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...This “monster steel trust”, put together by power brokers including John Pierpont Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and Charles Schwab, would make two-thirds of the nation’s steel, giving it enormous pricing power...
...But after a spectacularly good breakfast at the Rise N Shine diner we did admire another Art Deco gem, built as the headquarters of the Niagara Mohawk power company, as well as the world’s only upside-down...
...They stopped in North Dakota, New York, Niagara Falls, Las Vegas (of course), Atlantic City (ditto) and other places....
...Elsewhere in the sector, National Grid edged up 0.3 per cent to 610p amid talk that potential bidders were circling its US division, Niagara Mohawk....
...- National Grid to review details of disappointing Niagara Mohawk rate case — statement. - JP Morgan appoints Jimmy Elliott as Global Chairman of Mergers and Acquisitions — statement....
...The ruling concerns the Niagara Mohawk case, named after its electricity distribution company in New York state. National Grid had asked regulators for a rate increase worth $390m (£245m)....
...US peer Equinix has also been linked with the UK group, along with myriad others from IT services providers to power company Aggreko. Telecity closed up 1.9 per cent to 403¼p....
...In 1999, National Grid announced a bolt-on deal in New England, the purchase of Eastern Utilities Associates for $634m, and in 2000 it unveiled the $3bn takeover of Niagara Mohawk in New York....
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