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A little less than three years ago, two of the nation’s shrewdest, most successful buyout firms peered into the future and decided they just had to have Energy Future Holdings Corp., the giant Dallas utility and largest electricity generator in Texas.

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Days after the UN sanctions and the US imposing a new set of stiff sanctions on Tehran, India will keep its diplomatic and economic engagement on track when Iranian Finance Minister Shamsuddin Huseini holds talks here July 8-9.

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Areva SA , the French nuclear-reactor builder, took a new provision for cost overruns at a plant it’s building in Finland, leaving the door open for more charges as the project is still 2 1/2 years away from completion.

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June 14 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc may lose control of its U.S. oil and natural gas wells and be barred from doing business with the federal government as punishment for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, industry and regulatory analysts said.

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One of the most unproductive sittings in Canadian legislative history is sputtering to an end.

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US Sen Schumer: After Spill, Lifting Liability Cap Is Crucial

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WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to make a new bid to push energy legislation through Congress, saying the US oil “catastrophe” showed America could no longer be hostage to fossil fuels.

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Associated Press – April 17, 2010 1:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) – State lawmakers will get more time to debate a massive bill that lays out sweeping renewable-energy goals for Wisconsin.

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Lawmakers referenced the movies “Alice in Wonderland” and “Ishtar” during a sometimes bizarre debate on a renewable-energy bill that tied up the Senate for a day and a half.

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March 8 (Bloomberg) — China WindPower Group Ltd. , the Hong Kong-traded renewable energy company, plans to invest about HK$900 million ($116 million) in wind farms this year after posting a 55 percent gain in nine-month profit on higher demand.

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