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  • On Track To Go Private

    By Mike Thiessen - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: ES, FLR, JEC

    After making additional regulatory filings in late February, EnergySolutions (NYSE: ES) appears on track to take itself private in a deal valued at around $1.1 billion in the aggregate. At the same time, the company has provided updated guidance that hints at a potential turnaround in its sliding revenues. Although this may come too late for regular investors who wish to get in on the current deal, it does more »

  • Nuclear Takeover

    By Mike Thiessen - January 15, 2013 | Tickers: CBI, ES, SHAW

    Salt Lake City-based nuclear energy services provider EnergySolutions (NYSE: ES) has agreed to a formal purchase offer from Short Hills, New Jersey-based private equity firm Energy Capital Partners II. Announced after the close of trading on January 4, the terms of the $1.1 billion all-cash deal are straightforward: On its closing date, EnergySolutions shareholders will receive cash payments of $3.75 per share. Already approved by the company's more »

  • Hedge Funds Are Buying These Stocks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 11, 2013 | Tickers: DNDN, ES, ENS, HLF, KYAK

    13D and 13G filings from hedge funds reveal large positions taken by hedge funds (or significant changes in these positions) fairly recently after the fund has made its move, and so can serve as up-to-date recommendations from fund managers. Investors shouldn’t be buying each and every stock that any fund happens to buy, so it’s useful to take a brief look at companies seeing hedge fund buying and more »

  • 5 Companies Standing To Benefit From Cap And Trade

    By Maxwell Fisher - December 17, 2012 | Tickers: ES, EXC, FSLR, SPWR, VWSYF

    My, what a difference a few years can make in the world of environmental stewardship. In 2008, John McCain visited worldwide wind turbine leader Vesta's (NASDAQOTH: VWSYF) North American headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and declared acknowledgment of the dangers of climate change, and provided unequivocal support for a cap and trade program in the United States. By 2010, McCain reversed his support for cap and trade. With recent climate more »