Southern Telecom, the telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company (SO), has recently signed an agreement with the Florida-based 421 West Church Street to connect its Atlanta, Macon and Jacksonville metro dark fiber networks to the latter’s carrier neutral telecommunication facility. This will help Southern Telecom to expand its presence in the Southeast region as well as to offer better service to its existing customers.  Southern Telecom provides long-haul and metro dark fiber connecting Atlanta with other smaller cities throughout the Southeast region. The company also offers HVAC, power and other custom energy solutions for optronics at its operation hubs and in-line amplification sites on the long-haul routes and points of presence in the metro areas supporting the metro fiber rings.  Shares of Southern Company closed at $31.44 on Tuesday, trading at 13.7X trailing 12-month earnings per share versus 11.8X of the peer group. We maintain our Neutral recommendation ...

With corporate headquarters in Savage, Minnesota, GreenMan Technologies, Inc., and their subsidiaries collect, process, and market scrap tires in whole, shredded, or granular form in the United States and Canada. Trading on the OTCBB as part of the Rubber and Plastics industry, GreenMan has a market capitalization of $7.41 million. Founded in 1992, the company markets their products via a direct sales force.

GreenMan Technologies collects and recycles millions of tires each year for many applications. The recycled and reprocessed tires find use as efficient alternative fuels in large industrial boilers. They also find use as a substitute for crushed stone in civil engineering applications such as roadbeds, landfill construction, and septic field construction. In addition, tires are recycled as crumb rubber for playground and sports surfaces, for rubberized asphalt, and for landscaping applications. This crumb rubber is also for public walkways, equestrian arenas, and for other molded rubber products.

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