20, 05:43 PM  -  istockAnalyst.com - 3 minutes ago US stocks dropped for the third straight day Friday as investors reacted negatively to Dell Inc.'s worse than expected quarterly results. Shares also retreated as a stronger dollar weighed upon ...

BP's Texas City Plant Had Flaring At Ultracracker - Filing
Nov 20, 05:41 PM  -  BP's Texas City Plant Had Flaring At Ultracracker - Filing Wall Street Journal - 6 minutes ago NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--BP PLC (BP) reported Friday that its Texas City, Texas, refinery experienced flaring at its ultracracker, according to a filing with state environmental regulators. The cause ...

BP reports Texas City ultracracker upset -filing
Nov 20, 05:33 PM  -  Reuters - 13 minutes ago HOUSTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) reported an ultracracker malfunction at its 475,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed with the Texas ...

Lake Geneva appointee planning to seek seat in recall
Nov 20, 05:22 PM  -  Janesville Gazette - 24 minutes ago By KAYLA BUNGE ( Contact ) Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 LAKE GENEVA — Despite a previous promise not to seek the office, a man appointed to the city council to fill in for a member who remains suspended ...

A Tale of Two Markets: Overvalued Stocks and the Declining Dollar (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 05:20 PM

First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II Declares Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.045 Per Share for December
Nov 20, 05:13 PM  -  Business Wire - 25 minutes ago WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYSE: FHY) has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on December ...

First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund Declares Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.03 Per Share for December (Business Wire)
Nov 20, 04:59 PM  - WHEATON, Ill.----First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution be payable on December 11, 2009 to shareholders of record on December 3, 2009.

Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust Declares Monthly Dividend
Nov 20, 04:58 PM  -  Market Wire - 40 minutes ago SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - November 20, 2009) - Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust ( NYSE Amex : FTF), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced ...

Franklin Universal Trust Declares Monthly Dividend
Nov 20, 04:53 PM  -  CNNMoney.com - 45 minutes ago Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE: FT), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced today a dividend of $0.038 per share, payable December 15, 2009, to shareholders ...

First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund Declares Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.13 Per Share for December (Business Wire)
Nov 20, 04:53 PM  - WHEATON, Ill.----First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on December 11, 2009 to shareholders of record as of December 3, 2009.

[$$] Stocks in the Spotlight Friday (at Barrons.com)
Nov 20, 04:52 PM  - Stocks in the Spotlight Friday DR Horton, Noble, Dell and ADC Telecom all fell.

First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund Declares Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.11 Per Share for December (Business Wire)
Nov 20, 04:50 PM  - WHEATON, Ill.----First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on December 11, 2009 to shareholders of record as of December 3, 2009, with an expected ex-dividend date of December 1, 2009.

More Stocks May Not Make a Portfolio Safer (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 20, 04:47 PM

Exxon Mobil, DIRECTV Group: Money Flow Leaders (XOM, DTV)
Nov 20, 04:45 PM  -  Wall Street Journal - 2 minutes ago Exxon Mobil Corp. topped the list at the close on Friday for Buying on Weakness , which tracks stocks that fell in price but had the largest inflow of money. See the full list . DIRECTV Group ...

Buy-Write ETFs: Minimizing the Market's Angst (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 04:39 PM

Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue (AP)
Nov 20, 04:38 PM  - The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010.

Conoco to pay air quality fine to Pennsylvania
Nov 20, 04:33 PM  -  Reuters - 14 minutes ago TORONTO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips Corp (COP.N) will pay $38,137 for 2009 air quality violations at its 190,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, state environmental ...

Stocks dip as investors fret about recovery (Reuters)
Nov 20, 04:32 PM  - U.S. stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic.

5 Dynamic Dividend Stocks (at Motley Fool)
Nov 20, 04:32 PM

US STOCKS-Wall St dips as investors fret about recovery (at Reuters)
Nov 20, 04:29 PM

New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers | Scientific Frontline Communication Center
Nov 20, 04:26 PM  -  Scientific Frontline - 20 minutes ago A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a ...

The Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund, Inc. Declares Monthly Income Dividend
Nov 20, 04:16 PM  -  Business Wire - 1 hour ago NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MSY) declared today a monthly dividend of $0.0450 per share of net investment income. The Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund ...

Oil Patch Bits: ConocoPhillips Energy Prize winner announced
Nov 20, 04:08 PM  -  Petroleum News - 38 minutes ago ConocoPhillips said Oct. 20 that it, along with Penn State, has awarded the 2009 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize to Scott Anderson and team for their innovation, the ECO-Auger, a hydrokinetic machine ...

DHT Maritime, Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2009 Earnings on November 24, 2009
Nov 20, 04:06 PM  -  Business Wire - 41 minutes ago ST. HELIER, Channel Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DHT Maritime, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) announced today that it plans to release its third quarter 2009 earnings on Tuesday November 24, 2009, prior to market ...

