Business
Electric utility owner Entergy Corp. said that it expects second-quarter profit to beat Wall Street estimates, citing surging power sales and fewer shutdowns at the company’s nuclear stations.
July 9, 2002
Entergy Corp., the fourth-largest electric power generator in the United States, said that it will sell its British electricity distributor, London Electricity, to the French national power company for $3.18 billion.
Dec. 1, 1998
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
Entergy Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit would exceed by about 20% the average analysts’ estimate of 13 cents a share because of increased revenue from the power company’s nuclear plants in New York.
Jan. 9, 2002
World & Nation
The bankrupt utility that supplies power and gas to New Orleans has not set a timetable for restoring service to the city’s storm-ravaged eastern neighborhoods and the Lower 9th Ward, the company’s chief executive told an angry crowd of residents Saturday.
Nov. 6, 2005
More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still don’t have power nine days after Hurricane Ida.
Sept. 7, 2021
Facing huge costs for rebuilding its Hurricane Katrina-devastated systems along the Gulf Coast, power and gas utility Entergy Corp. said it would consider filing for bankruptcy protection for its New Orleans unit.
Sept. 21, 2005
Without power, repair jobs go undone. The blackout riles returning homeowners, who fear it may push neighbors to stay away for good.
Nov. 14, 2005
* Tyco International Ltd., the largest maker of home-security systems, agreed to pay $237 million in cash for Entergy Corp.’
Dec. 16, 1998
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