NRG Energy has announced that David Crane is stepping down as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) has announced that its board of directors has voted unanimously against recommending the unsolicited buyout offer from Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD).  The deal...
What’s left of Reliant Energy is now called RRI Energy, Inc. (NYSE:RRI) following the sale of Reliant’s Texas retail segment to NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) that was completed on May 1st....
Two weeks ago, Air Products (NYSE: APD) made what it said was its “best and final offer” for Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG), a $70.00 per share hostile takeover deal that has been brewing for more than...
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) have suggested that their clients buy oil futures now. Between them, they believe Brent crude prices will settle between $120 and $130 this...
Yesterday came more news in the solar sector regarding a loan guarantee for another giant solar project.  NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced this week that its 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar...
NRG Energy said Friday morning that it plans to create a new company called Greenco to focus on its green energy business.
Source: courtesy Boeing Co.Last week’s fire in an unoccupied Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow airport apparently has been traced to a malfunction in the aircraft’s...
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Minefinders Corp. Ltd. (AMEX: MFN), PetMed Express...
Electric power generators NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and GenOn Energy Inc. (NYSE: GEN) have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.7 billion. Under the terms of the deal, GenOn...
Many of the EU nations have adopted such severe austerity programs that unions and students have taken to the streets in protest. Greece recently had riots that shuttered the national transportation...
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) has filed its preliminary proxy statement for the 2009 annual meeting of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG). NRG still hasn’t scheduled the meeting, but Delaware law...
Northwest (NYSE: NWA) and Delta (NYSE: DAL) are getting very close to announcing a merger. According to the FT "the airlines may clinch the landmark accord as early as mid-February, the people...