utilities

utilities Articles

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is showing that wind energy is not as dead as many might have you believe. This morning the company issued a press release showing that wind power orders are still possible. The...
Here we are going into yet another earnings season.  We saw Monday how the market has rallied significantly from the March lows and the major indexes are even up in positive territory for the 2009...
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (NYSE: RDY) hit a yearly high of $19.32 today, building on momentum initiated yesterday when it was reporeted that the company had received approval from regulators to...
Mid-American Energy, a holding of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and a holding of Warren Buffett, is about to get into the U.K. offshore wind power business if the reportsfrom the weekend in...
There is a very silly notion being brought to you by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group and what is admittedly a rather impressive list of names...
There are many things that help solar power and orders for the sector, but arguably higher energy prices and tax incentives or subsidies probably dwarf the overall economic situation.  There seems...
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) did not immediately rise despite the announcement from the company that it was raising its quarterly dividend.  Most dividend hikes do not raise the price of...
USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) has appointed Christine M. Ciccone as senior vice president of external relations.  This is not going to just be a media and government affairs position.  This position is...
USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) has just announced that it is requesting that the Obama administration “review further the economic recovery and national and energy security benefits of providing a loan...
Petra Solar, Inc. may be an unknown company to many investors.  But an announcement from it and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (NYSE: PEG) may soon change that.  The companies both released...
We have already covered the nuclear winter blow-up over at USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) after the DOE declines to issue a guarantee for it long-pending loan application.  What we wanted to see is what the...
It seems that all the talk about getting off of coal-power and reducing dependence on foreign energy is still just rhetoric.  USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) announced this morning that the long-standing loan...
This morning we caught an alert for volume and trading activity at VSInvestor.com in Beacon Power Corporation because of a government award of a loan commitment.  This has now been confirmed. ...
Oppenheimer is making a new call in the utility sector.  It looks a bit mixed between positive and somewhat cautious calls this morning, but it is important to note that many of these utilities are...
Goldman Sachs has made several key upgrades and downgrades this morning in the utility sector and in the oil patch.  While the utility sector was raised to attractive, some of the other calls seem...