Hot News – The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) , PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) , MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) , Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) Community Advisory Panel has increased contributions to its grant program. This year, Dow upped the program funding to $30,000, doubling its previous total. In 2013, six winners were awarded funding. The yearly competitive grant, which began in 2006, helps fund “sustainable community service projects” in East County. Each award ranges…

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Active Watch List – Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) , Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , The Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) , Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer, rose to the highest in more than seven months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recommended the stock as its top energy pick in Latin America. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was -0.25% in last session and finished the day at $15.84. Traded…

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Top Stories – ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) , Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) , Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:ANV) , NQ Mobile Inc (ADR) (NYSE:NQ)

On Tuesday afternoon, members of the Bad Boy Blast and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) gathered at the South Forty to present funds raised from the 11th annual sporting clay event held in June. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was -1.32% in last session and finished the day at $84.71. Traded volume was 6.04million shares in the last session…

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Morning Alert – Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) , United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) , Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) , SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI)

Chevron CVX -0.05% , ConocoPhillips COP +0.12% , and Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) offer “the best value-adjusted opportunities” in the sector, they added. ConocoPhillips’ future growth is largely based on U.S. shale. Chevron is a leader in new oil sources in the Gulf of Mexico. Total has slowed high-cost developments. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) stock performance…

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Hot Alert – National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) , Companhia Energetica Minas (NYSE:CIG) , Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO), UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) on 10 July appointed central bank governor Yiannis Stournaras said Thursday that challenges in the sustainability of the Eurozone recovery remain as long as banks hold back on extending new credit to currency area businesses. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) stock performance was -1.42% in last session and…

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Hot Watch List – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) , Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE:DNR) , Greenhunter Resources Inc (NYSEMKT:GRH) , Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET)

The Q2 2014 earnings report for storage solutions stock SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a peer or competitor of Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ: WDC) and Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX), is scheduled for after the market closes on Wednesday. Aside from the SanDisk Corporation earnings report, it should be said that the Western Digital Corp Q4…

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