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If President Barack Obama succeeds in pushing through climate legislation in 2010, U.S. electric power companies could end up having to pay around $20 for each ton of carbon dioxide their plants pump into the atmosphere.

Investors sought safety Friday by selling stocks for a third straight day in favor of the dollar and Treasurys, including some short-term debt that offered almost no return.

TheStreet.com's stock-rating model upgraded telecommunications company BCE to "buy." The numbers : Third-quarter profit more than doubled to $584 million, or 72 cents a share, as revenue increased marginally to $4.5 billion.

He's up 1,334%! See what David's recommending that you buy NEXT! Click here now to find out! One year after the perfect storm pelted the world's dry bulk fleet -- with an unimaginable decrease in demand paired with an extraordinary oversupply of ships -- the seas appear to have calmed.

Michael and Laurie Crews have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 218 Lansbrooke Dr.

Mayflies may seal the fate of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian hills of the eastern U.S. Companies such as Massey Energy Co.

IT was a five-paragraph news brief that happened to make the paper last month: "ST. LOUIS - Peabody Energy says its profits plunged 71 percent, with both Europe and the United States using much less coal-fired power in the recession." Then, matter-of-factly: "The company is now moving aggressively into Australian mining to satisfy one customer that ...

Mayflies may seal the fate of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian hills of the eastern U.S. Companies such as Massey Energy Co.

Shares in U.S. coal mining companies rose on Wednesday after Credit Suisse upped its stock price targets for the sector on a bullish forecast for steel-making metallurgical coal prices, Reuters reports.

Everybody hates carbon, so everybody hates coal. Or says they do. Coal is dirty and burns with emissions that are unfriendly to our atmosphere; it is black, not green.

Wash U. kids show big balls in protesting reception attended by energy executives, including some from the coal industry.

Peabody Energy Corp. , which is scouting the region for 200,000 square feet of office space, is emerging as another possible office tenant to anchor the long-stalled Ballpark Village development downtown.

THE US coal company Peabody Energy expects a ''healthy increase'' in coal price agreements with Japanese buyers this year, driven by surging demand and the strong Australian dollar.

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, private-sector coal king Peabody Energy With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Peabody 's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

This aerial photo shows some of the Bear Run Mine spur track work that is now complete.

Coal mining companies from Appalachia to Missouri are seeing plenty of rebounding demand, just not here at home.

According to tribal lore, the Hopi forefathers fled a corrupt underworld thousands of years ago by climbing through a hollow tree to high mesas near the Grand Canyon.

There's nothing like a near-death experience to make you appreciate life's bounty.

Bank holding company MB Financial Inc. declared a dividend of a penny per share late Friday, unchanged from the quarter before.

While the domestic coal industry continues to adjust to epic market disruptions within its customer base, a clear vision of the near-term outlook has remained the hottest commodity of all.