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Repsol, Lukoil and Sacyr Vallhermosa Also Try Their Hand At Happy Families

Edward Hugh (November 23rd, 2008) Writes:
by Edward Hugh: Barcelonabr /br /blockquote“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”br /Tolstoy/blockquotebr /Well this strongis/strong an interesting little fable of modern family life, even if all the families involved may not be ones which many of my readers would normally wish to belong to.br /br /As is now reasonably well know Russian private oil company Lukoil is currently making a bid for the shares in Spanish energy company Repsol which are owned by the deeply indebted Spanish property company Sacyr Vallhermosa.br /br /Shares in what is Spain's fifth biggest builder, and which currently occupies the somewhat ignominious position of being Spain's worst-performing stock this year, jumped the most in two years last Thursday (20 November) on reports they were about to sell their 20 percent stake in Repsol YPF to the Russian oil company OAO Lukoil. Sacyr, which said last week it ...
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Satcon Technology Corp. (SATC) Setting the Bar for Solar Technology, Participating in the World’s Largest Rooftop Project

QualityStocks (September 4th, 2008) Writes:

For more than 22 years, Satcon (Nasdaq: SATC) has provided utility-scale distributed power solutions, such as solar photovoltaic (PV), stationary fuel cells, wind turbines and energy storage systems for the renewable energy market. The company today announced it will make history by taking part in the world’s largest rooftop solar photovoltaic power project, to be installed on top of the General Motors car manufacturing facility in Figueruelas, Zaragoz Spain.

Designed and built by Clairvoyant Energy, Veolia Environment and the Government of Aragon, the 12-megawatt (MW) system will cover approximately 2 million square feet with a surface area of 183,000 square meters. The project will require the combined knowledge of the world’s leading PV solutions providers.

United Solar Ovonic’s thin film flexible solar laminates and Satcon’s PowerGate Plus 500kW inverters make up integral pieces of the project, which will generate electricity to be sold to Spain’s power utility, Endesa.

“The sheer

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Stockerblog.com Exclusive: Interview with Ken Fisher – Part 5

Fred Fuld (September 2nd, 2008) Writes:
Debt Laden Stocks versus Debt Free StocksStockerblog.com had the pleasure of recently interviewing Ken Fisher, head of the $30 billion Fisher Asset Management, a very long time Forbes columnist, and author of the books Super Stocks, The Wall Street Waltz, 100 Minds That Made the Market, and The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't. He is also coming out with a new book in the Fall, The Ten Roads to Riches: The Way the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!), published by Wiley.If you missed Part 1 of the interview, you can see it here, and if you missed Part 2, ...

Stockerblog.com Exclusive: Interview with Ken Fisher – Part 2

Fred Fuld (August 26th, 2008) Writes:
What We Can Learn from Financial HistoryStockerblog.com had the pleasure of recently interviewing Ken Fisher, head of the $30 billion Fisher Asset Management, a very long time Forbes columnist, and author of the books Super Stocks, The Wall Street Waltz, 100 Minds That Made the Market, and The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't. He is also coming out with a new book in the Fall, The Ten Roads to Riches: The Way the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!), published by Wiley.If you missed part one of the interview, you can see it here.Stockerblog.com: Why don't we jump ...

Personal Finance Editor’s Top CHINA Stock Picks

CEO Blogger (August 26th, 2008) Writes:

viastockadvisors:

Track the Editor’s China Picks at:

http://trackthepros.com/categories.php?category_id=1564

“Investing in China is about picking the right segments of the economy and the companies that will make it for the long haul,” notes Neil George. In Personal Finance, the advisor explains, “Our strategy for investing involves sticking to a handful of core strategic areas, where we’ve picked a collection of stocks in key industries.” Here, he looks at some favorite ideas:

“The Chinese economy is large, amounting to approximately $3.6 trillion annually, and it’s expanding at a rate of 10%.

“Industrial production, the heart of the economy, is gaining at a rate of 16.3% a year and is keeping a transforming labor force fully engaged; unemployment is a scant 4%. And retail sales are climbing at a hefty rate of more than 23%.

“All of this comes at a price: Inflation is a biting 7%-plus. Pollution is another economic stressor. The major underpinnings of

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Hydrate your Portfolio with Veolia

Faisal Laljee (April 30th, 2008) Writes:

According to Yahoo Finance, Veolia Environnement SA 9VE) and its subsidiaries provide environmental management services to public authorities, individuals, and industrial and commercial customers worldwide. It operates in four segments: Water, Environmental Services, Energy Services, and Transportation.

Basically Veolia is a French multi-national company that provides infrastructure development and support in developing countries. Its largest segment, concerns water and the company helps provide clean water to more than 67 million people. Veolia has an advantage over its competitors in that its average contracts last for 10-15 years with an annual renewal rate of 90%. Places like Russia, China, India, Africa and eastern Europe has a sever shortage of clean water, as well as a lack of transportation and energy infrastructure, which is the grass roots for long-term sustainable development and growth. Emerging markets require these necessities to …

Top 10 Global Stocks

Faisal Laljee (July 27th, 2007) Writes:

The title says it all. Global economy is on the rise with never-before-seen demand for natural resources and their applications.

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