Business
Fluor Daniel said Thursday that it has been awarded a $27-million contract in connection with 19 petroleum and coal-fueled plants in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
May 9, 1993
Southern Utilities Merging: New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., the dominant electrical utility company in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, said it is merging with Gulf States Utilities Co. in a $2.3-billion deal.
June 9, 1992
The proposed $9-billion merger of FPL Group Inc. and Entergy Corp. has hit vaguely defined snags, prompting concerns among analysts about the fate of the deal that would create the nation’s largest utility.
March 20, 2001
World & Nation
A transformer fire at a nuclear power plant in Arkansas has forced the shutdown of one of the two units at the site, utility officials said on Wednesday.
Dec. 11, 2013
In storm’s wake, 100,000 still without power in Arkansas, Texas
Dec. 28, 2012
FPL Group Inc. said differences between projections supplied to it and to investment bankers by Entergy Corp. led to the two companies calling off their proposed $7.6-billion merger.
April 3, 2001
A group of energy firms will pay $50 million to settle charges that they reported false natural gas trades to industry publications, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said.
Jan. 29, 2004
FPL Group Inc., the parent of Florida Power & Light Co., agreed to acquire Entergy Corp. in a $6.4-billion deal that would create the No. 1 U.S. electric utility.
Aug. 1, 2000
Entergy Corp. said it agreed to buy London Electricity for $2.1 billion in cash, becoming the third U.S. company to bid for a British electricity supplier in two months. . . .
Dec. 19, 1996
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes downed power lines and damaged homes and buildings Saturday in Texas and Arkansas, where authorities said several people were injured.
Feb. 25, 2001