Tango

Futures Outlook; It Takes Two to Tango

Ask two traders about the direction of the natural gas futuresmarket and you will likely get two different opinions, and that wasnever more true than last week when Tom Saal of Miami-based PioneerFutures and Tom Riley of Riley Natural Gas spoke about hedging forproducers at GasMart/Power 2000 in Denver.

April 17, 2000

New Western-KCPL Deal Would Spawn Electric Co.

A new step was added Thursday to the elaborate tango of WesternResources and Kansas City Power & Light as the companiescontinue their attempt at a union. Western and Kansas City Power& Light (KCPL) restructured their merger agreement, forming anew electric company. The new company-to be named WestarEnergy-will be headquartered in Kansas City, MO, and traded on theNew York Stock Exchange. The announcement met with early approvalfrom at least one analyst.

March 20, 1998