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2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 8:10 am

Election Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last ...
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Uranium Processor Still Waiting Federal Loan (USU, ARVCY)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 10:18 am

Ever since the Energy Act of 2005 was passed and signed by President Bush, USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) has been working on a loan guarantee of $2 billion to build ...
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Expected Price Gains in Uranium Mining and Nuclear Energy (CCJ, DNN, URRE, URZ, UEC, URG, USU, GE, SHAW, ARVCF, TOSBF)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 1:34 pm

The outlook for uranium miners and nuclear power plant builders has dimmed considerably following the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant last spring. The Japanese government is considering building ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BAC, CHTR, HAL, EP, KO, IBM, JNJ, STT, APEI, BMI, CROX, HALO, HOG, HGSI, USU)

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Today was a day of red that went to a day of green.  Earnings were at first a disappointment, and producer price index came out far hotter at +0.8% on ...
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Alt Energy Watch: US Lends Funds for Cellulosic Ethanol Plant (FSLR, SPWRA, USU, ADM, VLO)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 10:13 am

The US Department of Energy has announced that it will offer a loan guarantee for $105 million to expand an Iowa plant that makes ethanol from the cellulosic waste ...
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USEC Wins on Nuclear Extension Terms, Deadline Still Looms (USU)

Posted: June 30, 2011 at 10:23 am

USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) is soaring on news that it may have a bit of a reprieve on its capital needs for the construction of the American Centrifuge Plant in ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: European Headwinds for Solar; New Rules for Biomass Generation in Massachusetts; Bill Gates Pushes Nukes (STP, TSL, YGE, FSLR, MSFT, USU)

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 11:48 am

Today's alternative energy news includes recent changes to Italian solar subsidies, restrictions on biomass electricity generation, and comments by Bill Gates on energy innovation. After 10 years of booming growth, ...
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Major Earnings Due Early Next Week (CHK, CIM, DNDN, HIG, JKS, RAX, USU, ADM, CMCSA, FSLR, LVS, MA, OPEN, PFE, SIRI, YOKU)

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Next week will mark the third week of the full daily earnings onslaught in what is really the fourth week of earnings season.  There are many market-moving companies and sector-moving ...
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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 Power Gets Killed All Over Again, Japan-Watch (PKN, NUCL, URA, USU, CCJ, SHAW, URRE, GE)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 8:25 am

The second day sell-off and panic in Japan has gotten even worse than what was expected and is now far worse than the immediate reaction after the 1995 Kobe earthquake ...
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D.C. Policy: Keep Supporting Nuclear Power At Home (PKN, NUCL, USU, CCJ, SHAW)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 8:52 pm

Nuclear power as a carbon-free movement and as a path to energy independence in America is not likely to get sidelined in the immediate aftermath of the Sendai, Japan earthquake.  ...
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Japan’s Disaster Kills Nuclear Ambitions, Boost for Nat-Gas (BHP, RIO, CCJ, DNN, UEC, USU, URRE, URG, URZ, URA, GE, SHAW, XOM, CVX, RDS-A)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 10:15 am

Following the disaster in Japan, and particularly the explosions in one one of the country's 53 nuclear power generating reactors, the reactions of other nations with nuclear power plants either ...
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Uranium, Nuclear Energy Moving Forward, But USEC is Not (USU, URRE, UEC, URG, URZ, GE, CCJ, HIT, URA)

Posted: February 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Uranium processor USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) reported earnings this morning and offered some partial guidance for 2011. The company's fourth-quarter diluted EPS came to $0.05 on revenue $666.4 million, compared ...
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Chinese Demand Could Lead to Boom in Uranium Prices

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Uranium ore prices peaked at $136/pound in July 2007 and have fallen nearly 70% since then to $41.75/pound. The drop came as new mines were developed in response to anticipated ...
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Uranium Miners Get Some Good News and Some Bad

Posted: June 1, 2010 at 2:27 pm

Last week, USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) announced a $200 million investment from Toshiba Corp. and Babcock & Wilcox that would be spread out over three phases. Each of the investors will ...
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