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4 hrs ago | Blogging Stocks

Southern Co.: Steady Region, Steady Profits

Filed under: Stocks to Buy , Southern Company The Southern Co's stock has broken through key resistance, and that's one reason I'm reiterating my buy rating for the company's shares, first recommended on June 19, 2009 at a price of $30.61. Further, another reason is SO's Atlanta-based operations: the commercial side of energy use , will take longer ...

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Related Topix: Energy

Wed Dec 16, 2009

The Glennville Sentinel

Maggie Stanfield

Maggie Stanfield Margaret a oeMaggiea Stanfield, 69, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at Community Hospice Inpatient Facility.

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Related Topix: Energy, Reidsville, GA

Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Motley Fool

Better Energy Buy: Exelon or Southern Company?

Today's matchup is Exelon vs. Southern Company Advantage: Exelon. Cheapness is determined by P/E ratio.

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Related Topix: Energy, Exelon

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Bloomberg

American Electric, Southern to Get Part of $979 Million for Coal Research

American Electric Power Co., and Southern Co., the two biggest U.S. coal-burning electricity producers, will get a portion of $979 million to capture carbon dioxide from coal power plants and bury it underground.

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Related Topix: Energy, Texas, Dominion Resources

Sat Dec 05, 2009

WICD

Associated Press Writer

The Energy Department is awarding grants totaling nearly $1 billion to speed up the development of commercial-scale projects to capture carbon dioxide at three coal-burning power plants.

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Related Topix: American Electric Power, Energy, Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Portfolio

Mississippi Power Co. says its customers' electric bills will be cheaper next year.

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Related Topix: Energy, Time Warner, Media, Computers

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Picayune Item

Miss. Power Co. says customersa rates decreasing

Mississippi Power Co. says its customers' electric bills will be cheaper next year.

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Related Topix: Energy, Picayune, MS

Mon Nov 16, 2009

R & D

Miss. Power Co. says customers' rates decreasing

Mississippi Power Co. says its customers' electric bills will be cheaper next year.

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Related Topix: Energy, Mississippi Government, Mississippi

PR-inside.com

SADIF Analytics releases new summary due diligence report for The Southern Company

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 16/11/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering The Southern Company .

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Related Topix: Energy, FPL Group

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Climate bills are economic engine killers

If you thought the debate about health care was surreal, then don't throw away those 3-D glasses, because you'll need them to have any shot at understanding the cap and trade bills now making their way through the corridors of Congress.

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Related Topix: Energy, Atlanta Metro

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Bloomberg

Southern Evaluates Converting 5 Coal-Fueled Electricity Plants to Biomass

Southern Co. , the largest U.S. electricity producer, is evaluating converting five coal-fired power plants to biomass to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.

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Related Topix: Energy, Marianna, FL

Tue Nov 10, 2009

TurboMachinery International

Southern Company Breaks Ground on Biomass Plant

Southern Power, the Southern Company subsidiary that acquires, builds, manages and owns wholesale generation assets, today took a major step in building one of the nation's largest biomass-fueled projects with a groundbreaking ceremony in Sacul, Texas.

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Related Topix: Energy, Sacul, TX, Austin Metro, Austin, TX

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Southern CEO taking wait and see approach on climate change bill

Southern Co. CEO David Ratcliffe has two views of the potential impact of climate change legislation now making its way through the U.S. Senate after the House passed a version last summer.

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Related Topix: Energy, Atlanta Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefi...

Point Carbon Calculates Carbon Cost to America's Largest Emitters,...

Point Carbon identified the winners and losers in a proposed cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in its latest report Carbon Exposure unveiled on November 2, 2009 at its annual fall conference Carbon Market Insights Americas.

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Related Topix: Energy, Exelon

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Bloomberg

Southern Co. Sees Chances for Long-Term Natural-Gas Contracts Dimming

Southern Co. , the largest U.S. electricity producer, said chances for signing long-term gas- supply contracts are dimming as strengthening capital markets leave fuel producers with less motivation to lock in prices for their output.

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Related Topix: Energy, Hollywood, FL

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Southern Co. sales slip amid soft economy

Cooler weather and the weak economy cut into Southern Co.'s revenues for the third quarter, but the utility giant still posted a slight increase in profits.

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Related Topix: Energy

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Ticker

Visa Sales Rises 10%; ConocoPhillips Net Drops

Visa Inc fourth quarter revenues rose 10% to $1.88 billion and net income was $514 million or 69 cents a share.

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Related Topix: Visa Inc., ConocoPhillips, Energy, Oil & Gas, Beverages, CocaCola Enterprises, Jones Apparel Group, Apparel

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Plant Vogtle permits appealed

Opponents of the planned addition of new nuclear reactor units at Southern Co. 's Plant Vogtle near Augusta are appealing federal permits issued to the project last summer.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Energy, Atlanta Metro

Thu Oct 29, 2009

MarketWatch

Southern Company ekes out a higher profit

Southern Co., the Southeast's biggest energy provider, reported Wednesday a slim 1.2% rise in third-quarter profit, with lower fuel costs and tighter cost controls offsetting continued weak power demand, especially in the hard-pressed industrial sector.

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Related Topix: Energy, MarketWatch, Startups

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Market Watch

Southern Co. net income edges up

Revenue dropped to $4.68 billion from $5.4 billion. Wall Street analysts expected the Atlanta-based utility to earn 99 cents a share, according to a survey by FactSet Research.

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Related Topix: Energy

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