UPDATE 1-Avista says to buy stake in Oregon power plant
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Utility company Avista Corp. (AVA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it has agreed to purchase the remaining half interest in the Coyote Springs 2 power plant in Oregon from bankrupt energy company Mirant Corp.
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Iberdrola agreed to buy ScottishPower for $22.5 billion in a move that would create one of EuropeÂs largest utilities.
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General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX Corp.
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Independent power producer Dynegy Inc.   DYN.N said on Friday it agreed to pay over $2 billion in   stock and cash for the merchant power plant portfolio of   private equity fund LS Power Group, which will have a 40   percent stake in the combined company.
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HELSINKI  - Finnish energy concerns announced Friday a &#36;680-million-US deal to buy hydroelectricity from Norway's E-CO Vannkraft during the next 15 years.
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Avaya Inc. AV.N, a  telecommunications equipment supplier, on Tuesday said it would  buy Tenovis GmbH & Co. of Germany from private equity firm  Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $370 million to expand its  presence in Europe.
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Iberdrola plans to buy the regional utility owner Energy East Corporation for $4.5 billion in cash.
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Perrigo Co., the US pharmaceutical manufacturer, said Monday it agreed to buy Israel-based Agis Industries for $818 million. Under the terms, shareholders for Agis will get 0.8011 shares of Perrigo stock and
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By Ripley, Richard  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold two sessions on Thursday, Feb. 8, to receive public comments on Avista Corp.'s applications to relicense its five Spokane River dams.  Both sessions, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m.
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Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc.  G.TO GG.N plans to buy competitor Wheaton River Minerals  Ltd WRM.TO WHT.A for $2.09 billion in stock, marking  further consolidation in the mining industry, the companies  said Sunday in a statement.
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Oil major Total SA has signed a draft agreement to purchase a 25 percent stake, plus one share, in the privately held Russian gas producer Novatek, the French company announced Wednesday.
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Sagem SA, a French defense-electronics maker, offered to buy state-controlled jet-engine maker Snecma SA for 4.9 billion euros ($6.24 billion) in stock as French President Jacques Chirac tries to create ...
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Russia's United Company RUSAL will buy a strategic stake in Norilsk Nickel  from Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group as it seeks to build a globally competitive Russian metals and mining major.
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OMV AG said it has submitted a letter to express its interest in acquiring a majority stake in Energopetrol, Bosnia's largest crude oil and oil products trader.
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Norsk Hydro ASA said Monday it has signed a deal to invest &#36;1.5 billion in a new aluminum smelting plant in Qatar to be operated by Qatar Petroleum.
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Scottish Power PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to a $22.5 billion buyout offer from the Spanish utility Iberdrola SA that would create one of Europe's biggest utilities.
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POWER group United Utilities is to sell its green energy assets in Australia to Novera Macquarie Renewable Energy. The deal, worth Â£63m, is for 40 green energy projects, with a total generating capacity of