Or the Teamsters not allowing Hostess to ship Ho Hos, Wonderbread and Twinkies in the same truck.

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Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of KEG, versus HOS and IO.

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Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of HOS, versus PAA and FTI.

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Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of WES, versus HOS and IO.

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Hostess reportedly plans to sell its 37 plants, in addition to its valuable brand names like Twinkies, Ho Hos and Ding Dongs.

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By the way, why have Twinkies gotten all the press publicity, along with Ding Dongs and Ho Hos, with the pies not being mentioned at all?

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The now bankrupt makers of some of our favorite childhood treats like Twinkies and Ho-Hos acknowledged that it used employee wages slated for their pension plans to fund company operations.

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Among the largest underlying components of XES, in trading today Exterran Holdings Inc ( NYSE: EXH) is up about 3%, RPC, Inc. ( NYSE: RES) is up about 1%, and Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc ( NYSE: HOS) is lower by about 0.6%.

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Hostess blamed its bakers for its problems, and many commentators have been quick to cite other reasons such as unsustainable operating costs, private-equity backers that loaded Hostess with too much debt, and increasingly health-conscious consumers who no longer want Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Donettes.

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