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Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...

The week (and the new year) will start off quietly, as far as quarterly reports are concerned. Things will pick up a little steam later in the week as Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) each step into...

Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing stocks of the past year that also had dividend yields of 2% or more. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers (NYSE: AEA) shares ended the year almost 65% higher, despite a recent pullback from the 52-week high. The company recently completed the...

So maybe you got out of the market when things got crazy, and you are looking to put a toe back in the water now that stocks have largely rebounded. Or perhaps you have been riding out the volatility but thinking you ought to diversify a little more. Well, here is a quick look at some options. They...

Fertilizer producers CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) and Terra Nitrogen (NYSE: TNH) rode last week's volatility, reaching a series of new 52-week highs and ending the week at $168.20 and $169.60 per share, respectively. CF Industries saw some analysts raise their price targets on the stock...

With the stock markets wildly up and down this week (like a hooker's drawers, according to the New York Post), it can be hard to figure out which stocks are doing well. Here is a quick look as some dividend paying stocks that are up more than 30% over the past three months. Central Vermont Public...

As the markets surged again yesterday, CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) and Petrohawk Energy (NYSE: HK) reached new 52-week highs of $166.35 and $38.44 per share, respectively. CF Industries saw some analysts raise their price targets on the stock following the recent second-quarter earnings...

Credit Suisse made a number of updates in a research report published today, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) had its rating upgraded from Neutral to Outperform. At the same time, its price target was raised from $40 to $45. On Thursday, Southern lost 0.56% of its value to close the day at $39.34. Its...

Credit Suisse has changed the price target on the following companies: Agrium (NYSE: AGU) Outperform, from $108 to $111 Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) Outperform, from $51 to $53 Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) Neutral, from $25 to $28 Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) Outperform, from $15 to...

Citi upgraded the Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) and Potash Corporation/Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) to Buy. At the same time, Citi increased its price target on Mosaic to $85 from $84, while the price target for Potash was raised to $67 from $61. In a research report published today, Citi states, "We are...