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Allegheny subsidiary gets interim rate increase - Boston Globe
GREENSBURG, Pa.? Electric utility Allegheny Energy Inc. said Friday that the Virginia State Corporation Commission granted its Potomac Edison Co. subsidiary an interim rate increase to recover purchased power costs. The rate increase comes after ... (more...)
30 light-rail sections fixed at cost of $600K - AZCentral.com
Contractors have finished repairing all but one section of rail damaged by the improper use of torches on the Valley's light-rail line. Thirty of the 31 damaged sections of rail have been replaced, at a cost of more than $600,000. The final section ... (more...)
As food and gas costs rise, so do financial worries - Newsday
Debbie Agostino doesn't figure there's much she can do to fight the rising cost of food. "Most of our expenses are for things we need," said Agostino, a Centereach mother of four and a part-time office manager. "I try to look for sales and stay away ... (more...)
Gas prices up again - 10 News
UNDATED (AP) ? Just like clockwork: another day, another hike in the price of gas. Triple-A puts the national average cost of a gallon of regular at nearly $3.79. That's up a penny from yesterday, 39 cents higher than a month ago and 68 cents more ... (more...)
Continental Responds to DOT New York Slot Auction Proposal - MSN MoneyCentral
HOUSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines CAL today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) announcement to implement slot auctions at John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty ... (more...)
BA to raise fares as fuel costs put end to 'year of plenty' - The Independent
The chief executive of British Airways has become the latest airline executive to warn that it will sharply increase its fares as its struggles to protect its profitability in the face of the unprecedented price of fuel and "an uncertain economic ... (more...)
Mission Accomplished. - CBS News
Independence, Mo., the birthplace of Harry Truman. Did you know when Truman was president, gas cost a whopping 21 cents a gallon? When yeah when we left this week the national average was 3.72. It's now 3.79. And a lot has happened in those five days ... (more...)
Cost of 'Top Spot' conversion still unclear - Leaf Chronicle
City department heads have issued their inventory of places where the city's old slogan, "Gateway to the New South," appears. However, it remains unclear how much it will cost to replace the insignia with the city's new slogan, "Tennessee's Top Spot ... (more...)
BT 4Q profit falls costs rise, customers flee - MSN MoneyCentral
LONDON (AP) - BT Group PLC, Britain's biggest telecommunications company, reported a 6.2 percent decline Thursday in its fourth quarter profit, as costs rose and it lost some wholesale customers to broadband services. Net profit fell to 426 million ... (more...)
Energy Cost Equalization program should cover all of Alaska - Alaska Journal of Commerce
Like a man dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean, Alaskans are adrift in a sea of state cash while our citizens drown in a tidal wave of unjustified costs for heating oil and electricity for homes and businesses. Money pouring into Alaska from ... (more...)