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UBS Has Top Dividend Ruler Stocks from Around the World (AZN, TOT, INTC, BNS, NU, SNY, OXY, UPS, JNJ, CLX)

Investors love dividends, and this component of investing plays a very important part of the total return through time. Buying stocks that combine solid and growing dividends with a potential ...
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Big Dividend Yields from UBS Dividend Ruler Stock List (UBS, AZN, TOT, INTC, BTI, RTN, TD, NU, UL, NEE, JNJ)

S&P 500 dividend growth continues to outpace earnings growth, a trend that likely will continue for a few more years. Low yields on fixed income alternatives and historically low dividend ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, BHI, COST, DOV, ELLI, F, GE, GOOG, HIG, INCY, IBM, NU, SPG, AMTD, VZ)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A (NYSE: ALU) raised to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup. ...
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Electric Utilities Slammed by Sandy (FE, POM, ED, NU, ETR)

An estimated 10 million customers could lose electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, nearly a third more than the 7 million who lost power last year following Hurricane ...
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Are There More Mergers on Tap in Electric Utilities?

Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated a one-for-three reverse stock split at the same time and ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAP, A, ALIM, CNP, CIM, CWTR, GT, K, LOW, M, NU, NST, CRM, FIRE)

These are some of Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Hold at Argus. Agilent Technologies ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (A, AMSG, BUD, AAPL, BBBY, GLW, CMRE, DAC, FTE, NU, PENN, CRM, SSW)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised targets as Bull of ...
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Utility M&A Wave Goes Into Overdrive (DUK, PGN, DYN, IEP, NU, NST, XLU, AEP)

Another deal has been confirmed in the land grab for utilities.  Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) has confirmed fresh reports that it was acquiring Progress Energy Inc. (NYSE: PGN).  Duke's ...
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Utility Mergers Continue (NU, NST)

More mergers in utility-land.  Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) and NSTAR (NYSE: NST) have announced a $17.5 billion definitive merger in a move to create one of the largest utilities in ...
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Carbon Emissions Take Record Drop In The US

The US Energy Information Administration has just released its review of CO2 emissions in the US for 2009. That year's report shows the largest ever absolute drop and percentage drop ...
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Political Train Wreck: Opposition to Electricity Grid Plan Grows

The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 included plans on how to pay for the cost of electricity transmission from projected wind farms in remote parts of the US ...
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Dividends or Not, Utilities Need To Perform (XLU, SO, D, DUK, FPL, AEP, ETR, FE, EIX, PGN, PPL, XEL, DTE, AES, CEG, NRG, CPN, AYE, NU, PNW, POM, NST, OGE, TE)

Investors love dividends, and big stable utility stocks often have some of the highest dividends of any class of stocks.  There has just been one problem... Dividends or not, utilities ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AEG, ASTI, AVR, NU, RDS-A)

These are the top analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen on Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Aegon (AEG) Cut to Sell at UBS. Ascent Solar (ASTI) Cut ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MT, DISCA, FNSR, GILD, GMXR, JDSU, LLTC, NU, UEIC, WMB)

These are some of the research calls we are looking at this morning that are impacting shares in early pre-market trading:Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.Discovery ...
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