Peabody Energy News

Shares of Peabody Energy rose 5%, or $1.20, to $25.08. The stock was upgraded to buy from neutral by Goldman Sachs analysts on Monday with a price target of $37. "We raise BTU to Buy for three reasons: Improving China macro data and Newcastle thermal prices should drive greater Street credit for BTU's Australia business .

U.S. stock-index futures rose as investors awaited a report forecast to show an improvement in consumer confidence and as Greek opinion polls showed increasing support for political parties backing austerity.

This past Wednesday I got curious and decided to analyze several stocks in the coal sector in terms of their insolvency risk.

Given the ongoing panic in coal shares, I decided to do a series which will look at several coal stocks using the Altman Z-score. The purpose will be to get a feel for the relative risk of each coal stock.

ST. LOUIS, MO - Women, women of color, retirees and currently-employed college graduates are joining the ranks of Occupy St.

Stocks appear to be headed south this afternoon , as a week-long downtrend and continued anxieties from the euro zone are outweighing Facebook's impressive IPO action.

Peabody Energy Submits Successful Bid For 402 Million Tons Of Ultra Low Sulfur Coal Reserves At North Antelope Rochelle Mine St.

Peabody Energy Corp, the largest U.S. coal miner, said it leased 402 million tons of ultra low sulfur coal reserves in the Southern Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

Matt Jaques of Delaware Elementary School and Teri Schneider of Resurrection School were honored Wednesday during surprise ceremonies at their schools.

Not all sell-offs are the same. For quite some time, coal stocks have been getting absolutely crushed.

Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp., the owner of the Big Ridge, Inc. Willow Lake underground coal mine near Equality, Ill., in a dispute over the United Mine Workers of America's recent union organizing efforts there.

As I wrote in my last post - and have been writing for years - coal is on the decline in the U.S. The biggest driver of this trend is the current low cost of natural gas from fracking, but it also has to do with increasing competition from renewables , the aging of the U.S. coal fleet , organized grassroots opposition , new EPA regulations , and ... (more)

A federal judge is ordering a coal company to stop what he says are unfair labor practices that have persisted since workers at a southern Illinois mine narrowly voted for a union's representation.

A few hundred people held signs and chanted across from the Peabody Opera House where inside Peabody Energy held a shareholders meeting Tuesday.