[$$] Asia, Europe Stocks End Week Lower (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 20, 04:06 PM

Evergreen Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Dividends
Nov 20, 04:05 PM  -  StreetInsider.com - 1 hour ago BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Evergreen Investments today announced the dividend declaration for Evergreen Income Advantage Fund (NYSE Amex: EAD), Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund (NYSE Amex ...

Unusual Friday Options Activity (AAPL, GOOG, BAC, LEAP, PCS, DRYS, YHOO)
Nov 20, 03:46 PM  -  24/7 Wall St. - 20 minutes ago We have seen some unusual options trading today. As you would expect, some is around today's 4:00 PM close with today being options expiration date. But some bets are way out into 2011 and we have ...

DryShips, Synovus: Late Volume Plays (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 03:42 PM

This Small Oil Producer Is Ripe For A Takeover
Nov 20, 03:23 PM  -  istockAnalyst.com - 24 minutes ago by Sheena Martin , Contributing Editor Friday, November 20, 2009 Takeovers are big news in the market at the moment. In fact, did you know that takeovers have the biggest one-day gain in stocks ...

Stocks dip as investors weigh recovery bets (Reuters)
Nov 20, 03:17 PM  - U.S. stocks fell for third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic.

More Stuffing for Earnings Season (at Motley Fool)
Nov 20, 03:15 PM

Big brains develop big batteries
Nov 20, 03:10 PM  -  Business News Network - 37 minutes ago The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working to solve one of the biggest problems associated with alternative energy: storing it. And it's got the attention of French oil giant Total SA ...

SKIL, VRGY, GRO, TRA, CF, NE, HAWK, GFF, NVAX Popular Stocks
Nov 20, 03:08 PM  -  Ub News - 39 minutes ago US stocks declined Friday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.25% to 10307, the S&P 500 lost 0.44% to 1090 and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.66% to 2143. SkillSoft PLC's (NASDAQ:SKIL ...

The Oil Casino: SEC Heading for Monte Carlo, Part III (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 02:59 PM

Dell bets on corporate spend for recovery
Nov 20, 02:59 PM  -  Financial Express - 2 hours ago : Dell, the world's No.3 PC brand, said on Friday that its core business of selling computers to companies was returning, after a sharp drop-off during the global downturn led to disappointing ...

Options Intelligence Report: Energy Sector Option Player Predicts Slippage With Butterfly Combo
Nov 20, 02:50 PM  -  istockAnalyst.com - 16 minutes ago XLE - Energy Select Sector SPDR – The exchange-traded fund, which mirrors the performance of the Energy Select Sector of the S&P 500 Index, popped up on our 'most active by options volume' market ...

Speak to our Hospital Doctors team now on:
Nov 20, 02:47 PM  -  Mediplacements - 20 minutes ago Frontline NHS staff, including those in nursing and hospital doctor jobs, are set to benefit from a series of new projects aimed at transforming patient care. Launched to mark the national Social ...

DomRep Shell subsidiary sells 137 gas stations
Nov 20, 02:30 PM  -  MSN Money - 37 minutes ago SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - A Dominican subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC has sold its 137 gas stations across the Caribbean country to a Barbados-based fuel supplier. Friday's ... Shell announces sale of service stations in Dominican Republic - Trading Markets

Shell announces sale of service stations in Dominican Republic
Nov 20, 02:30 PM  -  Trading Markets - 17 minutes ago Santo Domingo, Nov 20, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- RDS/A -- Royal Dutch Shell said it has reached a deal to sell service stations and other industrial and commercial businesses in the Dominican ...

Option Activity Alert: Skepticism Builds Toward Chevron Corporation
Nov 20, 02:14 PM  -  Schaeffers Research - 32 minutes ago by Elizabeth Harrow (eharrow@sir-inc.com) 11/20/2009 2:05 PM Puts are quickly becoming the options of choice on Chevron Corporation (CVX: sentiment, chart, options). On Thursday, speculators on ...

Chavez Wants to Redo the 'Rithmetic (at Motley Fool)
Nov 20, 02:07 PM

BHP Billiton Limited, Strikers In Chile Agree To Resume Talks-Reuters
Nov 20, 02:01 PM  -  Reuters Key Development - 46 minutes ago

Berkshire (Buffet's) 11 In Dow 30: Is The Legend Losing Track?
Nov 20, 02:00 PM  -  Berkshire (Buffet's) 11 In Dow 30: Is The Legend Losing Track? istockAnalyst.com - 7 minutes ago Following the legendary Warren Buffett's stock portfolio is an education in itself. Since 1982, Berkshire Hathaway Inc has made 148 acquisitions while taking stakes in 62 companies. Berkshire has ...

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Nov 20, 02:00 PM  -  istockAnalyst.com - 3 hours ago (Source: MARKETWIRE) Senior Executives from -- Alapis (ATHEX: ALAPIS), Mr. Norbert Schmidt-Gollas, Executive Director - Alapis -- Coca Cola Hellenic (NYSE: CCH), Mr. Doros Constantinou, CEO - Coca ...

