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U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors appear to be cautious as tomorrow’s elections get closer. Coupled with…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and the U.S. unemployment rate. Payrolls…
An estimated 10 million customers could lose electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, nearly a third more than…
Wikimedia CommonsSome companies reportedly have decided to delay their earnings reports as Hurricane Sandy heads for the East Coast and…
The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat lower this morning following an announcement from the Bank of England that…
Jon OggBank of America downgraded Entergy (NYSE: ETR) to Underperform from Neutral and cut its price target to $70. Piper Jaffray downgrades…
Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated…
The utility sector is a favorite of dividend and income investors. The group was the best performing group of 2011…
The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less…
The operating license for Entergy Corp.’s (NYSE: ETR) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant expires this year. The plant received an…
When Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG) agreed in April to an $8 billion dollar…
Today’s ratings news leads off with the downgrade by Moody’s of six Greek banks, including National Bank of Greece (NYSE:…
Will Hurricane Irene cost the United States $10 billion? $15 billion? Or even more? It really depends upon whom you…
Earnings dominated the press coverage of today’s shares. Novartis and Harley-Davidson released numbers Icahn Enterprise was thumped after it made…
If you have seen one trend that has lasted in 2011 it is that companies are hiking their dividend payouts…
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