ThinkstockThe Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index hit all-time highs this last week, but a sharp sell-off on Friday caused some serious concerns. Fear and greed drive…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, March 20, 2014. They include First Solar, Oracle, Ulta Salon and Under Armour.
The cold start to winter has led to spiking power demand and prices. Based on a new research report from the Utility analysts at Credit Suisse, here are the top utilities stocks…
Jon OggStocks have rallied and investors are looking for ideas on which stocks to buy and which stocks to sell. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find…
Wikimedia CommonsSome companies reportedly have decided to delay their earnings reports as Hurricane Sandy heads for the East Coast and the major U.S. markets are close today, and possibly Tuesday. According to…
The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has agreed to lease 96,430 acres of federal waters about 11 miles off the Delaware coast for the development of a…
Paul Ausick The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning after a weekend of mixed news from Asia. China’s trade balance rose on falling imports and industrial production failed to meet estimates…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) raised to Neutral from Sell at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) started as Outperform at William Blair.…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as Spanish 10-year bond yields rose sharply above 7% (our coverage here) and German magazine Der Spiegel published a story that suggested…
Electric power generators NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and GenOn Energy Inc. (NYSE: GEN) have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.7 billion. Under the terms of the deal,…
Paul Ausick Shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are up about 8% in the early afternoon on the company’s announcement that it has now installed another 100 megawatts of solar panels at its…
At last week’s Rio+20 conference in Brazil, a representative of Standard & Poor’s Latin American office told a panel on sustainable development that “banks and utilities are unlikeloy to provide financing of…
The utility sector is a favorite of dividend and income investors. The group was the best performing group of 2011 as investors snapped up higher dividends rather than Treasuries and CDs. So…
Solar thermal power company BrightSource Energy Inc. today filed a request with the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw its Form S-1 registration statement, effectively cancelling the company’s planned IPO. BrightSource cites…
