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Pacific Ethanol Faces Tougher Quarter After Beating Q3 Estimates

Posted: October 29, 2014 at 4:42 pm

Pacific Ethanol Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX) reported fiscal third quarter 2014 earnings after markets closed on Wednesday afternoon. For the quarter, the ethanol fuel maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share ...
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What to Look For in ConocoPhillips Third-Quarter Results

Posted: October 29, 2014 at 1:55 pm

The third largest U.S. integrated oil company, ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), reports its third-quarter results Thursday morning before the market open. Analysts have a consensus estimate for earnings per share (EPS) ...
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Shell Midstream IPO Out With a Bang

Posted: October 29, 2014 at 12:00 pm

Shell Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) had its initial public offering (IPO) Wednesday morning. The company is a master limited partnership (MLP) formed by an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell ...
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Phillips 66 Earnings Double, Revenue Slips

Posted: October 29, 2014 at 11:05 am

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) reported its third-quarter results Wednesday before the U.S. markets opened as $2.02 in earnings per share on $41.05 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had consensus estimates ...
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SunPower Earnings Weighed Down by Margin Slide, Soft Outlook

Posted: October 29, 2014 at 9:10 am

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) reported third-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday. The solar panel maker reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.30 on adjusted revenue of $704.2 ...
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Arch Coal, CONSOL Earnings Hit by Low Prices, High Costs

Posted: October 28, 2014 at 9:00 am

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) reported third-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday. The coal miner posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.09 on revenues of $884.62 million. ...
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BP Earnings Hurt by Russian Sanctions

Posted: October 28, 2014 at 7:35 am

BP PLC (NYSE: BP) reported third-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday. The oil and gas supermajor posted diluted earnings per American depositary share (ADS) of $0.99 on revenues of ...
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2 Coal Stocks Report Earnings Tuesday

Posted: October 27, 2014 at 2:08 pm

Over the past 12 months, the best-performing coal company stock is CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX), which is down about 10.5%. It is an even better performer over the past ...
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Short Sellers Attacked Oil Giants as Oil Slid Toward $80

Posted: October 27, 2014 at 9:55 am

Short interest data for major oil stocks was released for the October 15 settlement date. Most of the top oil stocks, with the exception of Petrobras, saw their short interest ...
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Merrill Lynch Has 3 Oil Picks for Lower Then Higher Oil Prices

Posted: October 27, 2014 at 9:10 am

Even though West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has fared better in the recent oil sell-off than Brent crude, the Merrill Lynch team sees an imminent ramp-up in inflow capacity, which may ...
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Petrobras Feels Wrath of Rousseff Election Win in Brazil

Posted: October 27, 2014 at 8:45 am

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. –(NYSE: PBR) is getting to demonstrate all over again just how bad it is when a nation is under a socialist regime. The oil giant known as ...
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Short Interest in Solar Stocks Rises Even as Share Prices Drop

Posted: October 27, 2014 at 7:45 am

Short interest in solar stocks generally rose during the two-week period to October 15. Three of the four non-bankrupt companies we have followed saw short interest grow during period, and ...
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Dear Analysts, Can Nabors Really Run 50%?

Posted: October 24, 2014 at 12:10 pm

Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) has seen its shares slaughtered of late, along with many other rig and drilling companies. Some analysts still have positive ratings and big upside price ...
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3 Stocks to Benefit From Fast Growing Global Solar Power Demand in 2015

Posted: October 24, 2014 at 10:10 am

If any sector was smashed in the early October sell-off, it was the solar stocks. High growth usually equals high beta, and some of the best stocks and companies in ...
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Credit Suisse’s 5 Top Energy MLPs to Buy Now as They Rally Back

Posted: October 24, 2014 at 9:35 am

Everything got hit hard during the recent sell-off, but the energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) got the double whammy of market selling combined with energy prices plunging. After a strong ...
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