Stowe, VT - January 27, 2012 (Investorideas.com Mining Stocks Newswire) Casey Research, a leading provider of investment research with over 30 years of history specializing in metals, mining, and energy investing, has released its 2012 Casey NexTen list*. This annual list showcases the top rising stars of the resource industry  the names investors should be following over the next ten years. Despite their young ages, these individuals are already demonstrating a strong track record in innovation, exploration, and financing.

Casey Research has long recognized that the most successful resource companies invariably have one thing in common - talented people. For years, Casey Research has helped its subscribers succeed by closely following the careers of the most serially successful explorers and entrepreneurs in the industry.

Case Studies in Due Diligence:The Discovery Investing Scoreboard

Why Discovery?

Great discoveries create great value and value creation is often early in the process.

Written by Michael A. Berry, Ph.D. - [ Discovery Investing Web Site ]

New York, New York - January 26, 2012 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, issues a trading and news alert for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) for January 25 th. The Company reported record revenue and earnings and the stock closed at $446.66, up 26.25(6.24%) on over 34 Million shares, with a high of $ 454.45.

 Apple reported financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 44.7 percent compared to 38.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter's revenue.

Terraco Makes Progress on Almaden

On Wednesday Terraco Gold released the results for the last 6 core holes of a 16 core drill program of its recent drill program at the Almaden property near Weiser, Idaho. During the 2011 drilling season, Terraco drilled 16 HQ3 holes for a total of 5,492 meters (18,020 feet). Several holes achieved depths of up to 610 meters.

Written by Michael A. Berry, Ph.D. - [ Discovery Investing Web Site ]