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September 19, 2008

French paper: EDF preparing counterbid for CEG

There's a meeting this evening to consider two courses for Electricite de France, the state-owned French power company that was considering a bid for Constellation Energy Group, owner of Baltimore Gas and Electric, reports Les Echos, a French financial daily. Possibility 1) Trying to team up with Warren Buffett, whose MidAmerican Energy Holdings won CEG for $26.50 a share. 2) Making a counter offer and topping Buffett's bid. CEG stock shot up to $26 from $22 where it was languishing this morning.
Here is the Les Echos link to the CEG story.
Thanks to Edward Bielarski for the tip.

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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