U.S. utilities, which are under pressure to use more environmentally friendly fuel sources, are increasingly betting their future of natural gas at the expense of coal. As Bloomberg News notes, the U.S.…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS) Started as Neutral at Janney Capital Markets…
Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in smart grid technologies.…
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 in CO2…
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…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Cut to Neutral…
We are seeing at least some significant moves from the company’s who have announced that they are grant recipients under part of the $3.4 billion Smart Grid pledge from the Obama administration…
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is showing that wind energy is not as dead as many might have you believe. This morning the company issued a press release showing that wind power orders…
There is a very silly notion being brought to you by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group and what is admittedly a rather impressive list of names…
These are the top ten brokerage firm analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning: BT Group (BT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Callaway Gold (ELY)…
Oppenheimer is making a new call in the utility sector. It looks a bit mixed between positive and somewhat cautious calls this morning, but it is important to note that many of…
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK) reported first quarter 2009 diluted EPS of $0.27, down from $0.37 in the year-ago period. Adjusted diluted EPS came in at $0.28, compared with $0.35 a year ago.…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning: Ansys (ANSS) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan. Cabot…
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen from analysts this Tuesday morning: Big Lots (BIG) Raised to Buy at Soleil. Corning (GLW) Raised to Buy at…
Too cool in summer, too warm in winter add up to lower profits for electric utilities. That’s the story today from both Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE:LNT) and Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK). Alliant…
