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14 hrs ago | Mississippi Business Journal

Former Miss. Power CEO Topazi retiring from Southern Company

Southern Co.'s latest 8k filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission contains news about former Mississippi Power Co.

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Related Topix: Energy, Mississippi Power, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh

Thu May 24, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Southern Company: Has This Dividend Stalwart Lost Its Spark?

The Southern Company has long been a staple in conservatively managed dividend and retirement portfolios.

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Related Topix: Energy, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power, Georgia Power, Alabama Power

CBS News

Southern Co. shuffles top management

ATLANTA &#8212 Southern Co. announced a number of key management changes Thursday as it prepares for the retirement of its chief operating officer, a 42-year veteran at the energy holding company.

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Related Topix: Energy, Gulf Power

Wed May 23, 2012

Business Journal

SunTrust unit CEO Wood joins Southern Co. board

Prior, Wood was chairman, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank Central Group, having responsibility for Georgia and Tennessee.

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Related Topix: Energy

Sat May 19, 2012

Athens Banner-Herald

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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law.

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Related Topix: Energy, Georgia, Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Macon, GA, Columbus, GA

Sat May 12, 2012

Daily Herald

Record gas use by U.S. utilities fails to drive up price

U.S. utilities led by Southern Co. are burning a record amount of natural gas for generating electricity without triggering a forecasted boost to the fuel's price from near 10-year lows.

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Related Topix: Energy, Austin, TX

Fri May 11, 2012

Electric Energy Online

Groups: Nearly $1 Billion Vogtle Nuclear Reactor Cost Overrun Echoes Earlier Warning About "Boondoggle" Project

We Told You So: Major Cost Overruns Latest Sign of Vogtle Woes, Including Construction Errors and Raft of Amendments to Federal License Washington, DC, May 11, 2012 - Even though the Vogtle reactor project got its federal license just three months ago, the controversial nuclear reactors are already in trouble.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Energy, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Services, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

Wed May 09, 2012

PR-inside.com

President and Ceo of Southern Company Services, Inc. a featured panelist at DNV Kema Forum

President and CEO of Southern Company Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company, Susan Story, will be a featured panelist at DNV KEMA's fifth annual Utility of the Future Leadership Forum, "Pathway to excellence." Story will participate in the first half of the CEO panel "View from the Top: Managing in a Slow or Flat Economy," ... (more)

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Related Topix: Energy

13WMAZ.com

Utility: Building Schedule Slips on Ga. Nuke Plant

Southern Co. executives say the schedule to build a new nuclear plant in Georgia has slipped seven months and that costs could rise.

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Related Topix: Energy, Nuclear Energy

Sun May 06, 2012

Bloomberg

Record Gas Use by U.S. Utilities Fails to Drive Up Price: Energy

U.S. utilities led by Southern Co. are burning a record amount of natural gas for generating electricity without triggering a forecasted boost to the fuel's price from near 10-year lows.

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Related Topix: Energy, Austin, TX

Thu May 03, 2012

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A partnership that works

If this scenario sounds familiar to you, it's because it's the plot of the 2011 film "Contagion." While the story is fiction, the threat is real.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Non-Profit, Energy, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Opinion

Seeking Alpha

Southern Co: A Solid Dividend Choice Worth Waiting For

Southern Company is a high-quality regulated utility that also participates in competitive markets across the southeastern United States.

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Related Topix: Energy

Mon Apr 30, 2012

Alabama Live

Vulcan Materials Co. urges shareholders to reject Martin Marietta board candidates

Vulcan Materials Co . has sent a letter to its shareholders urging them not to vote for board candidates advanced by Martin Marietta Materials , which has launched a hostile takeover bid for the Birmingham company.

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Related Topix: Construction, Martin Marietta Materials, Vulcan Materials, Energy, Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada, Mining

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