Infrastructure

NextEra Is First Utility on the Way to Joining the $100 Billion Club

Posted: March 20, 2019 at 3:20 pm

The world of mega-cap stocks has grown in ranks during the 10-year bull market. Having a mega-cap traditionally was having a market capitalization of $100 billion or more, but some ...
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US Customer Satisfaction With Energy Utilities Falls

Posted: March 19, 2019 at 9:15 am

It did not matter much to U.S. consumers last year whether their natural gas and electricity supplies came from an investor-owned utility company, a municipal utility or a co-operative. Overall ...
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$1 Billion Deal to Acquire Wind and Solar Power Assets

Posted: March 4, 2019 at 2:20 pm

There are still plenty of asset transactions taking place in the world of alternative and renewable energy sources. A transaction was announced on Monday by NextEra Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: ...
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Defensive Utility Stocks Could Soar If Rates Stay Low and Volatility Jumps

Posted: February 27, 2019 at 7:25 am

Any way you look at it, the howls of disagreement from President Trump, Wall Street and the financial media over the increases in the federal funds rate, especially those put ...
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Why One Top Analyst Says to Buy PG&E Shares Now

Posted: February 19, 2019 at 11:35 am

PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) is still trying to recover from the potential exposure of the 2018 Camp Fire and other liabilities put the company at risk of bankruptcy. It turns ...
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How NextEra Energy Could Become the First Utility Worth $100 Billion

Posted: February 11, 2019 at 11:45 am

In the world of mega-caps, there is an ongoing watch by investors as to which companies may become among the next to reach $100 billion in equity market value. It ...
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Infrastructure Investment Could Raise US GDP by $5.9 Trillion Over 20 Years

Posted: February 1, 2019 at 12:55 pm

The old saying that you have to spend money in order to make money gained more support on Friday. The Business Roundtable released a report that federal spending of $737 ...
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6 Scenarios on How PG&E Bankruptcy May Play Out

Posted: January 30, 2019 at 2:33 pm

Now the PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) has filed for bankruptcy protection and several asset management firms have either objected to the filing or say they are prepared to buy convertible ...
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What PG&E Bankruptcy Filing Means

Posted: January 29, 2019 at 11:05 am

As promised two weeks ago, PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) on Tuesday morning filed for bankruptcy protection in the federal District Court for Northern California. The company listed debts totaling $51.7 ...
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Dubai Keeps Top International Airport Title

Posted: January 28, 2019 at 6:50 am

Over 89 million travelers passed through Dubai International last year. That makes it the top international airport in the world. It is also the fifth year in which traffic topped ...
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Is Government Shutdown Giving Air Traffic Controllers the Flu?

Posted: January 25, 2019 at 11:45 am

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a status update on the U.S. air traffic control system indicating that La Guardia and Newark airports are forcing departure delays for flights ...
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PG&E Dodges a Bullet, but Bankruptcy Filing Remains Likely

Posted: January 25, 2019 at 9:45 am

Until last November's Camp Fire roared through northern California, the most destructive fire in the state's history was the Tubbs Fire of 2017 that killed 22 people in California wine ...
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Why Californians May Pay 5 Times More for Electricity This Year

Posted: January 24, 2019 at 12:40 pm

In a filing with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) told the judge that the company cannot afford to spend an estimated $75 billion to ...
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RBC Best Idea 2019 Utility Stocks for an Overbought and Overvalued Market

Posted: January 22, 2019 at 7:25 am

The fourth-quarter selling barrage that brought the S&P 500 to within touching distance of a bear market was reversed by some backpedaling by Jay Powell, the head of the Federal ...
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This Is How Long You’ll Wait at 40 Largest Airports

Posted: January 16, 2019 at 10:44 am

One thing that is supposed to run smoothly every day in America is the airport traffic sending the millions of weekly travelers here and there around the country and to ...
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