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, also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utilities servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Australia's competition watchdog on Thursday cleared the way for AGL Energy Ltd.
(AGK.AU) to fully acquire the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria state and launch a 900 million Australian dollar (US$877 million) share issue to help fund the deal.The decision will be welcomed by part-owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) as it reviews assets around the world to repair a balance sheet rocked by last year's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.Gaining antitrust approval for the deal was no certainty and a one-month delay by the regulator in making its final decision had put the market on edge. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, or ACCC, in 2003 blocked AGL from taking its initial stake in the asset only to have its decision overturned by Australia's Federal Court.In a transformation of its view, the ACCC said Thursday that AGL's acquisition of the 67.5% of the coal-fired power station it doesn't already own is unlikely to substantially reduce competition in electricity g...The Japanese government said Thursday that one of the officials in charge of the bailout of troubled utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. will lead the company as chairm...
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By Linda SiegJapanese media interest has been muted, regulators are mostly mum and many politicians seem unaware that anything is amiss.A scandal over questionable d...
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Australia's competition watchdog on Thursday cleared the way for AGL Energy Ltd. (AGK.AU) to fully acquire the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria state and launch ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. , better known as Tepco, plans to hike power rates for some heavy users by 12% starting in July, the Nikkei business daily reported Thursday...
Japanese stocks rallied in early Tuesday trade, with exporters getting a sentiment bump after overnight gains in the U.S., and energy shares advancing after crude-oi...
Japanese utilities are planning to increase fees for peak-hour electricity usage in an effort to head off possible power shortages this summer following the closure ...
The Japan government on Wednesday approved a plan to nationalize Tokyo Electric Power Co. , the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, in exchange for a...
Strength in exporter shares and a rebound in metal stocks helped overcome weakness in utilities early Monday to send the Nikkei Stock Average up 0.7% to 9,630.04 and...
Japanese shares added modestly to their previous-session losses, with the Nikkei Stock Average slipping 0.3% to 9,560.49, and the Topix down 0.2% early Friday, track...
