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Shares of Just Energy Group plunged 7.6 percent today after the firm announced plans to issue up to US$150 million in convertible bonds.

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) posted solid fourth-quarter earnings yesterday, demonstrating once again why the stock is a foundational holding for income-seeking investors.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP) has come under fire for its tight distribution coverage and concerns that the blue-chip MLP’s size makes it difficult to grow cash flow. The burdensome incentive distribution rights that the partnership pays to its general partner, Kinder Morgan Inc. are another cause for concern.

Investors should disregard any articles about Kinder Morgan Energy Partners’ tanker acquisition that confuse the global VLCC market with US-flagged vessels that comply with the Jones Act.

We upgrade Linn Energy to a buy after the limited liability company amended its takeover offer for Berry Petroleum.

PVR Partners LP (NYSE: PVR) is off the Endangered Dividends List. The catalyst: Today’s announcement that the owner and operator of natural gas midstream assets and coal royalty lands will merge with Regency Energy Partners LP (NYSE: RGP).

Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) shares hit an all-time high this week. The catalyst: A proposed spin off of the company’s natural gas assets into a master limited partnership (MLP), with an initial public offering in the second quarter of 2014.

Claims that Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP) is a "house of cards on the verge of collapse" amount to nothing more than a cry for attention.

It’s been mere days since Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) announced it will buy Vodafone PLC’s (London: VOD, NYSE: VOD) 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless. And scores of articles and opinions have already been posted.

That’s understandable. At roughly $130 billion, only Vodafone’s takeover of Mannesmann and AOL’s (NYSE: AOL) purchase of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) rank larger in dollars. And both of those deals went off at the inflated valuations of the 1999-2000 generational top for technology and telecom.