Business
Enron Corp. used its Portland General Electric utility in Oregon to make bogus orders for power in California that helped run up costs for consumers and violated market rules, lawyers for a federal agency allege.
Nov. 23, 2002
Mergers, corporate spinoffs and name changes effective Monday may affect the newspaper stock listing you’ve followed for years.
Jan. 5, 1999
FERC affirms that the utility did not engage in improper trading tactics with an Enron unit in 2000 and 2001.
April 15, 2004
Attorney general’s office faults a proposed federal agreement that would clear the company of market manipulation during the energy crisis.
Jan. 10, 2003
Lawyers affirm finding that the utility company is not guilty of manipulating prices.
July 16, 2003
Avista Corp., an owner of utilities in the U.S.
Aug. 22, 2001
A federal judge declined to certify a settlement that would have cleared Avista Corp. of allegations that it helped Enron Corp. manipulate power prices in California during the state’s energy crisis of 2000 and 2001.
April 10, 2003
Avista Corp. said federal regulators found no evidence of wrongdoing by the utility owner in an investigation of alleged market manipulation by traders during California’s energy crisis.
Dec. 10, 2002
Technology and the Internet
Avista Corp. shares soared Thursday to their highest level in at least 20 years after investors learned Microsoft Corp.
Jan. 21, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
McClatchy Co. said Tuesday that it would sell its flagship newspaper, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, to a private equity firm for $530 million, less than half the $1.2 billion the company paid to acquire the paper eight years ago.
Dec. 27, 2006