Creditwatch

Southern Union’s Buy of CMS Assets Elicits Credit Warning

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services placed the credit rating of Southern Union Co. on CreditWatch with “negative implications” after the distribution company announced in late December that it and AIG HighStar Capital LP had reached a definitive deal to buy CMS Energy’s Panhandle natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities for an estimated $1.83 billion.

January 6, 2003

Southern Union’s Buy of CMS Assets Elicits S&P Warning

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services placed the credit rating of Southern Union Co. on CreditWatch with “negative implications” Monday after the distribution company announced that it and AIG HighStar Capital LP had reached a definitive deal to buy CMS Energy’s Panhandle natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities for an estimated $1.83 billion.

December 24, 2002

Westar Energy Chairman Indicted on Fraud, Conspiracy Charges

Another day, another corporate scandal. On Thursday, the target was Westar Energy Inc. Chairman David Wittig, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of money laundering, conspiracy and four counts of submitting false books to a federally insured bank in Topeka, KS.

December 2, 2002

Westar Energy Chairman Indicted on Fraud, Conspiracy Charges

Another day, another corporate scandal. On Thursday, the target was Westar Energy Inc. Chairman David Wittig, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of money laundering, conspiracy and four counts of submitting false books to a federally insured bank in Topeka, KS.

November 26, 2002