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Ron DeSantis Says This Is What You Should Do If Your Power Goes Out As Florida Braces For Tropical Storm Debby
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - 8:53pm | 604Read More...Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has expressed gratitude to utility linemen, both local and out-of-state, for their readiness to respond to Tropical Storm Debby. What Happened: On Tuesday, DeSantis took to X to appreciate the efforts of utility linemen who are prepared to work tirelessly to...
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Barron's Most Recent Picks And Pans: Airbnb, Duke Energy, Evoqua, Netflix And More
Sunday, July 25, 2021 - 6:31pm | 987Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's suggests how to play travel stocks as the recovery falters. Other featured articles discuss banking stocks with steady dividends, stocks that will benefit from share buybacks and why the boom in energy stocks may be over. Also, see the prospects...
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Barron's Best Income Ideas For 2017
Monday, January 2, 2017 - 6:26pm | 675Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's examines where to go and not go for yield in 2017. It's Barron's fifth annual assessment of income-producing investments in 10 sectors. Other featured articles offer Barron's latest picks and pans, as well as experts on...
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Facebook And Amazon: More Earnings From The FANG Stocks
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 741Read More...Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...
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Chrysler And Ford Earnings: Following In GM's Footsteps?
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 725Read More...Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Interpublic, Zimmer Biomet And More
Sunday, March 27, 2016 - 8:47pm | 614Read More...Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a global advertising company and a medical device company. Barron's offers two stocks that it thinks are worth a wager now, one of which is backed by Sam Zell. Other featured articles include a way to invest with Bill Ackman and...
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Short Interest In American Waterworks And Duke Energy Doubles
Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 2:27pm | 672Read More...Short interest in a number of stocks surged in the most recent settlement period. A water utility and an electric utility were among those leading that trend in early March. Shares of both of them rose in the period, as did the broader markets. As the markets seemed to find their...
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Duke Energy Announces Offering Of 9.25 Million Shares To Partially Finance Acquisition Of Piedmont Natural Gas
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 9:18am | 148Read More...Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) announced on Monday it will offer 9.25 million shares of its common stock. Duke Energy noted that its stock offering will be used to finance a portion of the costs related to its pending acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (NYSE: PNY). In connection with...
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First-Time Homebuyers: Make Sure To Winterize
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 3:06pm | 1073Read More...Winter is officially and fiercely underway at this point, and for homeowners, that predictably means higher utility bills. For first-time homeowners especially, the places you can cut costs may surprise you. According to the National Association of Realtors®, the typical first-time homebuyer for...
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Duke Energy's Pending Acquisition Of Piedmont Natural Gas Has 'Cleared A Key Condition'
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 2:49pm | 159Read More...Shares of Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) were trading higher by nearly 1 percent at $70.43 on Tuesday afternoon. At the same time, shares of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (NYSE: PNY) were higher by 0.30 percent at $56.90. Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas announced earlier Tuesday that...
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Markets Marginally Higher On Light Volume And Encouraging Geopolitical Developments
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 4:46pm | 2480Read More...U.S. markets managed to squeeze out small gains in lighter than normal volume, as geopolitical tensions may be calming down. Russia President Vladimir Putin said that the country will coordinate with the International Red Cross to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Palestinians and...
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S&P 500 Falls To Two-Month Low, Dow Drifts Further Away From The 17,000 Mark
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 4:41pm | 2840Read More...U.S. stocks declined, following Europe's lead following the European Central Bank's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. The ECB's President Mario Draghi reaffirmed the bank's intention of considering "unconventional moves," which includes buying asset-backed...
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Markets Little Changed Ahead Of The Federal Reserve's Policy Decision
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2462Read More...U.S. stocks were little changed ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy announcement due out on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day session, with the central bank likely to announce further cuts to its monthly asset purchases. In economic news, June home sales declined in...
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Consumer Confidence And Housing Data Take A Back-Seat To Markets
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2263Read More...U.S. stocks declined as the recent round of violence in Iraq may have escalated following reports that Syrian warplanes conducted raids in western Iraq, killing at least 50 people. The CBOE Volatility Index, also referred to as the "fear index", rose more than ten percent, trading...
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Market Wrap For May 13: Markets Close Again At Record Highs
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2460Read More...U.S. stocks were mixed as a positive measurement of small business sentiment offset a disappointing retail data set. Following Monday's action, the S&P 500 and Dow indices not only traded at new historical-all time highs, but closed at record highs. In fact, the S&P 500 briefly traded...
