Yesterday came more news in the solar sector regarding a loan guarantee for another giant solar project. NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced this week that its 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar project…
After the market closed yesterday, First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) released its initial guidance for 2011. The guidance is higher and the company also sold a project. Much was anticipated and there…
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 Corp. (NYSE:…
The state of California has mandated that a third of its electricity come from renewable sources by the end of the decade. This has caused something of a boomlet in solar thermal…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK)…
Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) is one of the country’s largest electric power producers. In August, the company’s board announced an offer from the world’s largest private equity firm, Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010 and the changes continue be much more extreme than in prior…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on June 30, 2010. These are Buffett’s most recent holdings, even though some may have…
Carl Icahn is known for many things, particularly when it comes to shaking companies up. A theme throughout Icahn’s newest holdings as of June 30 was an increase in the energy sector. …
The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase electricity generator Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN). Blackstone will pay $4.50/share in cash, for a total of about $543 million, and assume Dynegy’s…
Generating electricity from wind is growing fast enough that as more wind farms are brought online, more are being built. Depending on your point of view, that is either a good or…
What happens when you have a huge rally and you still see many popular stocks not performing at all or hardly up at all on the broad market? Traders either chase the…
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 are sucking…
Many analysts have been updating their price targets on various key stocks, and it is always interesting to see what the truly independent research analysts have for price targets on major stocks. …
These are this Wednesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early morning Wall Street research notes: Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX)…
