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Rating agencies review Constellation
Wall Street's three major credit-rating agencies said yesterday that they are studying the latest twist in Constellation Energy Group's pending sale to decide whether changes should be made to the Baltimore company's bond ratings, a source of concern that...Tags: Nuclear Power, Credit Ratings, Securities, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company , Financial and Business Services
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Electricite de France to lead investment of up to $50 billion in new type of nuclear reactors
AP Business WriterPARIS (AP) — Electricite de France SA said Thursday it will invest up to euro50 billion with its partners over the next 12 years to build next-generation nuclear plants in Europe, the United States and China. France's state-controlled nuclear power...Tags: Nuclear Power, Joint Ventures, Constellation Energy Group, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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French firm seeks nuclear business of Constellation
French utility Electricite de France, rebuffed in its efforts to acquire Constellation Energy Group, is expected today to offer to buy 50 percent of Constellation's nuclear power business for nearly the same price that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co....Tags: Maryland, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Morningstar Incorporated, Martin O'Malley, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
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Constellation offer: pot of gold or elusive rainbow?
Like the Wizard of Oz, Electricite de France looked into the souls of everybody connected with Constellation Energy Group and offered to grant their greatest desires. To shareholders, it promised a higher stock price. To Constellation boss Mayo...Tags: Maryland, Leveraged Buyouts, MidAmerican Energy Company, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Constellation Energy Group
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Constellation to lay off more than 800 workers
Constellation Energy Group Inc. will lay off as much as 8 percent of its work force, or more than 800 people, mostly from the commodities trading division that propelled the company to the brink of bankruptcy this year and forced it into a proposed...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Morningstar Incorporated, Employees, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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French power company tops Warren Buffett in Constellation Energy bid
France's government-controlled power company challenged a proposed takeover by Warren Buffett of Constellation Energy Group Inc., putting up almost as much money for half of its nuclear business as the legendary investor had offered for the entire...Tags: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company , Constellation Energy Group
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Students Tackle Stock Market, Using UConn's Money
Special To The CourantTwenty University of Connecticut students have been playing the wildly gyrating stock market this fall — with money from the university's endowment. Participating in an annual program, the students are getting academic credit for putting nearly...Tags: Procter & Gamble Company, Mutual Funds, University of Connecticut, Microsoft Corp., Colleges and Universities
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Constellation reviewing French firm's offer
The Associated PressFrance's state-controlled power company challenged a proposed takeover by Warren Buffett of Constellation Energy today, putting up almost as much money for half its nuclear business as the legendary investor had offered for the entire company....Tags: Maryland, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company , Constellation Energy Group
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Roanoke teacher is hot in Taiwan
The Roanoke TimesScott Dreyer is big in Taiwan. In Roanoke, he's a history teacher at Patrick Henry High School. But in Taiwan, he's the author of a hot new English textbook for college students called "Write Like a Champion." (Chinese title: "An American Teacher...Tags: Virginia, Books and Magazines, Books, Patrick Henry
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French firm seeks nuclear business of CEG
French utility Electricite de France, rebuffed in its efforts to acquire Constellation Energy Group, is expected Wednesday to offer to buy 50 percent of Constellation's nuclear power business for nearly the same price that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co....Tags: Maryland, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Morningstar Incorporated, Martin O'Malley, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
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Hey, Buddy, can you spare a billion bucks?
Sentinel ColumnistSo I was talking to Orlando's finance director a couple of months back about the downtown venues. And she said the city would sell bonds early next year to build the Florida Citrus Bowl and performing-arts center. My jaw dropped so far I could have...Tags: State Budgets, Culture, Rich DeVos, Harry Potter, Metal and Mineral
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Washington, not New York, now driving financial world
WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUPIn the old days --- from the Venetian Republic to, oh, the Bear Stearns rescue --- if you wanted to get rich, you did it the Warren Buffett way: You learned to read balance sheets. Today you learn to read political tea leaves. You don't anticipate Intel'...Tags: Intel Corp., New York, Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Henry Paulson
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Nov 30, 2008
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