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Abraxas expects production for 2011 to average 4,000 to 4,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day, including its equity interest share of Blue Eagle's production that would generate an exit rate for 2011 between 4,700 and 4,900 barr

Abraxas Petroleum (NASDAQ:AXAS) has a potential upside of 97.6% based on a current price of $3.09 and an average consensus analyst price target of $6.11.

During the month of July, Abraxas (NASDAQ:AXAS) produced 4,160 barrels of oil equivalent per day up from an average of 3,845 barrels of oil equivalent per day for the Q2.

The company said it expects total production for the year to drop 6% to 3.3 million total vehicles for the year, down from 3.51 million in its year ended in March 2011.

Honda is projecting a profit of $2.4 billion, down sharply from the $6.6 billion recorded last year, and far lower than the post-quake consensus estimate for $5.0 billion.

Honda Motor Co. (NYSE:HMC) forecast a 65% drop in annual profit for its year ended March 2012 this morning, as vehicle production continues to be hampered due to the March 11th earthquake.

Shares of Ford (F) are down 0.74%, or $0.11, to $14.75 in morning trading after it says some of its Asian operations may be affected by shortages of parts starting in the last week of April because of the Japan earthquake and tsun

Due to parts shortages from Japan, Ford (F) says its operations in the Asia-Pacific region may have to slow or stop production later this month. The automaker, which has 13 plants in the Asia-Pacific region, has temporarily halted

It also plans a dividend policy that will link its quarterly dividend payment to its average realized price of gold sales.

Newmont Mining (NEM) firms after it says it plans to increase annual gold production to approximately 7 million ounces by 2017.

The temporary shutdown of the company's 13 factories in North America is inevitable, the company said. How long the production stoppage will last is unknown.

Toyota Motor Co (NYSE:TM) announced earlier today that they will have to close down all of their North American factories by the end of this month due to a parts shortage caused by the damage from the Japanese earthquake and tsuna