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Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) has been more troubled than peers due to a mining disaster.  The company has reportedly been considering putting itself up for sale and headlines from the WSJ  that it is weighing an offer from Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) is sending shares higher on active volume. Massey shares are [...]

Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) may trade up or may trade down.  The early morning bets are for a gain after two hard days of losses after its Monday blast killed at least 25 workers.  Shares are indicated up 1% at $45.66 but only on about 18,000 shares as of 8:06 AM EST.  UPDATE 9:21 [...]

These are this Tuesday’s top day trading alerts.  We have included news, the relative price moves, and added color on each where applicable.  Time stamps as of 8:50 AM EST… UPDATED RIGHT AFTER THE OPEN FROM 9:35 to 9:37 AM EST: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) is up almost 4% at $29.95 on thin volume [...]

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) beat earnings expectations and said that its business is improving.  Shares are up over 5% at $37.10 despite a red market this morning.  At 9:04 AM EST we have seen 295,000 shares trade hands and the 52-week range is $20.39 to $38.20. Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) is down after reports [...]

We have many stocks on the move this morning.  Some are secondary offerings and many are on news and analyst calls.  Below is a snapshot on each with the news, the move, relative price and average daily volume and other pertinent color where applicable. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) is launching after the company was [...]

Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE), the large bituminous coal company, is seeing some very unusual trading today.  As coal often tracks energy stocks this is down 4.5% at $27.58, but the trading volume is not active nor unusual with 4 million shares traded hands as of 12:30 PM EST versus average volume of 6.5 milliuon [...]

COAL STOCKS are gapping up higher this morning at the open, and it isn’t just over higher oil prices rising almost $4.00 to back over $118 per barrel.  UBS has raised its sector ratings to a BUY from the NEUTRAL sector rating.  Shares raised to BUY were Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) +3.5%, Foundation Coal (NYSE: [...]