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CHICAGO, May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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: Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and BP plc (NYSE: BP). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Get the most...

LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firms of SeegerWeiss LLP and Lee Tran & Liang, APLC announce that they jointly filed a class action lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of owners of BP and ARCO gas station franchises and am/pm convenience store franchises. The defendants are BP West Coast Products LLC and BP Products North America, Inc., both subsidiaries of BP p.l.c. (LSE: BP; NYSE: BP), and Retalix LTD...

Stock Symbol: AEM (NYSE and TSX)  (All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted) TORONTO, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico-Eagle" or the "Company") today reported quarterly net income of $45.3 million, or $0.27 per share for the first quarter of 2011.  This result includes a non-cash foreign currency translation loss of $14.1 million, or $0.08 per share, stock option expense of $18.5 million, or $0.11 per share,...

DENVER, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE Amex Equities: VGZ) ("Vista" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a detailed review of the historic data from the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold-silver project located in Sinaloa, Mexico, and that the Company intends to commence field exploration work at Guadalupe de los Reyes this May. Gold and silver were produced from the property from the mid-1700s to the mid-1900s. Historic production, as...

Ad says Congress should use oil spill penalties to restore Gulf WASHINGTON, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new radio ad campaign this week on conservative news/talk radio stations in the Gulf states will educate residents to make them aware that under current law, BP fines for the oil spill will go to the federal treasury, unless Congress takes action to dedicate the money to restoration in the Gulf. The campaign is sponsored by the Gulf Renewal Project and follows its...

Under an unprecedented agreement announced today by the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Trustees), BP has agreed to provide $1 billion toward early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico to address injuries to natural resources caused by the spill.  The Trustees involved are: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  The Department of Justice...

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Environmental Law Institute has released a series of tools that help Gulf communities shape ecosystem restoration in the wake of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. "Communities have been experiencing, first hand, the dire impacts of the spill," explained Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, Director of ELI's Oceans Program, "They are eager to know how they can help further the restoration process, which involves complex scientific and...

NEW ORLEANS, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster a few days away, the Women of the Storm, a coalition of women from Texas to Florida, strongly urge all Gulf Coast senators to endorse the Landrieu/Vitter legislation to allocate 80% of BP fine dollars for Gulf Coast restoration. Two weeks ago we walked the halls of Congress with a focused mantra to urge allocation of BP fine dollars to our region. Today, our message is...

NEW ORLEANS, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Coast fishermen and residents sponsored by the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (http://www.gulfcoastfund.org) to travel to London to attend BP's first shareholders meeting since the oil drilling disaster today have been denied entry to the meeting, despite having proxies and all necessary credentials to attend. "We entered the meeting peacefully and presented our proxy to a BP representative, just like everyone...

The April 20 anniversary of the BP spill is creeping up as residents of the Gulf of Mexico are still seeing the backlash of the worst environment disaster in U.S. history. The explosion killed 11 workers and sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, releasing 206 million gallons of oil before it was finally contained. The oil tainted hundreds of miles of fragile coastal wetlands and beaches and a third of the Gulf's waters were closed to fishing. Over 130,000 fisherman and coastal residents...