In a coal hole: Australian mining and power

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Western Australia's State Energy Commission hoped to negotiate a deal with local mining companies that would make building a coal-fired power station affordable. However, talks between plant contractor Asea Brown Boveri and mining companies are failing.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
Motors and generators, Planning, Economic aspects, Economic policy, Coal industry, Electric power-plants, Electric power plants, Western Australia, Coal conversion, ABB Inc., Western Australia, Australia

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Roiled: American futures markets

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The Commodities Futures Trading Commission has issued a complaint against the Chicago Board of Trade charging that the board failed to notify the agency of problems with the financial records of Stotler, a futures brokerage that went under in Aug 1990.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
Security and commodity exchanges, Cases, Futures market, Futures markets, United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Board of Trade of the City of Chicago Inc., Stotler Financial Corp.

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Felled by finance: Westinghouse

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Westinghouse chairman Paul Lego announced plans to cut the company dividend for the first time in over 40 years. The financial problems of the company and i ts subsidiary Westinghouse Financial Services Inc are detailed.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
Household refrigerators and freezers, Management, Finance, Corporations, Corporate finance, Westinghouse Electric Corp., WX, Lego, Paul E., Westinghouse Financial Services Inc.

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