Earnings dominated the press coverage of today’s shares. Novartis and Harley-Davidson released numbers Icahn Enterprise was thumped after it made a bid for Clorox, which was rejected. Boeing was hit because large…
If you have seen one trend that has lasted in 2011 it is that companies are hiking their dividend payouts for their shareholders. Many classic investment models are based almost entirely around…
The utilities sector had been performing incredibly. We recently highlighted the strong performance seen this year and over the last year with many of these names up 20% to 30% along with…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AEGON (NYSE: AEG) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL)…
Today’s alt energy news leads off with the latest developments for two nuclear power plants. The Cape Wind project also got the go-ahead from the federal government, and a new airplane factory…
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 in renewable…
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 to the…
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 right like…
S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (11 FEB – 17 MAR) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 17Mar11 Close Price 11Mar11 Market Cap($Mil) Medco Health Solutions Inc. MHS -11.3 54.68 63.59 22115.7…
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 has been…
It’s no surprise that the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power generating site is causing a re-thinking of global nuclear policy. It is not even surprising that it took a disaster of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Buy at TD. Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ)…
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 be seen.…
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 York’s public…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Aircastle Ltd. (NYSE: AYR) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Ariba Inc.…
