Duke Energy News

We humans are creatures of habit to one extent or another. So I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that more and more CEOs have picked up a certain hand gesture in the last few years and are using it when they speak in public.

In a story May 16 about a shutdown at the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the reactor vessel contains superheated steam.

This week's Charlotte Business Journal lists N.C.'s Top 100 public companies, ranked by market value.

Through Saturday. Bette Davis came for dinner and stayed … and stayed … and stayed! Duke Energy Theatre, 345 N. College St.

The Catawba Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Wylie is shown in this 2007 file photo.

Duke Energy reduced its carbon emissions in 2011 by about 6.6 million tons from a year earlier, but the Charlotte-based utility remained the nations third-largest carbon emitter, says a new report on the industry.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday raised its outlook for Duke Energy Corp.

Utilities are the classic "widow-and-orphan" stocks-meaning they are slow and steady providers of dependable income.

Canadian Solar Inc., , one of the world's largest solar power companies, Duke Energy Renewables, Integrys Energy Services and Community Energy Solar announced the completion of two 1-megawatt AC solar power projects in Sterling, Massachusetts.

HQ: Richmond, Va. 2012 total compensation: $8.2 million 2011 total compensation: $12.2 million Change: - 32.6 percent 2011 rank: 2 FirstEnergy Corp.

Duke Energy worked last week moving high water through the Catawba-Wateree Basin and encouraging lakeside residents to use caution in low-lying and flood-prone areas.

I recall the days when I was a rookie at Merrill Lynch. In the 1990s one of the oldest pitches a broker can make is selling shares in the local power company.

Duke Energy Corporation recently reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

This week's Charlotte Business Journal lists the area's largest energy-industry companies, ranked by number of full-time local employees.

Through Saturday. A true story about a high school experiment in fascism that lost control.

Two men have been arrested and are being held in Franklin County after allegedly stealing $100,000 of metal from Progress Energy Carolinas.

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In the past couple of weeks as companies report their first quarter results, four energy companies have announced dividends and all of their stocks have dividend yields of more than 3%. The following companies are all benefiting from a good quarter in the energy sector.

HQ: Charlotte $100.1 billion revenue -8 spots on Fortune 500 Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the U.S. Facebook Inc.

Many stocks will reach their ex-dividend date next Wednesday which is significant for investors as the seller of the stock on that date, not the buyer, receives the most recent dividend.