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Sunday | BusinessWeek

China's Surprising Clout in Cleantech

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.

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Related Topix: Edwardsport, IN, Mining

Fri Nov 20, 2009

MarketWatch

Market Snapshot: Risk aversion sends stocks lower for 3rd day

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.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mining, Computers, Dell, PC, Alpha, OH

TheStreet.com

First Solar, Home Depot: Ratings Changes

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.

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Related Topix: Mining, Business News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Motley Fool

How Do Shippers Look Now?

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.

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Related Topix: Product Recalls, Mining

Mon Nov 16, 2009

St. Louis BlockShopper

Coal company EVP selling Chesterfield 4BD

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

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Related Topix: Chesterfield, MO, Home Listing, Home, Mining

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Mining News

Mayfly To Be Protected Habitat at Expense of Coal Mining Exploration in US Mountaintops Coal Mine

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

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Related Topix: Appalachia, VA, Massey Energy, Mining, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Entomology, Science

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Other nations are going to use coal

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 ...

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Related Topix: Mining, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, World News, Indonesia, Australia, US Politics, US News, Al Gore, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Opinion

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Mayfly May Thwart $3 Billion in Coal Mined by Blowing Up U.S. Mountaintops

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

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Related Topix: Appalachia, VA, Massey Energy, Mining, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Entomology, Science

Thu Nov 12, 2009

UTU News

U.S. coal mining stocks rise

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.

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Related Topix: Consol Energy, Mining, Massey Energy

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Investopedia

Everybody Hates Carbon

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.

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Related Topix: Mining, Arch Coal, Financial Markets, Massey Energy, Consol Energy, Warren Buffett

Sun Nov 08, 2009

St. Louis - riverfronttimes.com

Wash U. Students Steamed About "Dirty Energy" Flash Executives

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

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Related Topix: Mining, Arch Coal

Fri Nov 06, 2009

St. Louis Business Journal

Peabody on the prowl, looks at Ballpark Village

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.

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Related Topix: Mining, Real Estate, Jones Lang Lasalle

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rising demand boosts Peabody

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.

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Related Topix: Mining

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Motley Fool

4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Peabody

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.

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Related Topix: Mining, Financial Markets

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Linton Daily Citizen

Wet weather has slowed work on coal mine railroad spur

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

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Related Topix: Weather, Dugger, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Mining

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Coal profits mask lack of US economic activity

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

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Related Topix: Mining, Arch Coal, 9

KPNX-TV Phoenix

Power plant conflict splits ancient Hopi tribe

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.

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Related Topix: Phoenix Metro, Phoenix, AZ, Mesa, AZ, Mining

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Motley Fool

Teck Enjoys a New Lease on Life

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

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Related Topix: Mining, Transportation, Railroads, Canadian National Railway

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

MB Financial declares penny-per-share dividend

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

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Related Topix: MB Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Terra Industries, Chemicals, Investment Banking, Mining

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Motley Fool

Coal Miners Focus Their Binoculars

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.

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Related Topix: Massey Energy, Mining, Arch Coal, Consol Energy

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