MJ Maillis Group: Third Quarter and Nine Months 2009 Financial Results (for the Period 01.01.2009 - 30.9.2009)
Nov 20, 01:49 PM  -  Earthtimes - 3 hours ago ATHENS, GREECE -- 11/20/09 -- The MJ Maillis Group, a global leader in secondary packaging listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: MAIK), announced today its results for the three-month and nine ...

Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) Falls After Being Downgraded By Credit Suisse
Nov 20, 01:43 PM  -  Market Intelligence Center - 3 minutes ago Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) was downgraded today by analysts at Credit Suisse and the stock is now at $209.76, down $4.09 (-1.91%) on volume of 506,827 shares traded. The analysts downgraded RTP to ...

Total (TOT) NewsBite - TOT Falls on Lower Oil
Nov 20, 01:41 PM  -  Market Intelligence Center - 6 minutes ago Total (NYSE: TOT) opened at $61.62. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $61.48 and a high of $61.94. TOT is now trading at $61.60, down $1.19 (-1.9%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ...

Roubini Talks Down Markets Again (at Barrons.com)
Nov 20, 01:37 PM

Climate goal needs "more than technology" -Shell
Nov 20, 01:37 PM  -  Climate goal needs "more than technology" -Shell Reuters - 1 hour ago By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - Action to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius is beyond simply inventing new, low-carbon technologies and depends on wider changes to behavior and the way ...

Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List:  -  -  -  - Exxon Mobil, Bristol-Myers Squibb: Money Flow Leaders (XOM, BMY)
Nov 20, 01:05 PM  -  Wall Street Journal - 2 minutes ago Exxon Mobil Corp. topped the list at midday on Friday for Buying on Weakness , which tracks stocks that fell in price but had the largest inflow of money. See the full list . Bristol-Myers Squibb ...

Stocks on the move: Consol, Dell, Leap, LogMeIn, Merck, Novavax
Nov 20, 01:04 PM  -  Tri-Valley Herald - 2 minutes ago By Lu Wang ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT US) had the steepest decline in Russell 2000 Index, losing 15 percent to $5.64. The maker of equipment for telephone companies forecast first- quarter ...

Reliance Industries in race for Shell's European refineries
Nov 20, 01:03 PM  -  Reliance Industries in race for Shell's European refineries NDTV.com - 4 minutes ago Is Reliance Industries (RIL), the country's most valued company, getting ready to spoil the party for one of its oldest rivals? Well, it looks like that may be the case with RIL trying to woo ...

Rapaport Market Report 11/20/2009
Nov 20, 12:58 PM  -  Diamonds.net - 9 minutes ago By Avi Krawitz Many issues were discussed at the Antwerp Diamond Symposium this week but the question regarding how rough diamonds are marketed to manufacturers emerged among those of primary ...

Lloyd's List:  - Dancers strut stuff in three world premieres
Nov 20, 12:50 PM  -  Minneapolis Star Tribune - 4 hours ago Fragile, raw, inscrutable, gravity-defying: New works at Zenon traverse a wide range of emotions. By CAROLINE PALMER Special to the Star Tribune What: New work by Sydney Skybetter, Emilie Plauché ...

Lloyd's List:  - Will stocks surge or sink in 2010? How about neither. (at CNNMoney.com)
Nov 20, 12:48 PM  - After the doom and gloom of 2008 and heady gains of 2009, experts think next year might be a calm, boring one for stocks. There's nothing wrong with that.

Lloyd's List:  - Stock Market News: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT)
Nov 20, 12:27 PM  -  Jutia Group - 20 minutes ago Today, Nigeria renewed three shallow water oil licences jointly operated with ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), granting the US energy firm leases of a further 20 years with the option to renew again ...

Kinder Morgan May Buy ConocoPhillips Assets, CFO Says
Nov 20, 12:12 PM  -  Bloomberg - 34 minutes ago By Jordan Burke Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, the second-largest pipeline partnership by market value, may buy some pipeline and terminal assets from ConocoPhillips or ...

MARKET COMMENT: London Stocks Close Lower On Broker Changes
Nov 20, 12:09 PM  -  Wall Street Journal - 38 minutes ago By Sarah Turner LONDON (Dow Jones)--British stocks edged lower on Friday, with broker downgrades weighing on shares of several travel firms and Rio Tinto. The UK FTSE 100 index closed down 0.3% at ...

Cloud Peak Slips Amid Mixed Bag for IPOs (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 12:06 PM

Lloyd's List:  - London Markets: British shares edge lower, broker changes eyed (at MarketWatch)
Nov 20, 12:01 PM  - Weakness in commodity-sector stocks weighs on British indexes Friday.

