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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (SCG, LVS, TOL, OPEN)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:19am | 147SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) was downgraded by BofA/Merrill from "neutral" to "underperform." SCG's shares closed at $40.05 on Friday. SCANA's PEG ratio is 2.80. Jefferies downgraded Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) from “buy” to “hold.” LVS' stock closed at $40.06 on Friday. Las Vegas Sands'...
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Wunderlich Maintains Hold On Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:35am | 158Wunderlich Securities has a Hold rating on shares of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), as well as a $39 price target on shares. In a note to investors, Wunderlich writes, "Alliant Energy (LNT) released a new investor presentation on Friday in preparation for meetings with European investors...
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Brean Murray Carret & Co Upgrade Rating On American States Water Company
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:29am | 100In a report published by Brean Murray Carret & Co, American States Water Company's (NYSE: AWR) rating is upgraded to Buy and a price target of $39 is established. Brean Murray Carret & Co said that operating revenue increased 23.1 percent in the quarter to $103.7 million, as revenue...
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Wunderlich Has Buy On NRG(NRG)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:25am | 180Wunderlich Securities has a Buy rating and a $24 price target on shares of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG). In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "The nuclear incidents in Japan caused by the post-earthquake tsunami are likely to reverberate across the global nuclear industry. NRG Energy (NRG)...
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Brean Murray Upgrades AWR To Buy
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:11am | 49Analysts at Brean Murray upgrade American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) from “hold” to “buy.” AWR shares lost 0.93% to close at $32.93 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Japan Earthquake: Impact on Crude Oil, Fuel and Nuclear Power
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 3:07pm | 2000By Dian L. Chu A 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan on Friday March 11, prompting a 30-foot tsunami slamming the country's northeast coast. Media reported that one major oil refinery was caught fire while nearly a dozen nuclear plants were shut down leaving Millions of buildings around Tokyo...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of March
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 11:47pm | 702Here 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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American States Water Company Reports Q4 EPS of $0.48 vs. $0.46
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 9:06am | 93American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) today reported basic and fully diluted earnings of $0.48 per common share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010 as compared to basic and fully diluted earnings of $0.18 per common share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. Basic and...
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Piedmont Natural Gas Reports Q1 EPS of $1.16 vs. $1.17
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 9:03am | 108Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) today announced results for the first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2011. For the quarter, the Company reported net income of $84.4 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, compared to net income of $113.7 million, or $1.55 per diluted share for the same period in...
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Ferrellgas Partners Reports Q2 EPS of $0.82 vs. $1.18
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 8:15am | 78Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) today reported earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended January 31. Revenues grew 8% in the quarter to $841.0 million from $777.9 million the year before on propane sales volumes that trailed prior year results by approximately 7%. Net income totaled $22...
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Societe Generale Downgrades VE To Hold
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 8:04am | 46Analysts at Societe Generale downgrade Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) from “buy” to “hold.” VE shares fell 2.30% to close at $30.54 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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US Stock Futures Down After Japan Earthquake Triggers Off Tsunami Warnings
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 7:26am | 535US stock futures are lower this morning, after a strong earthquake in the northeastern part of the Japan. The tsunami warnings were also issued for Hawaii, parts of the West Coast of the US and 19 other countries. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 62 points to 11,858.00 and futures...
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Earnings Scheduled For March 11 (AWR, HIBB, BIOS, ANN, ARNA, LMIA, HALO, UTSI, PKT, NGPC, SNTA)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 4:12am | 321American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.46 per share on revenue of $96.70 million. Hibbett Sports Inc (NASDAQ: HIBB) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.43 on revenue of $178.47 million. BioScrip Inc (NASDAQ: BIOS) is expected to report its Q4 EPS...
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Fast Money Picks For March 11th (SBUX, PCG, GLNG, ADM)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 9:22pm | 205CNBC Fast Money's Joe Terranova said on the show that he likes Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX). Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) spiked 9.93% today, and closed at $37.97. Guy Adami is a fan of Peter Darbee who is a CEO of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG). Guy Adami wants to buy this stock...
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Alliant Energy Corporation Announces Presentation Materials for Meetings With Analysts and Investors
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:17pm | 49Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) has scheduled meetings with the financial community during the month of March. Materials to be utilized during those presentations will be available on the company website at www.alliantenergy.com/Investors on March 11, 2011.