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Why Fund & Income Investors Are Drawn to Utilities (XLU, SO, EXC, D, IDU, RYU, CEG, NRG, NI, PCS, VZ, UPW, NEE, UTF, UTG, DNP, FSTUX, CMS, POR, RYAUX, FE, FKUTX, SRE)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 10:15 am

When the going gets tough, the tough often play defense -- out of risky assets and into those assets that offer more security and some dividend upside. One choice is ...
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Five Stocks That Will Cheer The Flash Crash Anniversary Passage (ACN, AAPL, CNP, EXC, PG)

Posted: May 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Friday, May 6, 2011 will mark the one-year anniversary of the 2010 Flash Crash.  The Flash Crash has been blamed on many things and many investors still dispute the true ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Power Merger; Evergreen Solar Stumbling; Beacon Gets a Second Deal (EXC, CEG, ESLR, BCON, DE)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 10:58 am

Alternative energy news for today takes a look at the merger of Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG), the piling up of new woes at ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: US Nukes Safe Americans Tell Gallup; Wind Installations Lag in 2010 (ARVCF, EXC, DE, AMAT, ASML, WFR, SPWRA, STP, YGE, XEL, GE, PCG)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 11:18 am

It is time for our daily review of the alternative energy sector. The pollsters at Gallup asked US citizens in the last week of March if they thought US nuclear ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Renewable Investment; No Vermont Yankee Buyer; Cloudy Days for Solar (RDS-A, CZZ, EXC, DE, SI, ETR)

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 11:45 am

Here's our daily report on developments in solar and wind power, alternative fuels, and other news related to the alternative energy sector. PricewaterhouseCoopers has released a report on M&A activity ...
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Alternative Energy Daily: Nuke Slowdown No Long-term Help for Solar Makers (CREE, VECO, AIXG, RBCN, LEDS, EXC, ETR, NRG, FSLR, JASO, TSL, LDK, SPWRA)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 3:01 pm

It's time for our "Alternative Energy Daily" report covering solar, nukes, utilities and more. Utilities with large nuclear power generation assets are also seeing pressure as more concerns surface related ...
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The Trouble With Nuclear Plants

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 8:13 pm

Forget the horrendous images of the nuclear catastrophe in Japan, which seem to grow worse by the minute.  Most nuclear plants get themselves in trouble for not doing mundane things ...
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Are U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Operators Really at Business Risk? (CCJ, USU, XLU, AEE, CEG, ETR, EXC, FE, PGN, SO)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 4:35 pm

It goes without saying that nuclear power has hit skid row.  The damage to the industry that has been caused by the earthquake and the tsunami which followed in Japan ...
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Nuclear Plant Extension Underwhelms Entergy (ETR, EXC, DUK)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 11:33 am

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a 20-year renewal of Entergy Corp.'s (NYSE: ETR) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Whether that's good news or bad for Entergy remains to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APOL, EXC, GAP, JDSU, KSU, MPEL, NTAP, NRG, NKE, NG, SODA, OVTI, UA, VRWY, WNR)

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Raised to Market Perform at FBR. Exelon ...
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Entergy Could Have a Nuclear Power Plant for Sale (ETR, EXC, DUK)

Posted: November 5, 2010 at 11:07 am

It's been nearly three years since Entergy Corp. (NYSE:ETR) first said it would spin off its non-utility nuclear power plants into a new company called Enexus. The state of New ...
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The Nuclear Renaissance Is Here

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 5:23 pm

If Germany, where most of the public hates nuclear power,  plans to extend the life of its nuclear reactors, the world has entered a new atomic age. In fact, more ...
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Deere Dumps Its Wind Unit (DE, EXC)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 7:12 am

Wind power is supposed to be one of the cleanest sources of power out there.  Unfortunately, at least for now, it is not one of the most profitable sources of ...
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Smart Grid Challenges and Opportunities (CEG, CNP, DUK, NEE, PGN, EXC, HON, ED, WHR, GE, ELON, MTZ, GRID)

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in smart ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, AMZN, BP, CEO, COMV, DELL, DTV, EXC, GD, HPQ, SUN, TIF, STEC)

Posted: June 17, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Janney (late ...
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