Rio Tinto, BHP, Kazakhmys and Vedanta inch lower as copper and nickel stay weak, FTSE 100 slides
Nov 20, 11:58 AM  -  Proactive Investors UK - 9 minutes ago Overview: the FTSE 100 failed to get out of the red, ending the day 0.2% below the opening level as tour and commercial property companies continued sliding. The blue chip index was further ...

Lloyd's List:  - UPDATE - Nigeria renews three ExxonMobil oil licences (at Reuters)
Nov 20, 11:55 AM

Gabelli Utility Trust to Review Benefits of Rights Offering
Nov 20, 11:55 AM  -  Business Wire - 5 hours ago RYE, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Utility Trust (NYSE:GUT) (the “Fund”) authorized the Fund's investment adviser to explore the benefits to shareholders of a rights ...

Learn How Lifelong Learning Organizations Attract and Retain Good Employees
Nov 20, 11:55 AM  -  NJBIZ - 12 minutes ago Newark, NJ – North Jersey Partners will host a free half-day seminar entitled, Building a Lifelong Learning Organization: Best Practices from the Frontline, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 at 9 am at ...

Noble (NE) NewsBite - NE Declines on Lower Oil
Nov 20, 11:51 AM  -  Market Intelligence Center - 16 minutes ago Noble (NYSE: NE) opened at $41.43. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $38.75 and a high of $41.43. NE is now trading at $39.03, down $2.68 (-6.41%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ...

Lloyd's List:  - Bergen Group Rosenberg signs framework agreement ConocoPhillips for the Greater Ekofisk
Nov 20, 11:48 AM  -  Your Project News - 18 minutes ago Bergen Group Rosenberg has signed a framework agreement with ConocoPhillips Norway for future modification contracts on their installations in the North Sea (the Greater Ekofisk Area). The scope ...

CONSOL Energy (CNX) NewsBite - CNX Falls on Lower Coal
Nov 20, 11:46 AM  -  Market Intelligence Center - 21 minutes ago CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX) opened at $47.14. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $44.95 and a high of $47.16. CNX is now trading at $45.32, down $2.23 (-4.69%). Over the last 52 weeks the ...

Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List:  -  - [$$] China's 7 Days Gains, Cloud Peak Slips Post-IPO (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 20, 11:31 AM

China’s Rebound Is Too Good To Be True (at Investopedia)
Nov 20, 11:25 AM

Crude Oil Continues Slide (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 11:25 AM

3 Lesser-Known ETFs (at Investopedia)
Nov 20, 11:24 AM

DJ Rio Tinto Gets $741M In Connection With Cloud Peak Energy IPO
Nov 20, 11:23 AM  -  Trading Markets - 23 minutes ago LONDON, Nov 20, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex) -- RTP -- Rio Tinto PLC (RIO.LN), a resources company, said Friday that it has received total proceeds of at least $741 million ... Rio Tinto Gets $741 Million In Connection With Cloud Peak Energy IPO - NASDAQ

GRA action to include penalty points
Nov 20, 11:23 AM  -  Irish Times - 24 minutes ago Gardaí will not issue penalty point or fixed charge notices to motorists next Tuesday as part of the action being taken by members of the Frontline Services Alliance. In a statement today the ...

Freight Forwards Curve Warns Of Baltic Dry Index Collapse (EGLE, DRYS, GNK)
Nov 20, 11:13 AM  -  The Business Insider - 33 minutes ago The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has hit the highest point all year, staging a stunning rebound that is earning dry bulk shipping companies substantial amounts of profit for the time being. The latest ...

7 Reasons to Worry About Next Week (at Motley Fool)
Nov 20, 11:03 AM

UPDATE 2-Nigeria renews three ExxonMobil oil licences
Nov 20, 11:00 AM  -  Reuters - 1 hour ago ABUJA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria on Friday renewed three shallow water oil licences jointly operated with ExxonMobil (XOM.N), granting the US energy firm leases of a further 20 years with the ...

Nigeria renews three ExxonMobil oil licences
Nov 20, 11:00 AM  -  Reuters - 47 minutes ago ABUJA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria on Friday renewed three shallow water oil licences jointly operated with ExxonMobil (XOM.N), granting the US energy firm leases of a further 20 years with the ...

Gartmore plans IPO to cut H&F stake, debt
Nov 20, 10:59 AM  -  Gartmore plans IPO to cut H&F stake, debt Forbes - 6 hours ago By Cecilia Valente and Daisy Ku LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Private equity-owned fund manager Gartmore has kicked-off a much-touted run of initial public offerings among companies owned by cash ...

