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Soleil upgrades Alcoa to hold from sell (Market Watch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:09:58 GMT

Soleil Equity Research on Thursday upgraded its rating on shares of aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. to hold from a sell rating the broker placed on the stock at the end of May. Alcoa's shares have fallen more than 20% to $32.78 in the past five weeks against close-to-9% drop in S&P 500, and "the new, lower price justifies a hold rating, not a sell," Soleil said in a note to clients. The researcher's...

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For stocks, escaping bear hinges on oil, GE (Reuters)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:33:40 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It will be tough for Wall Street to shake off the bear market blues next week if the price of oil keeps rising and the earnings season kick-off from Alcoa and General Electric disappoints investors.

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For stocks, escaping bear hinges on oil, GE (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:38:03 GMT

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Metals and laggards (Trading to Win)

noreply@blogger.com (DavidDT) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:20:00 GMT

Was not going to do yet another post tonight ( that is the 3rd one - I definitely overworked and underpaid :), but while glancing over the charts spotted something that might prove to be an interesting long ideas - some laggards among burning hot metallurgic sector. Alcoa (AA) - underperformed ( not knowing "funny-mental" things about company, my best guess would be due to HUGE electricity costs...

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'Fast Money' Recap: Alcoa Can't Wait (The Street)

twocents@thestreet.com (TSC Staff) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

The trading panel says the company could be a target with a big six months ahead of it.

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BAC Punctuates Subprime Mess, Crossing Fingers at GM, With Alcoa: A Start (Stocks to Watch Today)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:58:39 GMT

... far from thoroughly persuasive - sign that some analysts have adopted a pessimistic tone regarding Alcoa (AA) . Credit Suisse, for example, took its numbers on the company’s quarter down to 62 cents a share from its prior 73 cents, versus the market concensus of 69 cents, citing a slowing U.S. economy and rising raw material prices. Now - granted - Alcoa hasn’t had the bust-out move...

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Employer's Proposed Accommodation Found Inadequate In Title VII Case (Religion Clause)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:45:00 GMT

In Walker v. Alcoa, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45684 (ND IN, June 9, 2008), a Title VII employment discrimination case, an Indiana federal district court held that Alcoa failed to reasonably accommodate a worker who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons. The court held that while various accommodations were offered by Alcoa to employee Timothy Walker, none of them completely...

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Stanly County Commissioners Rebut Alcoa Poll on the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project (PR News Wire )

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:39:00 GMT

Government Officials Respond Directly To Survey's Distortions STANLY COUNTY, N.C., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest attempt in its struggle to secure renewal of a 50-year federal license for a monopoly on hydroelectric power from the Yadkin River in Stanly County ("the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project"), the multinational firm Alcoa has commissioned a poll that it claims shows that "the voters...

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Control of Plants at Stake: State Officials Considering Taking Over From Alcoa Inc. (Red Orbit )

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:02:23 GMT

By James Romoser, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Jun. 30--North Carolina legislators are contemplating a state takeover of hydroelectric-power plants along the Yadkin River. The company that runs the plants, Alcoa Inc., is firmly opposed to the idea.

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Alcoa Issues 2007 Corporate Sustainability Highlight Report (Business Wire)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced the release of its 2007 Corporate Sustainability Highlights, which details the company’s global

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If I remember correctly, (BlueNC - Comments)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:44:35 GMT

the hydro facilities generate 215 megawatts, which is a little over 25% of what the new Cliffside coal plant would do. why should Alcoa have any further rights to it? Why shouldn't the people of the state have the right to profit from the hydro-electric/water rights? Alcoa built the dam on their own penny. Granted, it was a long time ago, but if we're going to seriously pursue renewable...

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100 WEF CEOs argue per capita convergence ahead of G8 (Global Dashboard)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:27:22 GMT

WEF has just published a statement on climate change ahead of the G8 from what appears more or less all of the world’s CEOs (A is for ABB, Abercrombie & Kent, Agility, AIG, Airbus, AkzoNobel, Alcoa, AMD, ANA, Anglo American, Arup; B is for Bain & Co., Bayer, BG Group, Booz & Co., BP, British [...]

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I don't know how much power is generated there but (BlueNC - Comments)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:29:13 GMT

why should Alcoa have any further rights to it? Why shouldn't the people of the state have the right to profit from the hydro-electric/water rights? I have wondered about who profits from these utilities for a while. It seems Arizona and Nevada share the proceeds from the Hoover Dam to the tune of $300,000.00 per year each in lieu of taxes. To pay all operation and maintenance expenses and...

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Alcoa Wins Prestigious Australian National Award for Process Control System that Links Alcoa Alumina Refineries Worldwide (Business Wire)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:27:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the largest process control projects in the world undertaken by Alcoa World Alumina and Honeywell, QUASAR (Quality Automation Solutions in Alumina

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IBM elects Alcoa chairman to board (Boston Globe)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:05:58 GMT

International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday its board elected Alain J.P. Belda as a director, effective July 29.

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Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Stock Picks for Tuesday June 24 2008 (Jim Cramer's Mad Money)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:36:38 GMT

Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Stock Picks for Tuesday June 24 2008. These are all of Jim Cramer’s stock picks that are a Buy! I bold my picks. Buy: Alcoa (AA) Atlas Energy Resources (ATN) Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Chesapeake Energy (CHK) GrafTech International (GTI) Medtronic (MDT) Nucor (NUE) Oceaneering International (OII) Reliance Steel (RS) United States Steel (X) Sell: Cemex (CX) Intrepid Potash...

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Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda Elected to IBM Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:24:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda was elected to the IBM board of directors, effective July 29, 2008.

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Alcoa looking into deal with Vietnam refinery (Today's Tribune-Review)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:04:49 GMT

Under an agreement with Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group, an Alcoa subsidiary will conduct due diligence on buying a 40 percent stake in the proposed Nhan Co. alumina refinery.

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Alcoa Generating adds jobs in southwestern Indiana (Indy Star)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

NEWBURGH » Alcoa Generating Corp., the power supplier to Alcoa's smelting and fabricating operations in Newburgh, will continue to expand its operations, creating 10 jobs by the end of the year, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said Tuesday. The company provides electricity to Alcoa's 9,000-acre southwestern Indiana aluminum production complex.

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Like Giving Crack To The Drug Addict (Sound Of Cannons)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:39:00 GMT

Alcoa, Shell Want Climate Plan, Global Carbon Limits By Alex Morales June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Alcoa Inc. , Royal Dutch Shell Plc and 97 other companies are urging world leaders to devise a plan for fighting global warming by setting greenhouse-gas targets for all nations and creating an international carbon market. A new climate-change treaty is needed with incentives to capture and store...

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