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DuPont to Enhance Food Production - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:21:01 +0000

E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company outlined goals for improving agriculture and alleviating poverty worldwide, and making food more available and nutritious while protecting the environment.

The DuPont food security goals, to be achieved by the end of 2020, include investments in newer products so that there is more food production. Moreover, it also plans to provide more and more nutritious products along with enhancing the food availability, while reducing waste. DuPont plans to invest $1...

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Stock Market News for February 3, 2012 - Market News

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:06:01 +0000

Thursday witnessed a lackluster trading session with the benchmarks hardly willing to make a move in either direction as investors waited for the government to release its nonfarm payroll data on Friday. Markets finally closed mixed, amidst a drop in initial claims and a mixed bag of earnings results. Meanwhile, social media companies showed strength as Facebook filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an Initial Public Offering.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved in a narrow...

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DuPont & Suntech Join Forces - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:54:01 +0000

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Suntech Power Holdings entered into a strategic agreement with an overall goal of augmenting the supply of PV materials and technologies in the global solar energy market.

The agreement specifically focuses on technology advancements, supply chain optimization, cost reduction initiatives as well as DuPont's Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride film supply.

Further, DuPont and Suntech are engaged in co-marketing opportunities in order to further promote a faster a...

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Dow Misses Estimates - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:01 +0000

The Dow Chemical Company earned 25 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 32 cents per share as well as earnings of 47 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. However, including one-time charges, the company reported a loss of 2 cents per share compared with earnings of 37 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.

For the full-year 2011, earnings were $2.54 per share, up 29% compared with $1.97 per share in 2010. Full-year earnings also misse...

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Mixed Earnings, Steady Jobless Claims - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:19:01 +0000

Today, investors will be weighing favorable headlines out of Europe following successful bond auctions in Spain and Italy, against a mixed earnings picture on the home front as a number of major companies came out with underwhelming results. And in the run-up to tomorrow's January non-farm payroll report, we got a better-than-expected Initial Jobless Claims reading, highlighting the steadily improving labor market trend.

Initial Jobless Claims dropped a better-than-expected 12K last week to 3...

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Ahead of Wall Street - February 2, 2012 - Ahead of Wall Street

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:08:01 +0000

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Today, investors will be weighing favorable headlines out of Europe following successful bond auctions in Spain and Italy, against a mixed earnings picture on the home front as a number of major companies came out with underwhelming results. And in the run-up to tomorrow's January non-farm payroll report, we got a better-than-expected Initial Jobless Claims reading, highlighting the steadily improving labor market trend.

Initial Jobless Claims dropped a better-than-...

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MarketMap 2012 Annual Outlook

JackCahn, TraderPlanet.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:04:06 +0000

"All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology. Without due recognition of crowd-thinking ... our theories of economics leave much to be desired. It has always seemed to me that the periodic madnesses which afflict mankind must reflect some deeply rooted trait in human nature -- a trait akin to the force that motivates the migration of birds or the rush of lemmings to the sea. It is a force wholly impalpable... yet, knowledge of it is necessary to right judgm...

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Earnings Preview: Dow Chemical - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:22:01 +0000

The Dow Chemical Company is scheduled to report its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results before the market opens on Thursday, February 2.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter is 32 cents per share, representing a year-over-year decrease of 32.24%.

With respect to earnings surprises, the company has beaten the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters. This is reflected in the average earnings surprise of 14.95%, with positive surprises in three quarters and ...

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Eastman to Acquire Solutia - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:55:01 +0000

As part of its expansion strategy, Eastman Chemical Company announced its plans to acquire Solutia Inc. , a global leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals, for $3.4 billion in cash and stock. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2012.

As per the agreement, Solutia stockholders will receive $22.00 in cash and 0.12 shares of Eastman common stock for each share of Solutia common stock. Solutia, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2008, generated about 30% of its revenue from ...

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Eastman Misses Estimates - Analyst Blog

ZacksResearch, TraderPlanet.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:01 +0000

Eastman Chemical Company reported fourth-quarter earnings of 71 cents per share, compared with 70 cents per share, a year earlier and missed the Zacks Consensus estimate of 80 cents per share. The 2010 EPS excluded $26 million of asset impairments and restructuring charges and $115 million of early debt extinguishment costs.

Revenues climbed 18% year over year to $1.7 billion, driven by increased selling prices and higher sales volumes. Operating earnings in the quarter increased to $163 mill...

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