6 Companies With a Secret Weapon (at Motley Fool)
Nov 20, 10:58 AM

Why Traders Are Abandoning DryShips (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 10:57 AM

UPDATE - Alpha Natural halts production at Pennsylvania mine (at Reuters)
Nov 20, 10:34 AM

Value-Focused Third Avenue Makes Picks for Double-Digit Returns (Indie Research)
Nov 20, 10:31 AM

Rio Tinto's Cloud Peak Energy debuts IPO (at MarketWatch)
Nov 20, 10:02 AM

Alma - Atermon S.A. Announces Name Change
Nov 20, 09:55 AM  -  Reuters Key Development - 7 hours ago

Valero shutting Delaware refinery employing 550 (at MarketWatch)
Nov 20, 09:54 AM

Alma - Atermon S.A. Appoints Mr. Jean Jacques Philip De Roeck as New Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Nov 20, 09:50 AM  -  Reuters Key Development - 7 hours ago

Rio Tinto's Cloud Peak Enegy falls in IPO debut (at MarketWatch)
Nov 20, 09:47 AM

UPDATE - Goldman sees met coal miners gain from coal stock rally (at Reuters)
Nov 20, 09:46 AM

Shell conducts maintenance at Canadian refinery
Nov 20, 09:45 AM  -  Reuters - 2 minutes ago CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) is conducting maintenance at its 98,000 barrel-a-day Scotford refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, according to a message on a ...

Research Oracle roundup for 20 November 2009
Nov 20, 09:39 AM  -  Research Oracle - 7 hours ago National Bank of Greece SA(NYSE:NBG)Global financial markets have witnessed a robust increase since the beginning of the year, with the MSCI World Index increasing 28.5% and the MSCI Emerging ...

Options Edge: Goldman Sachs, Nokia, DryShips, and NIKE
Nov 20, 09:39 AM  -  Schaeffers Research - 8 minutes ago by Elizabeth Harrow (eharrow@sir-inc.com) 11/20/2009 9:29 AM Today's column includes a bonus battle for Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), job cuts at Nokia Corporation (NOK), a boosted notes ...

Weak Gold Demand (TheStreet.com TV)
Nov 20, 09:35 AM

Cloud Peak Energy prices IPO shy of expectations (AP)
Nov 20, 09:35 AM  - U.S. coal producer Cloud Peak Energy Inc. said Friday its initial public offering of 30.6 million common shares priced at $15 per share, just below its expected range.

Buy Agriculture Stocks (TheStreet.com TV)
Nov 20, 09:32 AM

Rate Natural Gas Stocks (TheStreet.com TV)
Nov 20, 09:28 AM

DryShips, Novavax: Early Movers (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 09:27 AM

Emerald Mine Experiences Roof Fall
Nov 20, 09:26 AM  -  PR Newswire - 20 minutes ago ABINGDON, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Emerald Coal Resources, LP, an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), said that its Emerald longwall mine near Waynesburg, Pa ...

Emerald Coal Resources, LP An Affiliate Of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. Announces Its Emerald Longwall Mine Experiences Roof Fall
Nov 20, 09:26 AM  -  Reuters Key Development - 8 hours ago

Lloyd's List:  - Euromedica S.A. Announces Merger by Absorption of Subsidiaries
Nov 20, 09:17 AM  -  Reuters Key Development - 8 hours ago

Calendar Spread Key Risk Ranking Declines for BP (NYSE: BP)
Nov 20, 09:13 AM  -  Market Intelligence Center - 33 minutes ago BP (NYSE: BP) closed yesterday at $58.63. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $33.70 and 52-week high of $60.00. The proprietary Key Risk Ranking for BP has declined from a 2 KEY ...

Gastem Announces $5 M Flow-Through Financing
Nov 20, 09:12 AM  -  Trading Markets - 35 minutes ago MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Nov 20, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- GMR -- Gastem (TSX VENTURE:GMR) is pleased to announce that it is undertaking a brokered private placement for an amount up to $5,000,000 ...

Dell, DR Horton, Rio Tinto in the spotlight
Nov 20, 09:07 AM  -  MarketWatch - 40 minutes ago By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch US stock futures on Friday pointed to a weaker start, hurt in part by Dell's worse-than-forecast profit drop as traders moved toward safer securities like bonds. See ...

Before the Bell: Dell, D.R. Horton, Rio Tinto in the spotlight (at MarketWatch)
Nov 20, 09:06 AM  - U.S. stock futures on Friday pointed to a weaker start, hurt in part by Dell's worse-than-forecast profit drop as traders moved toward safer securities like bonds. See Indications.

[video] Best Energy Portfolio (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 09:02 AM

Australia desal irrigation behind Chevron's Gorgon masterplan?
Nov 20, 08:58 AM  -  Australia desal irrigation behind Chevron's Gorgon masterplan? The Spoof - 8 minutes ago Western Australia - (Upstream): The permanent greening of 99% of Australian desert may no longer be a supermajor pipedream. This week San Ramon energy giant Chevron Corp was keeping ...

Top Day Trader Alerts (BCRX, DELL, DRYS, NVAX, WCRX)
Nov 20, 08:58 AM  -  24/7 Wall St. - 9 minutes ago These are this morning's top day trader alerts and active trader alerts early this Friday morning. We have links through to each stock at VSInvestor.com with more data and analysis on each ...

