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Alcoa (AA) plunges: Earnings season is off to a bad start

October 8, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
Earnings season is off to a rough start. Alcoa (NYSE:AA) spooked the market with a huge disappointment. What does the rest of the season have in store? By Andrew Snyder Baltimore – (TFN): With the year’s third quarter just a week or so in our past, it is time to enter earnings season. Like usual, the first [...]

Rusal vs. Norilsk (NILSY): Who wins if nickel loses?

October 3, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Russian billionaires are squabling over the world’s largest nickel producer. But while they struggle for control, no one has considered what’s best for Norilsk (NILSY). Commodities prices are falling, and demand is sliding. Could Rusal save Norilsk? More importantly, does anyone care? by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore — (TFN): Yet again, Russian billionaires are reenacting a [...]

Commodities Trading: Aluminum’s Alcoa bribes (maybe) and buys

March 21, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
"After naming Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O’Neal (yes, that Stan O’Neal, the one who was forced to step down after revealing $8.4 billion in mortgage writedowns for the investment firm last fall) to its board, Alcoa and Chinese competitor Aluminum Corporation of China, or Chalco, as it’s known, bought a 9% stake (12% [...]