

HighTower Advisors LLC lowered its stake in The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) by 20.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 326,554 shares of the utilities provider's stock after selling 85,654 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC's holdings in AES were

Highlights Historic core from TSD-009 returned 477 g/t silver by fire assay and 509 g/t silver by ICP-AES, compared with the original result of 466 g/t silver. TSD-002 returned 287 g/t silver by fire assay and 301 g/t silver by ICP-AES, compared with the original result of 161 g/t silver.

AES (AES) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the eight research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock

Algert Global LLC decreased its stake in The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) by 10.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 466,860 shares of the utilities provider's stock after selling 52,681 shares during the quarter. Algert Global LLC owned approximately 0.07%

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Last week, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) ran its familiar stop-the-deal playbook against AES Corporation's pending acquisition by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and EQT. Joined by consumer advocacy groups Public Citizen and Citizens Action Coalition Indiana, PESP petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Docket EC26-99) to block the $33.4 billion acquisition outright or force BlackRock, which owns GIP, to break up its utility holdings as a condition of approval.

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