Alpha Natural (ANR) Maintained Top Pick Alert, Watch for 6.9% Technical Uptrend Continuation
Nov 20, 08:57 AM  -  Comtex Smartrend - 9 minutes ago By Chip Brian, SmarTrend Analytics Team Alpha Natural (NYSE:ANR) maintained Top Pick in coal sector, raised price target to $56 from $50, at Goldman. The stock closed yesterday at $40.32 on volume ...

Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List:  -  - Arrow to eye $40b LNG haul
Nov 20, 08:50 AM  -  Courier Mail - 17 minutes ago COAL seam gas company Arrow Energy told shareholders yesterday its international partner Royal Dutch Shell had agreed to take the full initial output from the two groups' planned Curtis Island ...

EU mergers and takeovers (Nov 20)
Nov 20, 08:47 AM  -  Reuters - 20 minutes ago -- Japanese imaging products maker Canon Inc (7751.T) to acquire Oce NV (OCEN.AS), a Dutch supplier of digital printing systems, software and services (notified Nov. 17/deadline Dec. 22) -- Irish ...

Lloyd's List:  - Shell seeks to reassure analysts on major projects
Nov 20, 08:43 AM  -  Houston Chronicle - 4 minutes ago Royal Dutch Shell Plc will aim to reassure investors on the costs and profitability of its Pearl gas-to-liquids and QatarGas projects during a field trip for analysts. Shell's Pearl GTL joint ...

Campbell Soup Company Named as ?Company to Watch? in the 2009 Top Companies for Leaders Study by Hewitt Associates, The RBL Group and Fortune
Nov 20, 08:35 AM  -  Business Wire - 8 hours ago CAMDEN, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) has been named to the Special Recognition list as part of the 2009 Top Companies for Leaders in North America. Conducted by Hewitt ...

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Awarded Stand-By Oil Spill Recovery Services Contract by European Maritime Safety Agency
Nov 20, 08:30 AM  -  PR Newswire - 16 minutes ago PIRAEUS, Greece, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) today announced its Belgian subsidiary, Aegean Bunkers at Sea NV, has been awarded a contract by ... AEGEAN MARINE PETR: Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Awarded.. - 4-traders

Top 5 Stocks With Highest Annual Sales (DCM, LOW, BBY, MRO, RTP)
Nov 20, 08:29 AM  -  Benzinga - 18 minutes ago Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ with the highest annual sales. NTT DoCoMo Inc (NYSE: DCM) has a market capitalization of $60.93 billion and annual sales of $48.62 billion ...

Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 08:18 AM

Lloyd's List:  - Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AFL, BRCM, DDS, D, INTC, MRVL, BTU, RTP, STP, TXN)
Nov 20, 08:08 AM  -  24/7 Wall St. - 38 minutes ago Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Removed from Conviction Buy List (still Buy rated) at Goldman Sachs. RioTinto (NYSE: RTP) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse. Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) Raised to Hold ...

Chevron Corp. energized
Nov 20, 08:02 AM  -  East Bay Business Times - 4 minutes ago “We need every molecule and every source of energy in the future,” says Chevron Ventures' Trond Unneland. For Chevron Corp., there's nothing alternative about alternative energy. Chevron has been ...

StockPreacher.com Issues Trading Outlook for Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd.
Nov 20, 07:54 AM  -  FOXBusiness - 12 minutes ago DALLAS, Nov 20, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) ----StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring shipping transportation company Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE:EXM). The report ...

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Toyota Motors, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp., and Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Nov 20, 07:50 AM  -  Zacks.com - 17 minutes ago Chicago, IL – November 20, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting ...

Ethanol Producer CDS/Equity Relationship (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 07:40 AM

Athens Water Supply & Sewerage Company Announces Resignation of Chairman
Nov 20, 07:40 AM  -  Athens Water Supply & Sewerage Company Announces Resignation of Chairman Reuters Key Development - 1 hour ago

Looking ahead to Kohlberg Capital Corporation earnings; KCAP, TINY, GPH, GS
Nov 20, 07:38 AM  -  Learning Markets - 10 hours ago Investors watch earnings announcements closely, as changes in a company's financials can be a good indication whether a company is on the right track, or headed the wrong way. Kohlberg Capital ...

FOCUS: Greek Banks Bullish Despite Worries On Econ, Govt Bonds
Nov 20, 07:38 AM  -  Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago By Alkman Granitsas Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ATHENS (Dow Jones)--Greek banks, which have quietly survived the global financial crisis in relative health, are turning increasingly bullish, even as ...

Looking ahead to National Bank of Greece SA earnings; NBG, SAN, IBN, HBC
Nov 20, 07:38 AM  -  Learning Markets - 1 hour ago Traders watch earnings releases closely, as changes in a company's performance can be a good indication whether a company is on the right track, or headed the wrong way. National Bank of Greece SA ...

