Stock Runners: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Talisman Energy Inc. (NYSE:TLM), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD)

New York-listed ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has confirmed the start of oil production from the Gumusut-Kakap Floating Production Facility, located approximately 75 miles offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The project is expected to add approximately 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to the company’s production volumes by 2017. The Gumusut-Kakap field is expected to contribute up to 25%…

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Active Watch List : Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM), Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE:CUDA), Pearson plc (NYSE:PSO), Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD)

Pepco Holdings Inc. is one step closer to its $6.8 billion merger with Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), winning approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The proposed merger, first announced in April, still needs approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Delaware Public Service Commission, the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia,…

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Top News: Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Avon Products Inc. (NYSE:AVP), AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA)

Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) CRO John Trimble sold 40,000 shares of Pandora Media stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.48, for a total transaction of $939,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive now directly owns 113,067 shares of the company’s stock, valued…

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Momentum Stocks : Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), S&T Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:STBA), Iteris, Inc. (NYSEMKT:ITI), Bristow Group, Inc. (NYSE:BRS)

Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) has lodged an application with the New South Wales government to extend underground operations at its Hunter Valley coal mine. The application for the Wambo mine near Singleton proposes development of an additional longwall panel for the existing North Wambo underground. An extra 2 million t of coal would be extracted…

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Don’t Miss : Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC), American Railcar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARII), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), BONT

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has undergone a radical transformation since CEO Doug Lawler joined the company last summer. Lawler said Chesapeake’s success is no accident, built on newly established core values that include trust, respect and integrity. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is 2.60% and weekly performance…

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5 Stocks Under Wall Street’s Radar : New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE:NYRT), Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), Discovery Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ:DSCO), NOK, WPRT

Several potential buyers have expressed interest in acquiring New York EIT Inc.,NYRT +2.76% a $1.75 billion real-estate investment trust, according to several people briefed on the talks. New York REIT on Tuesday said it had enlisted Barclays Capital Inc. and Realty Capital Securities LLC to advise it in a bid to boost shareholder value. The…

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