Today was J-DAY! Jobs Day. The report from the Labor Department indicated that in the month of July the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3% from 8.2%. The big surprise came in…
Jon C. Ogg Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated a one-for-three reverse stock split at the same time and the former…
By now the markets figured out that all of this week’s preliminary jobs numbers did in fact call it right that the unemployment and jobs report was right. So investors are scrambling…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. BlackRock,…
With fears of a new economic downturn, investors have become concerned about sales and profits of large companies. But there are companies that have already proven themselves in the recent recession. They…
The wind power industry has taken something of a back seat to the solar PV makers in the last few months. News of bankruptcies, missed earnings targets, and collapsing prices will always…
Today’s alternative energy news leads off with the exceedingly lackluster earnings report from the world’s largest producer of solar modules. We’ve also got more items on solar and wind power, plus an…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) Raised to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.…
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.…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Barclays plc…
There is still a flood of secondary offerings coming down the pipe. We have secondaries from Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC…
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…
There are many things that help solar power and orders for the sector, but arguably higher energy prices and tax incentives or subsidies probably dwarf the overall economic situation. There seems to…
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…
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) Cut to…