The Complete List of Italian ADR Stocks (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 07:14 AM

www.bharatbook.com : GulfMark Offshore, Inc. - Oil & Gas - Deals and Alliances Profile
Nov 20, 07:13 AM  -  www.bharatbook.com : GulfMark Offshore, Inc. - Oil & Gas - Deals and Alliances Profile PRMinds - 33 minutes ago www.bharatbook.com included a new report on "GulfMark Offshore, Inc. - Oil & Gas - Deals and Alliances Profile" into its market report catalogue for reselling. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (GulfMark ...

Cazaly distances itself from Rio Tinto
Nov 20, 07:03 AM  -  Linex Legal - 3 minutes ago Source: WA Business News - Cazaly Resources has re-named its Hamersley project in the Pilbara after a feisty AFL footballer to distance the junior iron ore explorer from any association with its ...

Rio Tinto and Codelco's pragmatic cooperation: a trend in mining that could spread to oil?
Nov 20, 07:02 AM  -  Rio Tinto and Codelco's pragmatic cooperation: a trend in mining that could spread to oil? FT.com - 5 minutes ago by William MacNamara A technology agreement between Rio Tinto and Codelco - two of the world's biggest copper mining companies - raises the prospect that large resource companies might pool tech R ...

FAF Advisors, Inc. Announces December Distributions for Closed-End Funds
Nov 20, 07:02 AM  -  Business Wire - 10 hours ago MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The closed-end funds listed below, which are advised by FAF Advisors, Inc., today declared their December distributions. The distributions will be allocated on a per ...

Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List:  -  - The Complete List of Danish ADR Stocks (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 06:36 AM

France: Prosecutor appeals blast acquittals
Nov 20, 06:27 AM  -  MSN Money - 20 minutes ago TOULOUSE, France (AP) - The Toulouse public prosecutor says he is appealing the acquittal of a subsidiary of French oil giant Total SA and a former factory chief in a 2001 chemical plant explosion ... French prosecutor appeals acquittal of Total subsidiary, ex-factory chief in plant blast - The San Francisco Examiner

Lloyd's List: Lloyd's List:  -  - Top European Equity Funds
Nov 20, 06:01 AM  -  Zacks.com - 4 hours ago Today we are featuring top-performing "European" equity mutual funds, which primarily invest in equity securities of companies based in Europe. ING European Real Estate Fund A (IAERX) seeks to ...

Piraeus Bank announced 3Q09 results
Nov 20, 05:57 AM  -  Οικονομία - 3 hours ago NII reached €284.8m, broadly in line with consensus, up 4.6% qoq, on lower contribution from the bond portfolio, but further re-pricing on the asset side. Domestic deposits spreads reached -66bps ...

Gabelli Global Deal Fund announces Q4 distribution of USD0.44 per share
Nov 20, 05:57 AM  -  Trading Markets - 4 hours ago Nov 20, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- GDL -- The board of trustees of closed-end management investment company The Gabelli Global Deal Fund (NYSE:GDL) declared on Thursday a cash ...

Cramer's Mad Money - The Most Dangerous Homebuilder (11/19/09) (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 05:48 AM

Lloyd's List:  - ANALYSIS-Stocks ripe for defensive switch as rebound matures
Nov 20, 05:36 AM  -  Forexyard - 4 hours ago By Dominic Lau and Blaise Robinson LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Shares in telecoms and utilities have returned to the top of European equity investors' menu, signalling that a shift away from ...

Market Winners & Losers: King Pharmaceuticals, MBIA (at Fox Business)
Nov 20, 05:21 AM

New EDM 130 - Communication at Christmas for Frontline Troops
Nov 20, 05:20 AM  -  DeHavilland - 26 minutes ago That this House calls for the Ministry of Defence to repeat last year's provision of extra minutes of free talk time over the festive period for British military personnel serving overseas ...

Lloyd's List:  - Shell selects Invensys's mobile workforce solution
Nov 20, 05:06 AM  -  Shell selects Invensys's mobile workforce solution Trading Markets - 41 minutes ago Nov 20, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- RDS/A -- Royal Dutch Shell has announced that its Downstream Manufacturing Division has entered into a multi-year partnership with Invensys Operations ...

Total Says Shtokman Natural Gas Start Delayed 2 Years
Nov 20, 05:04 AM  -  Oil and Gas Industry Latest News - 3 minutes ago Shtokman, a natural gas field in Russia's Arctic waters that is one of the world's largest gas deposits, will start producing two years later than OAO Gazprom's planned launch date, according to ...

Cramer: 9 Stocks That Work Right Now (at CNBC)
Nov 20, 05:00 AM

Corinth Pipeworks: Announcement
Nov 20, 05:00 AM  -  Capital.gr - 4 hours ago CORINTH PIPEWORKS SA notifies the investment community that it will release its 9M Financial Results on Wednesday November 25, 2009 and at the same day there will be an analysts´ conference call ...

