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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...
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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:...
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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%, but the...
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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...
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The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower. After two huge ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions were followed by even more ‘sell the news’...
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More mergers in utility-land. Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) and NSTAR (NYSE: NST) have announced a $17.5 billion definitive merger in a move to create one of the largest utilities in the U.S with...
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The 33 trapped Chilean miners are finally being rescued. Images on TV are showing elated miners being pulled up the deep mine shaft through a two-foot narrow hole via a rescue capsule. Layne...
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The International Monetary Fund is out taking the wind out of the sails of growth. Not just in the United States. Elsewhere too. The good news is that this is still a move farther and farther...
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PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG), the owner of Pacific Gas & Electric, often has to deal with unpleasant situations as it is a utility in the troubled West. There are some man-made fires which...
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Investors are looking for safe haven stocks that won’t get killed if we are into another bear market. In this case, investors usually flock to defensive stock names during a bear market or when...
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The technology stock event of the week is about to happen. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has earnings today after the close, and every technology investor is going to be paying close attention...
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Investing in water is one of the trends that investors have gone after for years and years. After all, the future of the world and life depend entirely upon the availability of fresh water. ...
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Higher postage prices are heading your way. Uncle Sam and the great U.S. Postal Service have decided that the best mechanism out there now will be a price hike. While this will only over $1.00 to...
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Recent earnings reports from machinery makers Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE) have been weak, but getting better. Caterpillar reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2009...
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It was just a while ago that Millipore Corp. (NYSE: MIL) exploded upwards and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) saw a significant drop. The reason was a “merger agreement” being cited,...
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