Sunday, July 19, 2026

Talen Energy to be Acquired by Riverstone in $5 Billion Transaction

ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Talen Energy Corporation (NYSE: TLN), a competitive energy and power generation company that owns or controls 16,000 megawatts of capacity in eight states, announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with affiliates of Riverstone Holdings LLC (“Riverstone”), a private investment firm. Under terms of the merger agreement, all outstanding shares of Talen Energy

Canada Runs Near-Record Trade Deficit, Economy Splutters Ahead

From the Financial Post OTTAWA — Canada ran a near-record trade deficit of $2.94 billion in April as the economy continued to struggle with weak crude oil prices that have slashed the value of exports and curbed growth. The deficit, announced by Statistics Canada on Friday, was the 20th in a row and greater than the $2.45 billion shortfall forecast

Isis Bombers, Bribery, Checkpoints – the Death-Defying Life of Iraqi Truckers

From The Independent/UK Iraq is breaking up into competing centres of power and truck drivers are among those who can best describe the miseries of trying to travel from one fragment of the country to another. “Our life is horrible,” says Mohammed Oday, a driver sitting with seven or eight others in the shade of a road bridge beside a