Infrastructure ETF Picks Best of BRICs (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 05:00 AM

Steel supports economy: Schachler
Nov 20, 04:44 AM  -  Hamilton Spectator - 2 minutes ago Manufacturing may not be "fashionable," but it is the bedrock of Ontario's economic strength, says the CEO of ArcelorMittal Dofasco. While the public sector provides jobs and attracts talent to a ...

Bruker Appoints Bernd Gewiese and Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin Division
Nov 20, 04:43 AM  -  spectroscopyNOW.com - 4 hours ago Bruker Corporation today announced that it has appointed Dr. Bernd Gewiese and Dr. Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin division, with an effective date of February 1st, 2010 ...

Emporiki: Notification Of Information
Nov 20, 04:43 AM  -  Capital.gr - 4 hours ago "Emporiki Bank of Greece SA", according to the provisions of L.3556/2007 (articles 3 (xvi), (bb) and 21), in conjunction with article 11 of Decision 1/434/3.7.2007 of Capital Market Commission ...

Frontline: Federal investment in electric cars is critical to clean energy
Nov 20, 04:30 AM  -  Western Front - 17 minutes ago by Editorial Staff The electric car is certainly enjoying a surge in popularity. Nov. 19 and 20, Nissan and Chevrolet are previewing new electric car models in San Diego, according to the San ...

Royal Dutch Shell: cost reduction programs are in place and low returning assets will be sold
Nov 20, 04:23 AM  -  Proactive Investors UK - 23 minutes ago It wasn't long ago that the oil majors were public enemy number one posting bumper profits whilst consumers were forced to pay record prices at the petrol pumps. Not so anymore. Lower oil and gas ...

Combining Value and Earning Surprises for Outsize Returns (at Seeking Alpha)
Nov 20, 04:00 AM

POSCO Acquires 65% of Indonesia's PT. MRI
Nov 20, 03:57 AM  -  POSCO Acquires 65% of Indonesia's PT. MRI Reuters Key Development - 50 minutes ago

Rio Tinto cut to underperform at Credit Suisse (at MarketWatch)
Nov 20, 03:47 AM

M.J. Maillis Group S.A. Under Supervision Since April 2009
Nov 20, 03:30 AM  -  Reuters Key Development - 5 hours ago

Shell Reports Maintenance Work, Flaring at Refinery in Canada
Nov 20, 03:07 AM  -  Bloomberg - 40 minutes ago By Samantha Zee Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc is conducting maintenance and may flare gases at its Scotford refinery in Alberta, according to a message on a community hotline. The ...

TISCO lift stainless steel export offer to S.Korea
Nov 20, 02:48 AM  -  Alibaba News Channel - 19 minutes ago November 20 MetalBiz—TISCO increased stainless steel offer export to S.Korea recently. The price of 304 HRC from TISCO to S.Korea is US.$2,550 per ton (FOB) and CRC is US$2,700 per ton (2T, FOB ...

Market Wrap - 20/11/09, 6.35pm EST
Nov 20, 02:39 AM  -  Finance News Network - 7 minutes ago The Australian share market has closed the session lower today dragged down by the banks like Westpac and ANZ and miners like giants BHP and Rio Tinto on fears of a slowdown in demand from China ...

[$$] Corporate Watch (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 20, 02:37 AM

Cloud Peak IPO Prices Below Range (at TheStreet.com)
Nov 20, 02:15 AM

Buyers ready bids for BHP nickel cast-off
Nov 20, 02:14 AM  -  Reuters - 33 minutes ago By James Regan and Denny Thomas SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) is on the verge of selling its Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Australia, ending a disastrous $2 billion foray into specialty ...

DryShips Inc. Announces Pricing of $400 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering (Marketwire)
Nov 20, 01:42 AM

Escalation of US-China trade row biggest global threat-M.Stanley
Nov 20, 01:32 AM  -  Forexyard - 8 hours ago SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A serious escalation in trade or currency disputes between the United States and China could be the biggest risk to global stability over the next few years, a top ... Sino-US trade row is global threat: Roach - Globe and Mail

The Modern Iron Curtain Is Made of Gas Pipelines (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 20, 01:27 AM

Techs, Resources Lead Fall (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Nov 20, 01:27 AM  - Techs, Resources Lead Fall Asian stock markets fell Friday on concerns over the U.S. economy and as resource stocks slipped on weaker commodity prices. The Nikkei was 0.5% lower. U.S.

Derivatives Group Names Voldstad as CEO With Regulation Looming
Nov 20, 12:18 AM  -  Bloomberg - 8 hours ago By Shannon D. Harrington Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Conrad Voldstad, the first head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s global swaps group and a member of the team that liquidated Long-Term Capital Management ...

Arena study may sketch out vision
Nov 20, 12:03 AM  -  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 4 minutes ago By Jeremy Boren, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Pittsburgh Penguins executives said Thursday they're open to ideas for developing 28 acres next to their new home in the Consol Energy Center, but saving Mellon ...