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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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Sunedison Inc (NASDAQ:SUNE) is set to release its earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. Sunedison (NASDAQ:SUNE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.17) by $0.08. The company had revenue of $546.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $593.88 million. SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE:SUNE) … Continue reading Traders Are Watching : SunEdison (NYSE:SUNE), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), ValueVision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), CBRE Group (NYSE:CBG), GSI. (NASDAQ:GSIT)

Macau casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:MPEL) says the cost of building its Studio City resort has risen to US$2.3 billion (MOP18.37 billion) from US$2 billion. Melco Crown says the company developing the resort has enough equity commitments to cover some of the increase in cost and that shareholders in the developer have agreed to make more equity available pro rata to cover … Continue reading Services Sector Losers: Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), SFX Entertainment (NASDAQ:SFXE), Einstein Noah Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:BAGL), You On Demand Holdings (NASDAQ:YOD)

Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT), is enjoying a decidedly different reaction to its own earnings report issued last night. Despite two price-target cuts this morning, the shares have surged almost 21% to $15.64. Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT)stock performance was 24.28% in last session and finished the day at $ 16.07. Traded volume was 7.14 million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading NASDAQ gainers: Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT), Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTK), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM)

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) on Friday said sales at stores open at least a year grew 5.3% in December, boosted again by strengthening pharmacy sales. Rite Aid shares gained 1.9% in premarket trading after rebounding 51% in the last three months. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 1.30% and weekly performance is 5.10%. On last trading day company … Continue reading Hot Watch List: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE:OAS), Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE:MCP), Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL), KKR & Co. (NYSE:KKR)