Basic Material Active MOvers: Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE:SID), Alcoa (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)

Papua New Guinea has reached a milestone on Monday as it sent its first ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan. The cargo came from the $US19 billion project operated by ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). The company’s LNG project is the first of several in Australia and PNG. Other plants are expected start operational in the…

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Basic Material Active Stocks: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK)

Chemical makers Bayer AG (BAYN), Syngenta AG (SYNN) and Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) say neonicotinoids aren’t to blame for the bee deaths and have stepped up their own lobbying to counter calls for a ban as well as legislation now in Congress. Eliminating the products will do little for bees and force farmers and gardeners…

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Basic material active stocks: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT)

ZAMBIAN-born international economist Dambisa Moyo is among 11 other Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) shareholders who have been elected as directors for the global miner which owns Lumwana Mine in Solwezi. The controversial economist who writes on macroeconomy and global affairs was elected as a director on Wednesday after receiving 592,898,749 votes or 97 per…

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Insider’s Sell off: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC)

Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) EVP Olivier M Jarrault sold 28,563 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 21. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.49, for a total transaction of $385,314.87. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock performance was 0.15% in last session and finished the…

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NYSE active Runners: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)

Bloomberg reported that Fitch Ratings has cut Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA)’s credit grade from BBB- to BB+, one level below investment grade. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock performance was 2.55% in last session and finished the day at $12.86. Traded volume was 29.68million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 28.81million…

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Large Cap Active Runners: Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)

Citigroup (NYSE:C) is scheduled to announce its Q114 earnings results on Monday, April 14th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.16 per share and revenue of $19.38 billion for the quarter. Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) stock performance was -1.97% in last session and finished the day at $46.23. Traded volume was 27.17million shares in…

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