2012 hasn't been a good year for coal stocks, and if the U.S. Energy Information Administration is right, the next eight years aren't shaping up to be any better.

Prominent coal producer Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (CLD - Snapshot Report) reported lackluster performance in the second quarter of 2012.

Oil prices have risen sharply in trading today after a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed a bigger-than-expected drawdown in U.S.

Chinese equities traded in New York fell for a third day on concern the government's pledge to boost growth won't be enough as the weakest manufacturing data in eight months add evidence of a slowdown in the Asian economy.

2013 Consensus From Last Year Proved to be a Tiny Bit High... To say that earnings estimates for CY 2013 have come down a lot would be a gross under-statement.

Coal companies have become unloved during the past year that the stock prices of some of the public traded coal miners in U.S. have fallen some 70-85% to lows not seen in years.

With China announcing another fall in manufacturing earlier today, the coal sector, including the exchange traded fund, Market Vectors Coal (NYSE: KOL), and stocks such a Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) and Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) should suffer in the short ...

Tagged: coal. Standing in the dispatch office of the North Antelope Rochelle Mine near Gillette, Wyo., Scott Durgin pointed at a flat-panel display.

The table below ranks indicated dividend yields of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by industry as of today. The yield is calculated by taking the latest declared dividend, annualized and divided by the stock price.

Business Activity in U.S. Unexpectedly Grows at Faster Pace. By Lorraine Woellert - 2012-07-31T14:15:05Z. -- Business activity in the U.S.