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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) shares have appreciated 15.2 percent over the last three months, as compared to the 2.2 percent rise for the S&P 500. Argus’ Gary Hovis reiterated a Buy rating on the company, while raising the price target from $26 to $28. Dividend Yield The company...

Jefferies analysts believe Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN)'s fresh-term loan will not have the potentials to solve its financial requirements. Although the brokerage lifted its price target to $5.0 from $4.0, it maintains its Underperform rating. However, the stock traded more than 12...

Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on Endesa Americas SA – ADR (NYSE: EOCA) with a Neutral Rating and $13 price target, which implies an estimated total return of 7 percent compared to 12.4 percent for the bank's Chilean utilities coverage. According to the report published Monday, the next step in...

Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) to an Underweight rating citing Toshiba Corp (USA) (OTC: TOSYY) and weakness in construction. The brokerage also kept a price target of $67.00 on the shares of the company. Analysts led by Stephen Byrd cited the risk of future/...

In at least one segment of global energy demand, fossil fuel demand growth could peak by 2025. Tom Randall reports that Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects fossil fuel demand for electricity will finally hit its peak in another nine years. “You can’t fight the future,” the...

As recently reported, NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) is acquiring Goal Zero, a company that makes portable solar battery chargers. The deal is just the latest in a growing trend of energy companies acquiring innovative startups in an effort to diversify and expand their markets. Here are some...

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a review of its 1977 rule that limits the amount of whole-body radiation that any member of the public can be exposed to as a result of the uranium fuel cycle. While they have not made any immediate determination to change the current level of...

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) is the world's largest asset manager, with a very strong franchise in bonds. So the front page advertisement on Wednesday's Wall Street Journal from BlackRock -- with the query, "Once thought safe. Now risky? Rethink your bonds" -- was an eye-catcher for investors looking...

More signs the international automotive industry is investing heavily in the future of alternative vehicles. On Tuesday, Mitsubishi Motors (OTC: MMTOF) and the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced plans to share “products, technologies and manufacturing capacity among the automakers.” And...

Investors should always look to profit from global trends. That's especially true since emerging markets around the world have been driving much of the global economic growth. In its report, "Urban World: Cities and the Rise of the Consuming Class," the McKinsey Global Institute projects one...