Gas Natural pulls bid for Endesa
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Spanish utility firm Gas Natural withdraws its bid for Endesa, leaving German firm E.ON as the only contender.
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Williams Cos. Inc. (WMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has scrapped efforts to sell its power business as the depressed wholesale market has damaged prospects for selling the unit, the natural gas company said on Thursday.
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The Netherlands, Europe&#39;s third-largest gas producer, agreed to pay 2.78 billion euros ($3.55 billion) to buy the natural gas pipeline stakes of Royal/Dutch Shell Group and Exxon Mobil Corp.
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The board of Spanish energy group Endesa said it &quot;judged favourably&quot; a takeover of the company by German energy rival E.ON, but stopped short of recommending shareholders accept E.ON's 41-billion-euro (53-billion-dollar) offer.
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Nigerian consortium Bluestar, led by tycoon Aliko Dangote, pulls out of a deal to take stakes in oil refineries.
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Italian electricity group Enel has bought 10 percent of Spanish utility Endesa and wants up to 24.99 percent of the company under a plan that appears to enjoy political support in Madrid and Rome.
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Conoco Phillips is pulling out of its Venezuelan oil ventures after failing to agree on new contract terms with the populist government of President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez, and Exxon Mobil said it had also reached an impasse in negotiations there.
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European regulators on Thursday approved the takeover of Spain's largest utility Endesa by Acciona and Italian utility Enel.
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Troubled nuclear power group British Energy today said it was removing itself from the stock market in a bid to stop rebel shareholders scuppering its rescue package.
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British Energy Plc (BGY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , the UK&#39;s biggest electricity producer, said on Thursday it had ended a dispute with investment firm Polygon regarding British Energy&#39;s plans to delist its shares.
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PetrÃ³leo Brasileiro, the Brazilian energy company known as Petrobras, canceled a meeting of its executives and Bolivian government officials after Bolivia took steps this week to take over the companyÂs oil operations in the country. Petrobras said the Bolivian measures, which included the takeover of two refineries, the only ones in Bolivia, and its distribution system, would render its Bolivian operations Âunviable.Â The meeting had been scheduled for Friday.
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MELBOURNE/TOKYO  - Buyout firm Blackstone Group  has become the latest to pull out of a consortium bidding for Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd. , a source said, further boosting the prospects of rival suitor Wesfarmers Ltd.
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Dubai International Capital pulls out of proposed takeover bid for Liverpool.
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Failed US energy giant Enron is given permission by a federal judge to sell off its last remaining asset - its natural gas pipelines.
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France Telecom's  Orange  unit has pulled out of the bidding for the UK Internet  connection business of Time Warner Inc.'s  AOL, an  industry source close to the matter said on Thursday.
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Unocal Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group are withdrawing from a natural gas exploration project in the East China Sea, the companies said Wednesday, citing "commercial reasons."
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Despite winning new support from European regulators, the German power company E.On was forced on Tuesday to raise its offer for the Spanish utility Endesa.