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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)

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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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALEX, BIDU, CNP, DPM, FSYS, GS, LVS, MS, MOS, RHT, SRE, SFG, STRI, TSCO, URBN, WFMI)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alexander & Baldwin (NASDAQ: ALEX) Raised to Market Perform at ...
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Oversupply Threatens Solar Revenues and Profits (FSLR, EIX, SRE, SPWRA, STP, YGE, LDK, TSL, TAN)

The story on solar energy in 2011 is manufacturing capacity. Or, more accurately, over-capacity. The termination of incentives in Germany and Italy are expected to slow solar installations in those ...
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Occidental Petroleum Raises Dividend, Re-arranges Assets (OXY, RDS-A, SRE)

One fairly short press release from Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) announces some big changes to the company's asset base. Oxy has agreed to sell its oil and gas operations ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BIDU, BHP, CHL, CHA, GMCR, INFY, RAX, SRE, SYMC, UPS, VSAT)

These are this Wednesday morning's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in major Wall Street research calls: Baidu, inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank; Raised to ...
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A Solar Win in California, Sort Of (STP, FSLR, SPWRA, PCG, EIX, SRE)

The solar sector appears to be lightly benefiting from California legislation efforts that would secure above market rates as a feed-in tariff for small solar power generators.  California already has ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BCSI, CSCO, CAL, DAL, DYN, HA, MTL, SRE, LUV, TTM)

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen this Thursday.  There are going to be fewer and fewer research notes from now to what is most ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (BCS, NILE, ED, MVL, RBS, SRE, UBS)

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Barclays (BCS) ...
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First Solar Shines Brighter in Nevada (FSLR, SRE)

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has signed a deal with a division of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) to build a 48-megawatt photovoltaic power plant that expands an existing 10-megawatt plant near Boulder ...
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Cash Pipeline Still Flows at Kinder Morgan (KMP, SRE, COP)

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:KMP) reported earnings yesterday, and handily missed analysts expectations of $3.4 billion in revenue and earnings per limited partner unit of $0.53. Revenue for the ...
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Good News Gets Scarce in the Energy Business (WNR, WMB, SRE)

There's no good news coming from Western Refining (NYSE:WNR) today. The company reported second quarter earnings of $8.2 million (EPS of $0.12) versus $155 million and EPS of $2.29 for ...
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First Solar Commits to PV McFactory for Sempra in Nevada (FSLR, SRE)

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced that the company will construct a 10 megawatt photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation near Boulder City, Nevada.  Sempra Generation is a unit ...
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Final Leg of Huge Natural Gas Pipeline Approved (KMP, SRE, COP)

Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC today announced that it has received certification from the FERC for the third and final phase of it's 1,697-mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline running from western ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 19, 2007)

ACLI cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.ACOR raised to Buy at B of A.AGO cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.ANAD started as Buy at Oppenheimer.ANET cut to Neutral at Baird.ATHR started ...
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