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The largest U.S. coal company may go out of business (Peabody Energy)
CNN ^ | March 16, 2016 | Chris Isidore

Posted on 03/17/2016 10:28:25 AM PDT by rdl6989

Peabody Energy, the world's largest private-sector coal producer, warned early Wednesday it may go out of business, the latest sign of the brutal conditions in the battered industry.

In a regulatory filing the company said that ongoing losses and its decision to miss certain interest payments means it may not have enough cash to "sustain operations and continue as a going concern."

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; berniesanders; chrisisidore; coal; election2016; energy; epa; globalwarminghoax; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; methane; newyork; opec; peabody; peabodyenergy; petroleum; popefrancis; romancatholicism; trump; vermont; waroncoal; wipewater
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Now about that Hillary Clinton comment...
1 posted on 03/17/2016 10:28:25 AM PDT by rdl6989
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Progressivism: PC in Darkened Rooms


2 posted on 03/17/2016 10:32:10 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Suppose Geo Sorros will buy this one also?
3 posted on 03/17/2016 10:32:53 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Thank goodness unemployment is only 4.9%!

These folks can all get jobs at Carl jr’s — you know, cleaning the robots.


4 posted on 03/17/2016 10:33:16 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking, but I know what I'm thinking.)
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To: rdl6989

Had Obama his way, we’d all be out scouring the vast American desert for camel dung to light afire to warm our gruel each night, all the while praising Allah for our endless bounty.


5 posted on 03/17/2016 10:33:47 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I’m sure that’s what the Hildabeast has in mind.


6 posted on 03/17/2016 10:33:49 AM PDT by rdl6989
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7 posted on 03/17/2016 10:33:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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the latest sign of the brutal conditions in the battered industry.

The latest sign of communist, sodomite, mohammedan Barack Hussein 0bama's war on coal. The Kenyan Usurper hates Wyoming, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

8 posted on 03/17/2016 10:34:39 AM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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Obama & CO destroyed them. A lot of my relatives work for them.


9 posted on 03/17/2016 10:35:06 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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That’s quite a double chin you have there, Hill!


10 posted on 03/17/2016 10:35:38 AM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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More chins than Chinatown.


11 posted on 03/17/2016 10:37:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Daddy, want you take back to Muehlenbeck Mountain?
I’m sorry my son, but Mr. Peabody’s coal train done hauled it away.


12 posted on 03/17/2016 10:37:16 AM PDT by Tupelo (Honest men go to Washington, but honest men do not stay in Washington.)
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Obama & CO destroyed them. A lot of my relatives work for them.

Prayers up for them.

13 posted on 03/17/2016 10:38:23 AM PDT by rdl6989
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I wish Mr. Peabody’s coal train would haul her away.


14 posted on 03/17/2016 10:38:43 AM PDT by SelmaLee (Will crawl over broken, burning glass.)
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Ffb


15 posted on 03/17/2016 10:39:35 AM PDT by brivette (no tagline)
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ROTFL!


16 posted on 03/17/2016 10:40:18 AM PDT by rdl6989
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The latest sign of communist, sodomite, mohammedan Barack Hussein 0bama's war on coal.

As the article mentioned the Supreme Court has stayed Obama's regulations. This due to the cheap price of natural gas compared to coal and reduced demand from overseas customers.

17 posted on 03/17/2016 10:40:20 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Lets just hope they mothball the plant...in anticipation of the next ice age....due around 2025 / 2030 time frame.

Details here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5dIHmtQzHIdNCs7-bEdCA

18 posted on 03/17/2016 10:42:16 AM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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It’s Muhlenberg County...down by the Green River where Paradise lay.


19 posted on 03/17/2016 10:42:43 AM PDT by damper99
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You’re right...except for the ‘all’ part. The ‘right people’ will get to use energy.


20 posted on 03/17/2016 10:46:42 AM PDT by lacrew
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