President Barack Obama today will announce grants ranging from $400 000 to $200 million for equipment designed to boost the efficiency of the nation’s electrical transmission grid.These “smart grid” grants expected to total $3.4 billion are part of the $787 billion economic stimulus package passed by Congress in February and they create opportunities for investors. Companies receiving federal grants have secured $4.7 billion in private financing boosting the total investment in the smart grid to $8.1 billion.The smart grid is designed to improve delivery of electricity when and where it’s needed and reduce flow when demand is low. A ...

Allegheny Technologies says its third-quarter profit fell to a mere hundredth of what it earned a year earlier, hurt by a sharp drop in sales.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are those of Boeing, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.

U.S. stock market futures traded lower Friday as somewhat disappointing results from International Business Machines, Bank of America and General Electric offset Google's strong quarter. See Indications.

A surprising number of stocks missed last weeks market rally due mostly to earnings misses. Are there some opportuntities here?

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