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The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Analysts to Alcoa: Oooh! Shiny! After meeting estimates, Alcoa looks to get a little love from Wall Street.
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The Motley Fool October 8, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	Alcoa's Groundhog Quarter For the last three quarters, the company has let investors down by missing on the bottom line. This trend of missing one estimate or another has been a constant, even though aluminum prices continue to trade higher.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Alcoa Is Telling Us Good Things About the Global Economy Alcoa posts strong quarterly numbers; all segments show growth.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Minds on the Mines: Aluminum Can aluminum companies finally reap some rewards from higher aluminum prices? Perhaps, but investors: beware.
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The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 David Lee Smith	Alcoa's Ready to Regain Its Muscle Alcoa's worldwide activities deserve investors' attention.
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The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Alcoa Can Wait Investors will spend the weekend pondering the aluminum titan's market mettle. Continued high energy prices (smelting metal uses a lot of BTUs) and increased raw materials costs contribute to the pessimistic outlook.
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The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 David Lee Smith	Alcoa Hammered Into Tinfoil For the first of the blue chips to report, it wasn't a pretty quarter.
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The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Feds Circle Alcoa Bribery charges against Alcoa have roused a team of federal investigators.
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The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 David Lee Smith	Alcoa's Aluminum Ax Falls As aluminum prices plummet, Alcoa retrenches.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2004 Brian Gorman	Alcoa Mends Fences Effective negotiating keeps plant open. As the world's largest aluminum company, it's connected to many parts of the economy, so how it manages its business should be of at least general interest to investors.
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The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Alcoa Foiled? The aluminum producer gets a dose of scrutiny.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Alcoa Prospers ... Finally This leading aluminum company is finally able to rein in costs and post exceptional profits. It's easy to see the allure of buying these shares, but caution is the word for investors.
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