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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool’s free investing community, energy provider Dominion Resources (NYS: D) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at Dominion’s business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now. Dominion [...]
Terence van der Hout, a research analyst with The Gold&Discovery Fund in the Netherlands and editor of Strategy Metals Bulletin, says takeovers are his sweet spot. While gold juniors are very quick to get from a discovery to a takeover, most rare earth explorers are still early-stage ventures. For these companies, as Van der Hout [...]
Despite the great need for investment in the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, resources are constrained and, in some ways, dwindling. The Obama administration and Congress appear unwilling to increase transportation investment by either higher federal motor fuels taxes or new forms of federal surface transportation user fees. So Congress needs to give states [...]
According to Bloomberg News, China plans on stockpiling more oil to reduce its local price fluctuations. Countries such as the US generally store emergency oil to ensure their residents, businesses and manufacturers have plenty of stock at a price that’s not too high. As part of a three-phase program to increase its strategic petroleum reserves, [...]
HOUSTON, Mar 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co L.P. (together with its affiliates, [...]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Gov. Sean Parnell has a question for state senators who wonder about the commitment of oil companies to invest more in Alaska under his tax-cut plan: What commitments are you pursuing, or have you gotten, under the Senate plan? In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, Parnell said it’s a bit [...]
AGL Resources (NYS: GAS) reported earnings on Feb. 22. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeawayFor the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), AGL Resources missed estimates on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue improved significantly and GAAP earnings per share dropped significantly. Gross [...]
New World Resources Plc, the largest Czech coking-coal producer, is investing more than 500 million euros ($661 million) into its Debiensko mine in Poland, Wall Street Journal reported, citing an interview with billionaire Zdenek Bakala. The development of the Debiensko project will take about five years, the newspaper said, citing Bakala, whose investment firm BXR [...]
Wheb Group added a team of former Henderson Global Investors Ltd. employees to help run a sustainable-resources investment fund that’s seeking to amass more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion). The four members joined Wheb Asset Management to work on the IM Wheb Sustainability Fund, George Latham, former head of Henderson’s socially responsible investing, or [...]