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                        	                       Updated: Jan. 3, 2002                               [IMAGE]Scaled-back Alaskan pipeline proposal in works  With prospects for a gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope looking shakier by the month, Foothills Pipe Lines is about to unveil a scaled-down version of the proposed Alaska Highway project that it hopes will win the approval of both regulators...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [IMAGE]A hard act to follow: the future for energy without Enron Corporation's fall creates leadership void  Failure will affect deregulation debate                                                          [IMAGE]Shedding light on power prices EU study shows end of price transparency  Denmark residential customers pay more  VAT impacts prices                                                          [IMAGE]European power prices skyrocket Spark spreads puzzle coal producers  Germany feels the pinch  Stockpiles high, demand low                                                 PacifiCorp halts pursuit of Priest Rapids competitive license bid [IMAGE]full story...  Williams buys NGL pipeline [IMAGE]full story...  Switzerland adopts energy efficiency labeling [IMAGE]full story...  Two U.S. senators announce Enron probe [IMAGE]full story...  Paper mill sues TVA to recover $25 million [IMAGE]full story...  Mirant drops deal to buy half of Puerto Rican unit [IMAGE]full story...  Argentine gas trading goes on despite fiscal crisis [IMAGE]full story...  California retail gasoline prices at three-year lows [IMAGE]full story...  Lay, Skilling involved in forming partnerships, documents show [IMAGE]full story...  Crude prices could fall because OPEC cuts may not occur [IMAGE]full story...  [IMAGE]To view all of today's Executive News headlines, [IMAGE]click here                              Copyright ? 2001 - Platts, All Rights Reserved      Market Brief   Wednesday, January 2 (Changes from 12/28) Stocks Close Change  % Change  DJIA 10,073.40 (63.6) -0.63% DJ 15 Util. 297.74 3.2  1.10% NASDAQ 1,979.25 (8.02) -0.40% S&P 500 1,148.08 (12.9) -1.11%     Market Vols Close Change % Change AMEX (000) 130,955 28,748.0  28.13% NASDAQ (000) 1,512,183 189,403.0  14.32% NYSE (000) 1,179,897 274,803.0  30.36%     Commodities Close Change % Change Crude Oil (Feb) 21.1 0.69  3.38% Heating Oil (Jan) 0.5507 (0.016) -2.79% Nat. Gas (Henry) 2.555 0.000  0.00% Propane (Jan) 32.60 (1.40) -4.12% Palo Verde (Feb) 24.75 0.00  0.00% COB (Feb) 24.75 0.00  0.00% PJM (Feb) 30.00 0.00  0.00%     Dollar US $ Close Change % Change Australia $  1.942 (0.017) -0.87% Canada $   1.60 0.005  0.31% Germany Dmark  2.17 (0.048) -2.17% Euro   0.9036 0.020  2.25% Japan ?en  132.2 1.200  0.92% Mexico NP 9.1 (0.080) -0.87% UK Pound   0.6923 0.0023  0.33%     Foreign Indices Close Change % Change Arg MerVal 323.69 28.30  9.58% Austr All Ord. 3,383.10 19.30  0.57% Braz Bovespa 13872.09 294.52  2.17% Can TSE 300  7646.79 (28.21) -0.37% Germany DAX 5167.88 7.78  0.15% HK HangSeng 11350.85 (80.74) -0.71% Japan Nikkei 225  10542.62 0.00  0.00% Mexico IPC  6410.05 6371.84  -0.88% UK FTSE 100 5,218.30 29.20  0.56%       Source:  Yahoo!, TradingDay.com and NYMEX.com   	                                	  	



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