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When Constellation Energy Group Inc. was struggling under a liquidity crisis so severe that it threatened to put the nation’s largest wholesale power generator into bankruptcy, it was Warren Buffett who threw out a $1 billion life preserver to keep the co
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Computer security company Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. said Friday its shareholders approved its acquisition by an investor group led by private-equity firm Vector...
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Constellation Energy will sell half of its nuclear power business to French state-controlled nuclear power company EDF, scuttling a $4.7 billion offer from a unit of...
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A $4.5 billion bid Wednesday by France’s state-controlled power company for reactors in Maryland and New York could lead to the only foreign ownership stake in...
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Russia’s government pledged a mortgage buyout Wednesday and announced more aid for major airlines and other companies beyond an existing $200 billion financial...
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France’s state-controlled power company challenged a proposed takeover by Warren Buffett of Constellation Energy Wednesday, putting up almost as much money for...
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A French nuclear power company is upping the ante for Constellation Energy Group Inc., offering to pay $35 per share for the Baltimore-based wholesale power supplier in...
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A French nuclear power company is upping the ante for wholesale power supplier Constellation Energy Group Inc., offering to pay $8.50 per share more for the company,...
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In this Feb. 19, 2008 file photo, a view of EDF power plant in Porcheville, northwest of Paris. France’s state-controlled power company, Electricite de France, challenged a proposed takeover by Warren Buffett of Constellation Energy Wednesday, Dec. 3,...
