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Power Industry News

Nigeria's Power Industry Receives Interest From Brazil, China and Germany

2010-09-03
Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, has received interest in its power industry from investors in China, Brazil and Germany, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said.

Nigeria's power industry reform needs more scrutiny

2010-09-03
Nigeria's privatization plans for its power grid don't consider the role of the generator and diesel fuel industries, which may have an interest in holding up improvements.

Discount power suppliers target N.J.

2010-09-05
In a marketing flurry that may presage what's in store for Peco Energy Co. customers later this year, discount power suppliers are jolting New Jersey residents with offers to undercut the prices of traditional utilities.

Hotel industry all set for expansion:SIHRA

2010-09-05
Chennai, Sep 4 : The hotel industry in the south is heading for a massive expansion with 119 new hotels set to add about 11,000 additional rooms, Mr T Natarajan, Secretary, South India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) said today.

Power Industry Acquisitions Surge in U.S. as Blackstone, NRG Hunt Bargains

2010-08-30
Acquisitions in the U.S. power industry surged more than 20-fold by value in the first eight months of the year. Advisers say expect more deals as buyers such as Blackstone Group LP bet electricity prices will rise with economic recovery.
Huguette Clark, heiress to a copper fortune, has been secluded for decades. In June she turned 104 in a New York hospital.

Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her

2010-09-03
Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
Traders work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street surged Friday after a relatively encouraging report on the jobs market lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.

Wall Street completes solid week of gains

2010-09-03
Stocks ended a three-week losing streak after an encouraging employment report lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.

Employers hire more workers than expected

2010-09-03
Private employers hired more workers than expected in August, lifting hopes for the weak U.S. economy, but the nation’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in four months.
To critics of office flirting, author Nicole Williams says

Flirting your way to the corner office

2010-09-03
Flirting, after all, is one of the oldest tricks in the book. But how do you use it to your professional advantage without crossing the line or inviting unwanted advances?
A screen shot on Saturday from the opening page of Craigslist's website for Hartford, Conn., features a

Craigslist removes adult services section

2010-09-04
Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website, a week after a group of state attorneys general complained about illegal ads promoting prostitution.

10 products for a relaxing Labor Day weekend

2010-09-03
If you have an extended break this Labor Day weekend to relax, these products could help you do just that. But be warned that extreme relaxation can result in extreme laziness.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: In January, a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, and 230,000 people died. Today, a 7.0 quake hit New Zealand, and early indications are that it caused relatively few major casualties. Why the difference?

Cosmic Log: Why the N.Z. quake is no Haiti

2010-09-03
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: In January, a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, and 230,000 people died. Today, a 7.0 quake hit New Zealand, and early indications are that it caused relatively few major casualties. Why the difference?
Where do you put the blood splatter? It's just one of the surprising questions the developers at Guerrilla Games have found themselves trying to answer as they've worked on the 3-D shooter

'Killzone 3' makers run into unexpected challenges going 3-D

2010-09-05
Where do you put the blood splatter? It's just one of the surprising questions the developers at Guerrilla Games have found themselves trying to answer as they've worked on the 3-D shooter "Killzone 3."
The king of the video game apes is keeping one giant foot in the past and one in the present in his forthcoming game. But will

Donkey Kong returns with both retro and modern flair

2010-09-04
The king of the video game apes is keeping one giant foot in the past and one in the present in his forthcoming game. But will "Donkey Kong Country Returns" be able to please both old-school and new-school fans?

Police: Ohio man imprisoned family for year

2010-09-04
Police in Ohio say a father cut his family off from the outside world, sexually abused at least one of his daughters and locked one child in a closet-sized room for a year.

Group: Iranian woman set for 99 lashes

2010-09-04
An Iranian woman already condemned to death faces another sentence of 99 lashes due to a case of mistaken identity in a photograph, a human rights group says.

Terror network broken up, Bahrain says

2010-09-04
Bahrain says it plans to charge 23 people for plotting to overthrow the government and for belonging to what officials described as a sophisticated terrorist network, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Saturday.

Craigslist censors its adult section

2010-09-05
Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section could be a model for other websites, a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said Saturday.

Earl lashes Canada after skirting U.S.

2010-09-04
Tropical Storm Earl raked Canada's Nova Scotia on Saturday, and its winds grew stronger on Prince Edward Island, the National Hurricane Center said.