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According to a report by Bloomberg, Westar Energy Inc (NYSE: WR) is a potential takeover target from rival Ameren Corp (NYSE: AEE) and a consortium of investors, including Toronto-based Borealis Infrastructure Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Westar oversees more than 30,000...

Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing stocks of the past year that also had dividend yields of 2% or more. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers (NYSE: AEA) shares ended the year almost 65% higher, despite a recent pullback from the 52-week high. The company recently completed the...

Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing utilities stocks of the past year. Atlas Energy (NYSE: ATLS) is up more than 65% year to date, as well as up almost 90% from the 52-low in October. The Pennsylvania-based natural gas processor announced in October the formation of an MLP focused...

Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...

“The final rate order for Sell-rated Ameren's (NYSE: AEE) Missouri electric utility appears largely in line with our expectation,” Wunderlich Securities wrote in a report this morning. “Regulators granted a better-than-expected 10.2% ROE vs. the 10.0% discussed in a Commission meeting a few weeks...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Ameren (NYSE: AEE), raising its price objective from $28 to $29. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We are updating regulated valuation multiples from a 2012 to 2013 basis. Our $29 price objective is based on...

JP Morgan has issued a research report on Electric Utilities for 3Q earnings outlook and estimates. In the report, JP Morgan writes "We expect electric utility stocks to avoid the inverse performance the stocks saw versus the S&P 500 earlier this year, when the UTY fell by ~3% while the S&P...