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AA - Alcoa Inc. – Shares of the world’s leading manufacturer of aluminum rallied 1.75% during the session to a new 52-week high of $16.28 motivating optimistic traders to extend bullish positions using options. Some investors banked profits by cashing in around 10,000 calls at the in-the-money January 15 strike for an average premium of 1.52 apiece. Other traders took profits by shedding roughly 11,000 calls at the higher January 16 strike for...  

Alcoa Inc. may have its credit rating lowered to junk status by Moody’s Investors Service on concern about a new joint venture with the Saudi Arabian Mining Co. amid the industry’s slow recovery. Alcoa and Saudi Arabia’s state-owned metals producer, known as Ma’aden, signed a contract Monday to build a $10.8 billion aluminum industrial complex in [...]  

Aluminum-maker Alcoa Mount Holly is flexing its financial muscle to mold a team of industrial "athletes" in the Lowcountry. The metal giant's non-profit Alcoa Foundation donated $100,000 to Trident Technical College's apprenticeship program this week, bringing its total since 2006 to $400,000 for the school.  

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks rose, erasing last week’s loss, as analysts recommended companies from Alcoa Inc. to Intel Corp. and health-care shares surged after Congress delayed a new tax in the proposed industry overhaul. (Source: Bloomberg)  

Alcoa Inc. may have its credit rating lowered to junk status by Moody's Investors Service on concern about a new joint venture with the Saudi Arabian Mining Co. amid the industry's slow recovery.  

AA – Alcoa Inc. – A double-whammy of positive news on top of an already buoyant stock market saw investors forge gains of 9% to $15.90 for shares of Alcoa in early trading on Monday. The stock suddenly looks comfortable above $15 for the first time this year. The company announced a $10.8 billion joint-venture with a Saudi mining company in which the two companies would develop an aluminum industrial complex in Saudi Arabia. Investors are...  

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Moody’s Investor Service (NYSE: MCO), Alcoa (NYSE: AA), Incyte (Nasdaq: INCY), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research...  

ALCOA Inc. is making deals -- one major deal in the Pacific Northwest, one megadeal in Saudi Arabia. On Monday, the company said it had reached an agreement to provide power to the Intalco aluminum smelter in Ferndale, Wash. ALCOA also said Monday it ...  

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: Alcoa Inc., up $1.11 to $14.61 A JPMorgan analyst boosted his profit estimates on the aluminum maker... New York Stock Exchange - IMS Health - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds  

DOTHAN, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pemco World Air Services (“Pemco”) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the 757 cargo conversion operations and assets of Alcoa-SIE Conversions LLC (ASCC). Under the agreement, Pemco will acquire key assets of ASCC including its Boeing 757-200 Supplemental Type Certificate, which is the regulatory authority under which ASCC is permitted to retrofit passenger-configured 757s for subsequent...  

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. said it will temporarily idle production at its two smelters in Italy, affecting about 2,000 workers, after a decision by the European Union left the company's ability to secure electricity for the plants at low rates uncertain.  

City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 12/11/2009 - Most Popular industry news provided by Financial News USA. Alcoa Inc. shares jumped Friday after an analyst raised his profit estimates...  

Alcoa Inc. gained the most in more than six weeks on Friday after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said the company's stock and per-share profit may rise more than projected next year as metal prices increase.  

Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO of Alcoa Inc., looked at the audience of 200 at a daylong conference on sustainability issues and coolly informed them they should be drinking from aluminum cans instead of plastic bottles.  

Law360, New York (November 19, 2009) -- Alcoa Inc. has put smelting operations at two Italian aluminum plants on hold following a European Commission ruling that preferential electricity tariffs the company has received from Italy since 2006 violate ...