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Progress Energy Provides Update on Crystal River Nuclear Plant Outage
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 4:04pm | 204Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN) Florida has notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Florida Public Service Commission that the Crystal River Nuclear Plant will remain out of service while the company conducts a thorough engineering analysis and review of the new delamination. Options...
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Puts Purchased on NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 1:57pm | 183Shares of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) are lower on the session by 1.94%, currently trading at $21.23. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A...
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Biotech/Pharma Stock News; BioSante Pharmaceuticals to Host LibiGel® R&D Event in New York City
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 1:47pm | 1004LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. - April 4, 2011 (Investorideas.com newswire) - BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) will host a review of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and the safety of testosterone in women by independent experts, as well as an update of the LibiGel (testosterone gel) development...
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Progress Energy Hits New 52 Week High (PGN)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 1:18pm | 23Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN) is currently trading at $46.85 which is above the 52 week high of $46.83.
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Duke Energy to Offer Public a Unique Investment Opportunity
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 9:11am | 97Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today launched PremierNotes, a notes program that provides individuals and other qualified investors an opportunity to make direct investments in new debt of the corporation. PremierNotes will pay a floating rate of interest that provides a competitive alternative to other...
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Ormat Signed 20-Year Power Purchase Agreement for 36MW Expansion of Olkaria III Complex
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 8:14am | 82Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that its subsidiary, OrPower 4, Inc., signed a 20-year power purchase agreement amendment with Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited to purchase an additional 36 megawatts of clean energy output from a new power plant at the Olkaria complex....
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Utility Stocks that Increased Dividends
Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 3:49pm | 379Income investors like the dividends they receive from gas and electric utilities, but they love dividend increases. If investors reinvest their dividends, then compounding can be significantly greater when the dividends are rising. In the last couple months, a few of the top yielding utility stocks...
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Wells Fargo Summary
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:46am | 143Wells Fargo has revised up earnings estimates on CarMax (NYSE: KMX), American Water Works Company (NYSE: AWK), Bill Barrett (NYSE: BBG), First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN), Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) and Global Payments (NYSE: GPN). It has revised down estimates on DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS),...
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Portland General Electric Announces Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:35am | 51Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) announced today that it has adopted a Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan. The Plan enables shareholders to reinvest their cash dividends in, and purchase additional shares of, Portland General common stock directly from the Company.
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Advises Investors To Buy Consolidated Edison (ED, AKAM, KMX, MHS, ESRX, MEE, BTU, AEM, GG, POT, DE, OKE, FNFG)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 1:33am | 308On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED) is “one of the best in show. I reiterate my buy." He believes that Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) is “just OK. It doesn't have a catalyst." For Carmax (NYSE: KMX), he said, "People did not like...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of April
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 12:27am | 750Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...
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Divergences Galore; Market Remains Indecisive (USO, UNG, APA, DVN, RRC, GAS, X, MT, AKS, NUE, FCX, NEM)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:50pm | 640Thus far, this trading week has been full of reversals and divergences mainly emanating out of the materials and commodities sectors. Traders and investors seem to be unsure as to where the market should be and in what direction it should head. For example, after disappointing inventory data,...
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Infrastructure Breakout: Brazil, India Infrastructure ETFs May Have More In Store
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 1:03pm | 395Emerging markets ETFs have certainly started to awaken from their slumber earlier this year and that is certainly true of Brazil and India-specific ETFs. Of course this theme makes funds such as the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE: EWZ) and the India equivalents worth a look, but there is...
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Roanoke Gas Company Announces Renewal Project
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 12:55pm | 65Roanoke Gas Company, a subsidiary of RGC Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGCO), announced today that it will begin a project to replace its natural gas distribution system in downtown Roanoke. The project is expected to take six months to complete and will be conducted in six phases. Work will be...
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Progress Energy Delivers on Commitments, CEO Tells Shareholders in 2010 Annual Report
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 11:45am | 68Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN) delivered strong results during a time of major transition for the company and the industry, and continues to build on success in its core mission of serving customers and creating financial returns for shareholders. That is the message from Progress Energy Chairman,...