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ThinkstockIf you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for very long, you know that we have been preaching over time that every investor needs some form of water investing strategy in his or her...
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ThinkstockAfter reporting pretty much awful results this morning, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) let investors know that it would also cut its quarterly dividend by a whopping 41%, from $0.525 to $0.31....
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thinkstockThe never-ending quest to produce energy from something other than fossil fuels has provided Wall St. firms and investors the challenge of constantly trying to determine which companies are...
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ThinkstockCSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) has some somber words for the U.S. coal sector, despite what has been a handy recovery in the share prices of many of the sector leaders. The rail transportation...
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ThinkstockA report this week from the American Society of Civil Engineers shows just how bad the state of infrastructure in the United States is and how much spending is needed in the next decade to...
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ThinkstockIt is almost impossible to consider that troubles of such a magnitude could turn around in an instant, but that may actually be the case. We have taken a look at the year-end outlooks for...
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thinkstockThe initial public offering of SolarCity Corporation is expected to price this week. It could price as soon as Tuesday night. What is interesting is that this offering could actually...
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ThinkstockExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) released its annual energy outlook. The company projects the year 2040 will be a shared energy future, but one still dominated by oil and gas. The outlook...
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thinkstockThe utility sector has suffered the wrath of selling. As these are all high-dividend stocks and as many long-term investors had substantial capital gains, the investment community has been...
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ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was only about 51%...
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thinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is out with its earnings report for its third quarter. The report is pretty poor, but not so dismal that investors are hitting the panic button again. Net...
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ThinkstockExelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The power company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.77 on revenues of $6.57 billion. In the...
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An estimated 10 million customers could lose electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, nearly a third more than the 7 million who lost power last year following Hurricane Irene. For utility...
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The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has agreed to lease 96,430 acres of federal waters about 11 miles off the Delaware coast for the development of a proposed...
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The lack of interest in nuclear power generation in the United States continues to grow. Today, Dominion Resources Inc. (NYSE: D) announced that it will stop producing power at its 556-megawatt...
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