ThinkstockCredit Suisse has shown a very mixed report on its coverage of utilities on Tuesday. We have seen one very positive call on Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), followed by caution in Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC),…
ThinkstockBank of America Merrill Lynch has refreshed a huge coverage list of master limited partnerships, or MLPs. The firm has shown that forty-eight MLPs in its coverage universe have declared their third-quarter cash distributions,…
ThinkstockBill Gates is synonymous with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). His private investment vehicle is known for making some rather interesting moves in the United States and internationally. The one that has to stand out…
thinkstockCapstone Turbine Corp. (NASDAQ: CPST) is one of the holdover clean energy stocks that saw great interest during the clean energy boom, followed by some serious tempering of expectations. This is a company that…
ThinkstockSolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) has seen its shares gyrate with the markets, but a new pact signed this week could offer the company another 230,000 or some homes to go after. While we have…
ThinkstockFollowing a disappointing outlook offered on Tuesday night following a near-miss earnings report, Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) took several ratings hits today, but one firm kept the stock as a ‘buy,’ only cutting the…
Flickr - Marshall AstorMobile, Ala., has started a charm offensive to convince outsiders that it is somehow a better city than statistics show, at least based on crime and other demographic measures. It is…
ThinkstockIf things are really stabilizing or set to get better in Greece and the rest of the PIIGS in Europe, then why did a privatization sale end up with no bidders? That is what…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett’s team at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out making yet another acquisition. In this case is comes from the MidAmerican utility unit, which is acquiring NV…
ThinkstockUtility investors have been able to enjoy a true safe haven when it comes to collecting high-yield dividends and above-market dividend yields for years now. That may be coming to an end. The rise…
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) is surging on Wednesday after a Stern Agee analyst upgrade. LED investors should know ahead of time that this particular research call is perhaps one of the most strange analyst…
courtesy of General Electric Co.General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) did not get treated well after its first-quarter earnings report. Perhaps the largest problem was that the conglomerate’s stock had gotten ahead of itself. That…
ThinkstockCaterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has already issued lower guidance for the year ahead and its shares actually have risen since its last earnings disappointment. Now we have confirmation that the company’s current quarter is…
By Tkgd2007 at en.wikipedia , from Wikimedia CommonsFollowing Oppenheimer’s well-attended 8th Annual Industrial Growth Summit, the firm is incrementally optimistic on rental services stocks, given common upbeat tones on a rebounding nonresidential construction market.…
courtesy of General ElectricGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is already on the path to raise its dividend later in the year. Now we have word from the company that GE Capital will pay the…