Are Canadian rivers the solution to NE power prices?

Are Canadian rivers the solution to NE power prices?

Written by Rik Stevens

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Plenty of raw electricity sloshes around in Quebec's rivers and reservoirs, promising relief for U.S. northeasterners, who pay the nation's highest power costs. But getting those electrons to smartphones and air conditioners in Boston, Hartford and New York City is another matter entirely.

Greece stock market bloodbath as exchange reopens
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Greece stock market bloodbath as exchange reopens

Associated Press

Written by Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece suffered its worst stock market bloodbath in decades on Monday, when it opened after a forced five-week closure, and new data showed a dismal outlook for the bailout-dependent country's shrinking economy.

The main stock index shed over 22 percent just minutes into the opening, as investors got their first opportunity since late June to react to the latest twists in the country's nearly six-year economic drama.

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