| Court upholds Great Plains Energy’s purchase of Aquila as legal The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, has upheld a regulator’s ruling that Great Plains Energy Inc. was within its legal right to acquire Aquila Inc. (GXP) (BKH) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Nucor leads local stocks Most Charlotte-area stocks rose Wednesday, including Nucor Corp., which led the pack by closing at $40.03. The steel manufacturer (NYSE:NUE) gained 65 cents in trading. The Dow Jones Industrials gained 46 points to close at 10,387. (NUE) (BAC) (DUK) (WFC) (LOW) (GR) (TRK) (SPW) (FDO) (PNY) (CATO) (LNCE) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Problem at Hovensa refinery triggers oil burnoff [AP] - A problem at the Hovensa LLC oil refinery triggered a burnoff of heavy oil Thursday that sent up a plume of black smoke, a spokesman said. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Poll: Buyers confused, wary about electric cars If companies like Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp. are going to succeed with electric cars they will have to overcome considerable consumer wariness, a new survey suggests. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Marathon Oil to spend $10M on oil drilling [AP] - Marathon Oil Corp. said Monday that it will spend $10 million to expand oil drilling operations in Texas. The Houston oil and gas company said it will acquire about 17,000 acres in the Eagle Ford Shale formation in Wilson and Atascosa counties in Texas from Denali Oil & Gas. us.rd.yahoo.com |