Off topic: this story is so heart-warming, I had to include it. This is true of sheep, also, by the way.
For young / new investors, this is a nice article on investing in dividend-paying companies. There are a number of utilities (like MDU) and any number of oil-related companies that pay nice dividends. (I have been a big fan of MDU ever since I started investing in 1984, but currently do not hold any shares in MDU. It's high on my list, however. For dividends, I have been very happy with EEP which I do hold.)
Second part of a two-part series on the Bakken's impact on local economy.
Bakken connector to Keystone Pipeline wanted.
A Houston company wants to ship North Dakota oil through a proposed pipeline that would carry Canadian crude to the Gulf of Mexico.
Quintana Capital Group Ltd. said it wants to build a $250 million, 300-mile-long pipeline system from western North Dakota to eastern Montana, where it would meet TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Terry Cunha, a TransCanada spokesman at the company's headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, said no agreement has been reached with Quintana or any other company wanting to ship domestic crude in its pipeline.
