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...relic of frenzied plant building during the heady Enron days. In Britain, where supply now exceeds peak demand by 25-30%, power prices have plunged 40% in the last 18 months and generators routinely spend $63 to produce a unit of energy that sells for $26. One potential buyer for TXU Europe is Germany's E.On, but its U.K. subsidiary has already started shutting down plants. Another is France's EdF, which loves devouring foreign targets, but last week the E.U. cried foul and ordered it to repay j900 million in unfair government aid. In other words, TXU might need...
...stock in 1990, when Bush served as a director of Harken and sold 212,140 shares of the company for $848,560. The close timing of Bush’s sale and Harvard’s purchase of Harken stock led to speculation that the University was the unknown buyer of Bush’s shares...
...they do it? As Dalias' story illustrates, getting an introduction from a well-connected financier, consultant or industry executive helps. Such a champion can entice a potential foreign buyer to visit your lab in the U.S. or accept a visit from you. But then you have to have that better mousetrap. "You need to have a niche-breaking product," stresses Ellenberger. Steven Domenikos, CEO and founder of Telegea, a software firm based in Waltham, Mass., has had success in Japan because his technology automates the service-fulfillment process for telecom companies, cutting their delivery costs more than...
...large figure prompted some to speculate that the University is the unknown buyer of President Bush’s shares in the Texas-based oil and gas company, though Harvard Management Company (HMC) officials denied the purchase...
...Center for Public Integrity, a Washington-based nonpartisan watchdog group, said that evidence points to Harvard as the likely buyer...