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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Will Freeport-McMoRan's Earnings Shine? (FCX)

Will Freeport-McMoRan's Earnings Shine? (FCX): "2013 is here, and earnings season has already started ramping up. The key to making smart investment decisions with stocks releasing their quarterly reports is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. That way, you'll be less likely to make an uninformed knee-jerk reaction to news that turns out to be exactly the wrong move."

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The euro crisis no one is talking about: France is in free fall - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blogTerm Sheet

The euro crisis no one is talking about: France is in free fall - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blogTerm Sheet: "The euro zone's second-largest economy is suffering more than any other member from a shocking deterioration in competitiveness. And it's doing nothing to stop it.

France president Francois Hollande
FORTUNE -- Given investors' confidence in its sovereign debt, and its image as Germany's principal partner in the sturdy, sensible "northern" eurozone, you'd think that France endures as the co-guardian of the endangered single currency."

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Rio Tinto to Book $14 Billion Charge; C.E.O. Steps Down - NYTimes.com

Rio Tinto to Book $14 Billion Charge; C.E.O. Steps Down - NYTimes.com: "5:42 a.m. | Updated

LONDON — Two expensive acquisitions have come at a steep price for Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian mining giant.

The company, the world’s second-largest mining company after BHP Billiton, said on Thursday that it was taking a $14 billion write-down on the value of aluminum and coal mining assets — a huge amount that came as a surprise to some analysts and investors."

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FAA Relied on Boeing-Generated Battery Data - WSJ.com

FAA Relied on Boeing-Generated Battery Data - WSJ.com: "By ANDY PASZTOR And JON OSTROWER

In approving Boeing Co.'s BA +1.24% 787 Deamliner to start carrying passengers in 2011, the Federal Aviation Administration relied extensively on data generated by Boeing that indicated the plane's advanced lithium-ion battery systems—never used before on a big jetliner—featured redundant safeguards that were essentially foolproof."

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Some hostages are reported killed in Algerian operation - The Washington Post

Some hostages are reported killed in Algerian operation - The Washington Post: "By Anthony Faiola, Updated: Thursday, January 17, 7:39 PM

LONDON — The Algerian government on Thursday staged a high-stakes military assault against Islamist militants to free scores of hostages, including Americans, at an international gas complex in the Sahara, with official accounts suggesting a tragedy had unfolded in the desert."

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NBC News - Google+ - Some hostages who escaped Islamist militants at Algeria gas…

NBC News - Google+ - Some hostages who escaped Islamist militants at Algeria gas…: "Some hostages who escaped Islamist militants at Algeria gas plant due in London

Western hostages being held by Islamist militants at a gas plant in Algeria were feared to have been killed during a raid by Algerian forces Thursday. At least some hostages, however, reportedly escaped."



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