Business
Utility holding company NiSource Inc. said it would buy Columbia Energy Group in a $6-billion cash and stock deal just four months after the natural-gas storage company rejected a higher offer from NiSource.
Feb. 29, 2000
NiSource Inc., a natural gas and power company, made a hostile bid for Columbia Energy Group of $5.7 billion in cash, or $68 a share.
June 8, 1999
Amway Corp.’
Nov. 11, 1998
Charleston, W.Va.-based Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. and units of Dearborn, Mich.
April 4, 1997
Electricity and natural gas supplier NiSource Inc. said it will press on with its hostile tender offer for natural gas company Columbia Energy Group despite another snub from its management.
July 7, 1999
World & Nation
Summit: Delegates leave South Africa with a wide range of policy goals and new partners. Nothing, however, is binding on the participants.
Sept. 6, 2002
A federal appeals court said the Energy Department acted improperly in setting energy efficiency standards for appliances in a ruling one group--the Energy Conservation Coalition--said could save consumers billions of dollars a year.
July 17, 1985
California
Nonbinding pact formally aligns California’s clean energy policies with those of Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia.
Oct. 28, 2013
Science & Medicine
A multinational team of astronomers has found an unprecedented collection of stars that emit very fast bursts of energy--a discovery that may help in studying the formation of galaxies.
July 22, 1991
* Utility holding company NiSource Inc. raised its 4-month-old hostile bid for natural gas firm Columbia Energy Group by 7% to $6.1 billion.
Oct. 18, 1999