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The Motley Fool July 13, 2007	Going to the Chaparral: Fool by Numbers The steel company released fourth-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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The Motley Fool April 29, 2010 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for Nucor This bullish call comes from more than just one analyst.
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The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Steel Stocks Stumble After Tuesday's and Wednesday's sell-offs, now just might be a very good time for steel investors.
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The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Steel Yourself Over the last couple of days, two of the biggest names in steel put out a pair of earnings warnings that shook their market. Are we bracing for a steel industry slowdown?
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The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Scrapping Steel Technologies A warning of a major miss for the next quarter sends investors scrambling to the exits.
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The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Denting Steel Dynamics While a host of steel companies have posted phenomenal (and in many cases record-setting) earnings, rumblings are starting to mount that the bloom is off the steel rose. Has the cycle peaked for this minimill?
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The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 David Lee Smith	U.S. Steel Won't Be Rolled Much Longer While it turned in its second straight loss, U.S. Steel could still be a player.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Nucor, Old Story Nucor's diversity and profitability continue to pay off, but investors must remember that it's still a steel company.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Heavy Mittal's U.S. Tour Steel juggernaut debuts on the NYSE. In comparison with Nucor and U.S. Steel, Mittal is selling for a pretty sizable discount.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2004 Rich Smith	GM's Catch-22 The car maker is forced to choose between higher-priced steel or no steel at all.
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The Motley Fool May 27, 2004 Rich Smith	Steelmaking Speedup? This kind of short-term thinking by America's steelmakers makes for a risky future.
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The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Rich Duprey	The End of the Steel Boom Signs point to the end of the sector's growth cycle. Investors might want to look for a value during the downturn.
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The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Solidity in Steel Schnitzer Steel Industries serves as an industry barometer as it still manages to earn itself, and its investors.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Rich Smith	Steel Getting Less Dynamic Uh-oh. Another warning. Is the steel industry still in a downturn? Less than a week after Oregon Steel's conservative performance statements, Steel Dynamics has chimed in with its own downbeat forecast.
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