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<font size="-1"><i>Feb 21, 2002 - Agence France-Presse</i>

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<font size="-1"><i>By Repps Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 21</i>

Laclede Gas Co. filed suit Wednesday in Cole County Circuit Court to challenge the Missouri Public Service Commission's decision in September to end a six-year experimental rate plan. 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Japan, US firms eye $1.2 bln in Philippine gas, oil</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>MANILA, Feb 21 (Reuters)</i>

A consortium composed of Japan's Marubeni Corp and U.S. firms Unocal Corp and Gulf Resources has expressed interest in investing up to $1.2 billion in oil and gas exploration projects in the Philippines, a senior government official said. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Bby Mark Curriden, The Dallas Morning News, Feb. 21</i> 

Federal prosecutors are weighing the possibility of indicting Enron Corp. and Arthur Andersen LLP as part of any criminal charges that result from the collapse of the energy company, lawyers involved in the case said Wednesday. 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>401(k) Cases against Enron Are No Longer in Limbo as Judge Lifts Stay on Suits</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>By Rosanna Ruiz, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

The judge overseeing Enron Corp.'s bankruptcy on Wednesday lifted the stay against lawsuits pending against the company. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Patrice Hill, The Washington Times, Feb. 21</i> 

The Clinton administration provided more than $1 billion in subsidized loans to Enron Corp. projects overseas at a time when Enron was contributing millions of dollars to Democratic causes. 

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A U.S. bankruptcy court judge in New York on Thursday ordered the appointment of a financial examiner to monitor cash flows at Enron Corp.'s biggest division, Enron North America, a move hailed by some creditors. 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>New Retention Bonuses at Enron Likely So Key Personnel Will Remain</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>By Bill Murphy, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

Enron will likely pay more retention bonuses to key personnel, despite criticism of previous payments made shortly before the company declared bankruptcy in December. 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Former Enron Chairman Lay Told Analysts of His Faith in Financial Officer</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>By Julie Mason, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

Even after learning of problems with partnerships created by Andrew Fastow, former Enron Corp. Chairman Ken Lay sought to reassure skeptical analysts in a conference call last October that he remained fully confident in his company and chief financial officer. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

Enron Corp. was never shy about tapping the resources of the federal government to finance projects around the globe. 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Lawyer Named in Lawsuits Will Retire from Enron Post</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>By Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

Enron Corp.'s top in-house lawyer, James V. Derrick Jr., will retire March 1, the company announced Wednesday. 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Judge Tells Law Firm to Dissolve Order against Former Enron Chairman</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon on Wednesday ordered a law firm to dissolve a temporary restraining order granted in a state court against former Enron Corp. Chairman Ken Lay and other former Enron executives. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Julie Mason, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

Former Enron Corp. Chairman Ken Lay in 1999 offered a seat on the company's board to then-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who later tried intervening to forestall the company's collapse, according to documents released Wednesday. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Gregg Fields, The Miami Herald, Feb. 21</i> 

This lovely island, where scoundrels from Blackbeard to cocaine cowboys have landed looking to launder lucre, was a second home to Enron. 

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<font size="-1"><i>WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters)</i> 

Foreign ventures involving Enron Corp. received over a billion dollars in U.S. government loans and other support since the mid-1980s, a senior Republican senator said on Wednesday. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Stuart Penson, LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters)</i> 

Enron's European energy traders, axed three months ago when their firm folded, are back in business in dealing rooms across London after clinching well-paid jobs with former rivals. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Bruce Nichols, The Dallas Morning News, Feb. 21</i> 

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Two Georgia Gas Firms in Merger Discussions</b></font></a><br>

<font size="-1"><i>By Matthew C. Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 21</i> 

Two Georgia natural gas marketers are in merger talks. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

NewPower Holdings, created by Enron Corp. and spun off as a retail energy provider in deregulated markets, is in talks to be acquired by Centrica, a large competitor in the United Kingdom. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Susan Kreimer, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 21</i> 

BJ Services Co. has agreed to buy competitor Osca for about $420 million to expand its product line. 

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<font size="-1"><i>By Robert Bailhache, Sunday Business, London, Feb. 17</i> 

Whispers of a bid for BG are growing louder. 

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<font size="-1"><i>Feb 21, 2002, (Financial Times Deutschland /FT Information via COMTEX) -- </i> 

The independent monopolies commission has warned of the negative consequences of a takeover of Ruhrgas, Germany's largest gas supplier, by Eon, the multi-utility. 

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U.S. day-ahead natgas prices, pressured by Wednesday's weak NYMEX close, fell on Thursday, but most traders said they expected cash to firm next week when colder weather hits the Midwest and Northeast. 

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<font size="-1"><i>NEW YORK, Feb 21 (Reuters)</i> 

NYMEX Hub gas ended higher Thursday in fairly active trade, driven by forecasts for much colder Midwest and Northeast weather next week despite persistent concerns about bloated inventories, sources said. 

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Shell Exploration & Production Co. said Thursday it has shut in production from the Brutus tension leg platform in the Gulf of Mexico for at least a month following valve failures in the production system. 

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Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alas.) said he wants federal legislation directing Alaskan North Slope producers and pipeline companies to build an arctic gas line that parallels the oil pipeline to Fairbanks and then the Alaska Highway to British Columbia. 

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Bank of America on Thursday named Joseph Carey as its natural resources group head, replacing Steve Bragg, who decided to leave the No. 3 U.S. bank holding company in the wake of losses related to bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. 

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Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D) announced yesterday that his Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will hold oversight hearings next month on the Bush administration's environmental policies. 

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British gas and home services company Centrica Plc said on Thursday its share placing to fund U.S. growth had been set at 215 pence a share, raising some 426 million pounds ($607 million). 

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BG Group PLC, the oil exploration and production company spun out of the former British Gas, unveiled plans to increase its investment by 600 mln stg to 5.6 bln over five years alongside full-year figures which met broker forecasts. 

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XTO Energy of Fort Worth overcame a $6.5 million loss on energy hedges during the fourth quarter to post a quarterly profit of $41.2 million, or 33 cents per share. 

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Alfonso Cortina, chairman of Spanish petro-chemicals group Repsol YPF, which owns 45 per cent of Spanish gas company Gas Natural, said on the second day of the energy conference yesterday that there is a clear regulatory asymmetry which favours electricity companies. 

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First Generation Holdings Corp unit First Gas Holdings Corp is ready to invest 800 mln-1 bln usd in the transmission, distribution and power generation businesses if it secures the contract to bring Malampaya natural gas to Manila, First Generation president Peter Garrucho said. 

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Peru's mines & energy ministry has pre-qualified Belgian energy company Tractebel as the strategic operator of the concession to distribute natural gas from the Camisea field to capital city Lima and the adjacent port of Callao, the government announced in the county's Federal Register equivalent. 

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