Market Movers : Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX), Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK), Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT), NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), Lithia Motors Inc. (NYSE:LAD)

Rio Tinto Group (RIO) may decide that its best defense against another takeover approach from Glencore Plc (GLEN) is buying the largest mining company in the U.S. A bid for . Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) will probably look tempting to London-based Rio as a way to stymie Glencore, said Paul Gait, an analyst at Sanford C….

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Mid Cap Most Active: Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU), Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE:TLLP), Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE:GPK), AMD

Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU), said rail congestion is stopping it from delivering as much as it wants to from mines in the west of the country. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Boyce said demand for power-station coal from the Powder River Basin mining region is rising faster than railroads can increase capacity. Peabody Energy…

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Consumer Goods most active: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Mondelez (NASDAQ:MDLZ), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Graphic Packaging (NYSE:GPK)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) already established that its Worldwide Developers Conference will focus on two products: the iOS 8 and the OS X Mavericks. Nonetheless, analysts believe the company will provide more information about its upcoming hardware cycles during the event. Apple’s next big event is just around the corner. Many industry observers and analysts anticipate…

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Consumer Goods Unusual Volume: The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), Graphic Packaging Holding (NYSE:GPK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) Bottling Co. United has added Scottsboro, Ala. to its territory as it expands across the Southeast. The transaction comes after last year’s announcement that Coca-Cola would expand the distribution territories for United and four other bottlers in the U.S. Financial terms of the Scottsboro deal were not disclosed. The Coca-Cola Company…

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