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Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)’s cost-cutting may not be helping the company. For example, at Goldstrike (a large mine in Nevada), all-in sustaining costs decreased from $1,226 to $886 year over year. But that’s because Barrick focused on mining much higher-grade ore. The company also cut sustaining capital expenditures by 15%. Such a strategy is not sustainable in the long run if the company wants to … Continue reading Best Stocks: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:MPEL), Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE:BKD), Unitil Corp. (NYSE:UTL), Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII)

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On August 6,2014 Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBIO) reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014, and provided a business update. Net sales for the second quarter of 2014 were $6.8 million compared with $7.3 million for the same period in 2013. Transgenomic Inc. (NASDAQ:TBIO) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is -71.80% and weekly performance is 2.57%. On last trading day company … Continue reading Traders Are Watching: Transgenomic (NASDAQ:TBIO), Autohome (NYSE:ATHM), Thor Industries (NYSE:THO), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRN)

The state of Oregon filed a lawsuit against Oracle Corporation (ORCL), in Marion County Circuit Court in Salem, seeking $200 million in damages from the tech company for failing to provide a functional health insurance exchange website. The state has also accused Oracle of making false statements and claims regarding the website. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 28.60% … Continue reading Best Stocks: Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Viggle Inc. (NASDAQ:VGGL), REX American Resources Corporation (NYSE:REX), Bluelinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BXC)

Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX)’s board of directors recently unveiled a new executive management structure that the company said will help it meet the challenges of the mining industry. Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) stock performance was 0.05% in last session and finished the day at $19.19. Traded volume was 9.85million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.30million … Continue reading Investors Are Watching – Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) , Vale (NYSE:VALE) , Digital Power (NYSEMKT:DPW) , iPass (NASDAQ:IPAS), Stepan (NYSE:SCL)

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) is the largest gold mining company in the world by production, although it isn’t by market capitalization [that title is held by Goldcorp (NYSE:GG)]. One of the reasons for this is the company’s failure to generate shareholder value over the years despite a very strong gold market. If you had bought Barrick Gold back on December 31, 1999, your position would be … Continue reading Trending Tickers – Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) , Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST), XOMA (NASDAQ:XOMA)

Ratings firms have expressed concern about a Brazilian government decision to sell billions of dollars worth of offshore oil rights to Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), saying the move will weigh on the state-run oil company’s cash flow and creditworthiness. The company is formally known, was awarded on Tuesday the rights to explore four offshore fields off Brazil’s southeast coast believed to contain an … Continue reading Basic Material Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)