Alcoa Inc (AA) Plans To Split Into Two Separate Companies

Alcoa Inc is one of the largest producers of manufactured aluminum in the US and is considered the bellwether for earnings season, as Alcoa always officially kicks off each earnings season.  Unfortunately, Alcoa has been in rebuild-mode for quite some time now, as aluminum spot prices continue to bring considerable headaches for the company.  Now, Alcoa has announced that they will be splitting up the company into two separate corporate entities, as the rebuilding period for the company progresses forward.  Planned to be completed during second half of 2016, Alcoa says the “Upstream Company” will retain the global primary products…