(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-07 02:34 UPDATE 1-Macarthur spurns Peabody's sweetened $3.3 bln offer Interactive Investor Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:42 PM PDT PERTH, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia's Macarthur Coal rejected on Wednesday a sweetened A$3.56 billion ($3.27 billion) bid from top U.S. coal miner Peabody Energy, sending its shares 4 percent lower. The rejection puts the onus back onto Peabody to contemplate a higher offer ahead of an April 12 vote by Macarthur shareholders on a rival plan to take over Gloucester Coal . "The ball's in their ... | Coal mining town torn over its lifeline Los Angeles Times Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:41 PM PDT Massey Energy Co., operator of the West Virginia mine in which an explosion killed 25 miners, is praised by some as wonderful and criticized by others as domineering. Brenda Willis rushed out of the One Stop food shop Tuesday afternoon wearing a "Route 3 Spousal Group" T-shirt and carrying an armful of sandwiches and cold drinks. | ASX open higher BigPond News Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:39 PM PDT The Australian stock market's opened higher, with gains in the gold and energy sector. | Xcel adding noise-reduction equipment to Comanche FOX21 Colorado Springs Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:37 PM PDT Xcel Energy says the new unit at its coal-fired Comanche power plant in Pueblo is offline for minor repairs and won't be restarted until it is outfitted to reduce noise. | Macarthur rejects sweetened Peabody bid thewest.com.au Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:36 PM PDT Macarthur Coal has rejected a $3.5 billion takeover offer from US-based Peabody Energy, saying the bid is not high enough. | Electricity, gas rates to climb Issaquah Press Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:31 PM PDT Puget Sound Energy customers will see electric and natural gas rates nudge upward soon. The state Utilities and Transportation Commission approved a rate increase for the utility April 2. The decision allows the Bellevue-based company to raise electric rates by about 2.8 percent and natural gas prices by 0.8 percent. Officials expected the new rates to take [...] | GVEC recognized by government Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:26 PM PDT GONZALES รข" The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative with a 2010 Energy Star Leadership in Housing Award. | Neighbors of Proposed Tires-to-Energy Plant React WJET - WFXP Erie Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:24 PM PDT Matt Leist, who's lived just down the road from there for several years says people have been waiting on the property to be developed after several concepts fell through. | Council cuts thousands off annual energy bill Scoop.co.nz Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:23 PM PDT An energy audit of four Hastings District Council-owned visitor sites found the council could cut $22,241 off its annual energy bill and reduce carbon emissions by 2.5 tonnes each year by implementing some simple energy savings initiatives. | | |
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