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Freeport Labor to Continue Strike (FCX) (NEM) (SCCO)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's ( FCX ) labor union stated that it may extend its current strike at the Grasberg copper mine beyond one month, since current talks with management were deadlocked. As per the Union, it directly wants to discuss the matter with the company instead of continuing with the tripartite mediation involving the government. […]

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Homework & Mad Money Mail

[cnbc 3000047542] The Mad Money host does his homework on Universal Display and says this news-driven company is just too binary at this point to buy. Also, Cramer reaches into the mail bag and answers viewers’ emails. […]

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PPG Increases Silica Production Capacity (BASFY) (DD) (PPG)

In response to growing global demand, PPG Industries ( PPG ) announced to increase its global precipitated silica production capacity by more than 18,000 tons per year. The capacity expansion includes projects at PPG's Lake Charles, La., and Delfzijl, Netherlands, manufacturing locations. The expansion will begin during the fourth quarter of 2011 and will be completed by the end of 2012. […]

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Exxon Enters Oil-Rich Utica (CHK) (CVX) (HES) (TOT) (XOM)

ExxonMobil Corporation ( XOM ) is all set to exploit Ohio’s Utica Shale, supposedly one of the biggest sources of crude oil in the United States. The company has made its entry into the oil-rich fields of Utica Shale by acquiring leases in it. Exxon declined to divulge details regarding the acreage acquired or the amount paid. […]

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Another Paid to Wait: GIS

[cnbc 3000047541] Mad Money’s Cramer offers investors a dividend stock that’s as recession resistant as it gets, General Mills. This is a company, he says, that pays you to wait for things to get better. […]

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Paid to Wait: WM

[cnbc 3000047540] Cramers says in chaotic and difficult moments like this, nothing protects better than a dividend, and suggests investors take a look at the leading garbage disposal and landfill player in the U.S., Waste Management. […]

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Staples Teams Up for Home Office (AVY) (MSO) (ODP) (OMX) (SPLS)

Staples Inc . ( SPLS ), a leading retailer of office products and services, has entered into a partnership with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc ( MSO ) and the office and consumer products group of Avery Dennison Corporation ( AVY ) to retail a new product line for the home office. Considering the current macroeconomic environment and sluggish job market, it is considered to be a smarter move as the decline in business and consumer spending and weak credit markets have slowed the demand for big-ticket items such as business machines and other durable products […]

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Sovran Self Storage Acquires Assets (HST) (SSS)

Sovran Self Storage Inc. ( SSS ) recently announced the acquisition of 22 Texas self storage for $111.0 million. The acquired property spans approximately 1.3 million square feet of net rentable storage space and will be operational under the company’s trade name of Uncle Bob’s Self Storage […]

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WFC Converts More Wachovia Stores (STI) (WFC)

As part of its integration of Wachovia, Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ) has completed the conversion of more than 250 Wachovia Community Banking locations into Wells Fargo outlets across Mid-Atlantic and South Carolina. In July, WFC completed the conversion of 300 Wachovia Community Banking locations into WFC outlets across the southern half of Florida. Moreover, in June, the company completed the conversion of Wachovia Community Banking operations in 363 Stores across north and central Florida and the greater Tampa […]