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NRG to buy direct power from Centrica for $ 3.6 billion

Text size JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images Centrica’s shares soared more than 17% after it agreed to sell Direct Energy, its North American energy business, to NRG Energy for $ 3.6 billion in cash. Houston-based Direct Energy provides electricity, natural gas, and home services to consumers and businesses …

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Protests in Portland: 1 person stabbed; the authorities used tear gas

The Portland Police Office (PPB) said a crowd emerged outside of federal court, initially listening peacefully to speakers. Around 11 p.m. local time, people began to shake a fence while other people fired fireworks at it. The police then “attempted to disperse the crowd with various ammunition,” the statement read. …

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