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Rocky Mountain low for state stocks
Denver Post, CO - 11 hours ago Niwot shoemaker Crocs, Boulder- based Aero Grow International and Denver-based ethanol maker Bio Fuels also lost 90 percent or more of their market value in … |
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Alternative energy companies stung by tight credit
Forbes, NY - 18 hours ago … stocks were battered on Wall Street in 2008 as volatile commodity prices, a continuing global recession and tightening credit markets drove one ethanol … |
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GRAINS - US soy up nearly 3 percent as 2008 winds down
Forbes, NY - 22 hours ago "Feeding margins are still not good, ethanol margins aren't all that great and there is plenty of corn and feed wheat in the world so that's bearish for … Weak Grain Markets Overnight AgWeb all 73 news articles |
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What to Do With Building Corn Stocks?
AgWeb - Dec 31, 2008 USDA continues to discover larger projected end stocks of corn for the 2008/09 marketing year, mainly at the hands of weakening export and ethanol use. … |
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Vote on the Best and Worst Executive of 2008
FOXBusiness - Dec 31, 2008 *The ethanol industry, which relies heavily on regular oil and gas to make its product, has seen its prices at the gas pump plunge to $1.60 a gallon from … |
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Heady days of '06 wane, but plants in Colorado OK
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Dec 30, 2008 "The return on my investment in the plant has been far better compared to the stock market." Critics say ethanol could be more competitive and sustainable … |
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Everyone's gotta eat, right? Food stocks may not be as defensive …
BloggingStocks - Dec 30, 2008 The push for alternative energy, including ethanol, pushed food stock prices higher. And given the platform of the new president, we can expect more … |
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Brazil stocks, real rise, capping volatile 2008
Reuters - Dec 30, 2008 By Elzio Barreto SAO PAULO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's currency and stocks surged on Tuesday, helped by a rally on Wall Street, capping a tumultuous year … BM&FBovespa, Banks Rise on Bets of Steeper Rate Cuts in Brazil Bloomberg Brazil Stocks Down In 2008 For First Time Since 2002 FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market Brazilian firms' stock prices shrink by 40% in 2008 Xinhua Brazzil Magazine - Macauhub all 21 news articles |
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WSJ: Farming's Sudden Feasts & Famines
CattleNetwork.com, KS - 3 hours ago The boom hit home for him in 2006, when a new energy law forced the oil industry to blend billions of gallons of ethanol into motor fuel. … |
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The energy climate plan of Barack Obama
International Viewpoint, UK - 7 hours ago As a senator of Illinois - the third-ranking American state in the production of ethanol from maize - Obama has very strongly committed himself to support … |
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Pet-food stores cut back on stock
Detroit Free Press, United States - 9 hours ago Corn, a main ingredient in many dog foods, climbed to a record $7.99 a bushel on June 27, abetted by the push to use corn-based ethanol as a gasoline … |
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Obama, Vilsack and Sa…
Energy Tribune, TX - 18 hours ago By Robert Bryce Alas, the president-elect cannot seem to change his thinking about the ethanol scam. Indeed, over the past few weeks, Obama’s delusions … |
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Be ready for Investing in 2009 with Investor Ideas Water Stocks …
Search By Headlines (press release), NV - 20 hours ago The directory includes info and links on Alternative Energy Funds, Biogas and Ethanol Stocks, Energy Efficiency Stocks, Flywheel Stocks, Fuel Cell Stocks, … |
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Corn Use Projected Lower in 2008/2009
Pork Magazine, KS - Dec 29, 2008 Corn used to produce ethyl alcohol for fuel is lower because of financial problems in the ethanol industry. Corn and sorghum exports are also lower due to … |
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The Weekly Pit Review for December 29th, 2008
Inside Futures, IL - Dec 29, 2008 What will Obama do with failing Ethanol after winning the entire Midwest by promising to support the industry? I feel the latter is less of a question of … |
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BM&FBovespa, Banks Rise on Bets of Steeper Rate Cuts in Brazil
Bloomberg - Dec 29, 2008 29 (Bloomberg) — BM&FBovespa SA led a rally in Brazil’s financial stocks on speculation deeper cuts in the country’s benchmark lending rate will boost … Brazil: Petrobras to open ethanol sales points in Japan in 2009 Macauhub Brazil Opens Gas Stations in Japan, First Step to Win Asian Market Brazzil Magazine Brazilian firms' stock prices shrink by 40% in 2008 Xinhua Latin American Herald Tribune all 6 news articles |
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Long-term grain outlook is good
Southeast Farm Press - Dec 29, 2008 With an expected increase in demand of over 30 percent from 2008 to 2009 for corn for ethanol, this coming year should be even better. … |
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Amid clouds, some brightness: Jeep suffers slowdown as solar firms …
Toledo Blade, OH - 5 hours ago Expansions in the area included a $12.5 million addition under way at Toledo Pepsi-Cola bottling plant, owned by PepsiAmericas Inc.; a $130 million ethanol … |
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Did you forget these moments?
Peoria Journal Star, IL - 8 hours ago The collapse raised questions of safety and sent the stock price of turbine manufacturer India-based Suzlon Energy down more than 39 percent on the Bombay … |
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Top 10 business stories
Pioneer Press, MN - 10 hours ago And ethanol makers struggled. Still, growers of corn, wheat and soybeans witnessed prices they'd never seen before, including eye-poppers like $25 for a … |
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Financial Markets and Economic Potpourri December 26, 2008
The Market Oracle, UK - Dec 26, 2008 The commodity bust has clobbered corn ethanol, whose energy inefficiencies require high oil prices to be competitive. The price of ethanol at the pump has … |
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Lower gas prices don't mean cheaper food
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 11 hours ago Investors rattled by a failing stock and real estate market further fueled the price hike by putting money into food commodities, Leibtag said. … |