Rebuilding For The 1,000 Year Disaster
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have already raised the question of whether reactors should be built to handle 9.0 scale earthquakes and whether sea walls which cover 40% of Japan’s east coast should…
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Newest first · Page 31Special Japan Coverage: The Financial Fallout–Nikkei Ends Up 5.7%%, DJIA Off 1.2% For The Day
3.20 AM The Nikkei ended up 5.7% higher as problems with leaking reactors appeared to be temporarily under control. 8.50 PM The Nikkei recovered some of its lost ground in early trading as fears…
The Awful Financial Impact From Japan’s 8.9-Quake (EWJ, JEQ, JOF, DXJ, SNE, TM, HMC, BRK-B, SNDK, MU)
It is hard to focus solely on the economic impact of tragedy and catastrophe when you read headlines such as “death count 60…” and “death count exceeding 100…” Unfortunately, the damage and the death…
M&A Daily: Siemens Aims to be Smart-Grid Player (SI, GRID, ITRI)
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) could be close to making a name for itself inside the world of smart-grid technology. The company has said it plans to make a couple of larger deals in the…
PPL’s U.K. Asset Purchase: Price Matters (PPL)
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) almost seems odd that its shares are trading higher after making such a premium acquisition. The electric utility is paying more than $5.5 billion to acquire the second largest U.K.…
Beating the Rise of Coffee Prices (JO, SBUX, GMCR, JVA, CBOU)
ThinkstockIf you have been a frequenter of coffee shops in recent months, chances are that you have noticed that coffee prices have gone from high to higher. Ditto for coffee at the grocery stores. …
Uranium, Nuclear Energy Moving Forward, But USEC is Not (USU, URRE, UEC, URG, URZ, GE, CCJ, HIT, URA)
Uranium processor USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) reported earnings this morning and offered some partial guidance for 2011. The company’s fourth-quarter diluted EPS came to $0.05 on revenue $666.4 million, compared with expectations of EPS…
Verizon & Terremark: The Value of the Cloud Rises (VZ, TMRK, VMW, AMZN, MSFT, RAX, SVVS)
Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has agreed to acquire Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMRK) in an all-cash deal worth about $1.4 billion. Verizon will pay $19/share for Terremark, which is no doubt good news…
Giant Companies With Stocks At All-Time Highs (AMZN, AAPL, CAT, EMR, IBM, UNP, UTX)
The market is doing well so far in 2011 after a great 2010. With the DJIA around 11,800 it is still a far cry from when 14,000 was being challenged in 2007. Even with…
Utility M&A Wave Goes Into Overdrive (DUK, PGN, DYN, IEP, NU, NST, XLU, AEP)
Another deal has been confirmed in the land grab for utilities. Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) has confirmed fresh reports that it was acquiring Progress Energy Inc. (NYSE: PGN). Duke’s $23.5+ billion market cap…
The Best Water Stock for 2011 (WTR, AWK, AWR, CWT, LAYN, TTEK, WTS, PHO, PIO)
Water is perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most under-invested themes for most investors looking for income and stability year after year. It is also exceedingly harder and harder to invest in due…
Higher Dividends in Garbage (WM, RSG)
Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WM) has announced an increase to its quarterly dividend rate by about 8% this morning. The old $0.315 per quarter dividend will now come to $0.34 per quarter. This new…
Research Reports Bull & Bear of the Day (DE, JEC)
We have two standout research calls this morning from Zacks Equity Research. The first is Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) as ‘The Bull of the Day.’ The second is Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:…
Uranium’s Nuclear Profits (CCJ, URRE, UEC, URA)
Uranium miner Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) reported third quarter EPS of $0.20 today on revenue of $419 million. Revenue was down -19% from the same period a year ago and EPS was down -17%,…
Entergy Could Have a Nuclear Power Plant for Sale (ETR, EXC, DUK)
It’s been nearly three years since Entergy Corp. (NYSE:ETR) first said it would spin off its non-utility nuclear power plants into a new company called Enexus. The state of New York’s public service commission…