http://www.advfn.com/nyse/rss.asp?symbol=SO Southern Company Newsfeed en Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:01:36 EDT Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:01:36 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57312188&headline=adr-shares-end-higher-as-mining-shares-bounce-back http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57312188&headline=adr-shares-end-higher-as-mining-shares-bounce-back <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Mia Lamar </pre> <p> International companies trading in New York closed higher Wednesday amid strong gains for mining shares. </p> <p> The Bank of New York index of ADRs closed 0.7% higher at 137.67. </p> <p> Copper, gold and platinum futures all rose Wednesday as buyers... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:01:36 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57303977&headline=southern-1st-quarter-profit-plunges-75-on-higher-estimated-project http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57303977&headline=southern-1st-quarter-profit-plunges-75-on-higher-estimated-project <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Tess Stynes </pre> <p> Southern Co.'s (SO) first-quarter earnings plunged 75% as the Atlanta-based electric-power company posted charges related to a revised construction estimate for a power project and other items that masked revenue as closer-to-normal weather patterns... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:45:15 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57294157&headline=southern-co-turner-enterprises-buy-california-solar-farm http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57294157&headline=southern-co-turner-enterprises-buy-california-solar-farm <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Cassandra Sweet </pre> <p> Units of Southern Co. (SO) and Turner Enterprises Inc. have bought a 139-megawatt solar farm in the California desert from First Solar Inc. (FSLR), the companies said Tuesday. </p> <p> Southern's wholesale power subsidiary made the purchase, along... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:30:51 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57037081&headline=explosion-reported-at-georgia-powers-coal-fired-plant-bowen http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=57037081&headline=explosion-reported-at-georgia-powers-coal-fired-plant-bowen <div class='newsbody'><p> An explosion was reported Thursday at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen coal-fired power plant, near Euharlee, Ga., according to reports in the Rome News-Tribune and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. </p> <p> Georgia Power is a unit of Southern Co. (SO). </p> <p> Full story at http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/22159311/article-UPDATE--Explosion-confirmed-at-Plant-Bowen--police-ask-people-to-avoid-area?instance=home_news_lead... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:42:33 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56697552&headline=high-grade-companies-float-6-billion-of-bonds http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56697552&headline=high-grade-companies-float-6-billion-of-bonds <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Patrick McGee </pre> <p> Investor appetite for new deals enabled another fistful of companies to tap the high-grade bond markets Tuesday. </p> <p> Seven companies borrowed a combined $6 billion, following a $6.35 billion session Monday. </p> <p> Dutch lender Rabobank led... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:12:30 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56403042&headline=southern-co-executive-expects-to-close-u-s-loan-guarantee http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56403042&headline=southern-co-executive-expects-to-close-u-s-loan-guarantee <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Ryan Tracy </pre> <p> WASHINGTON--Southern Co. (SO) expects to reach a final agreement with the Obama administration on a loan guarantee for its new nuclear-power plant by the middle of this year, a senior company executive said Thursday in the latest positive sign for... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:40:38 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56298698&headline=southern-co-u-s-government-close-to-nuclear-loan-guarantee http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56298698&headline=southern-co-u-s-government-close-to-nuclear-loan-guarantee <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Ryan Tracy </pre> <p> Nuclear Energy Institute President Marvin Fertel said Thursday that the U.S. government is close to closing a loan guarantee deal with Southern Co. (SO) that would back two new nuclear power reactors under construction in Georgia. </p> <p> The Department... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:36:53 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56202981&headline=turk-telekom-sees-5-7-rise-in-consolidated-revenue-in-2013 http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56202981&headline=turk-telekom-sees-5-7-rise-in-consolidated-revenue-in-2013 <div class='newsbody'><p> ISTANBUL--Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (TTKOM.IS) said late Thursday it expects consolidated revenue to increase by 5%-7% in 2013 compared with the previous year. </p> <p> The company expects its consolidated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:38:44 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56072225&headline=at-least-two-fatalities-reported-in-southeast-u-s-storms-reports http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56072225&headline=at-least-two-fatalities-reported-in-southeast-u-s-storms-reports <div class='newsbody'><p> Tornadoes and at least two fatalities have been reported from a storm system in the Southeast, according to reports from the Associated Press and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. </p> <p> According to the Journal-Constitution, Southern Co.'s (SO) Georgia Power said at least... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:41:37 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56061987&headline=southern-4th-quarter-net-up-47-on-lower-expenses http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=56061987&headline=southern-4th-quarter-net-up-47-on-lower-expenses <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Saabira Chaudhuri </pre> <p> Southern Co.'s (SO) fourth-quarter profit jumped 47% as the southeastern U.S. utility recorded lower operating expenses. </p> <p> Earnings beat the company's own forecasts, while revenue sharply missed Wall Street expectations. </p> <p> One... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:37:41 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55626646&headline=southern-co-ceo-warns-on-cliff http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55626646&headline=southern-co-ceo-warns-on-cliff <div class='newsbody'><p> WASHINGTON--The value of dividend-paying stocks "will drop significantly" if U.S. lawmakers fail to avert a series of spending cuts and tax hikes before the start of 2013, Southern Co. (SO) Chief Executive Tom Fanning said Friday. </p> <p> Mr. Fanning, who visited Washington... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:30:15 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55626407&headline=southern-co-ceo-stocks-will-drop-significantly-if-congress http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55626407&headline=southern-co-ceo-stocks-will-drop-significantly-if-congress <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Ryan Tracy </pre> <p> WASHINGTON--The value of dividend-paying stocks "will drop significantly" if U.S. lawmakers fail to avert a series of spending cuts and tax hikes before the start of 2013, Southern Co. (SO) Chief Executive Tom Fanning said Friday. </p> <p> Mr. Fanning... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:19:10 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55207373&headline=correction-to-corporate-treasurers-rush-to-beat-the-clock-story http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55207373&headline=correction-to-corporate-treasurers-rush-to-beat-the-clock-story <div class='newsbody'><p> "Corporate Treasurers Rush to Beat the Clock," at 1:06 p.m. EST, misstated misstated the location of Murphy Oil Corp.'s headquarters in the 11th paragraph. The location is in Arkansas, not Arizona. </p> <pre> </pre> <p> Subscribe to WSJ: http://online.wsj.com?mod=djnwires </p> <pre> </pre> </div> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:58:19 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55203309&headline=corporate-treasurers-rush-to-beat-the-clock http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=55203309&headline=corporate-treasurers-rush-to-beat-the-clock <div class='newsbody'><p> --Companies are pushing 2013 borrowing plans forward to avoid uncertainty and higher taxes </p> <p> --Corporate-bond issuance tops $100 billion in November for the first time </p> <p> --Yield-starved investors are hungry for more deals </p> <pre> By Patrick McGee </pre> <p>... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:36:16 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54933624&headline=despite-market-swoon-companies-sell-3-2-billion-of-corporate http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54933624&headline=despite-market-swoon-companies-sell-3-2-billion-of-corporate <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Patrick McGee </pre> <p> The market's focus on the looming "fiscal cliff" has investor confidence and some corporate bonds in a free fall Thursday, but borrowers are still finding enough investors to price new deals. </p> <p> Five companies raised at least a combined $3.2... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:54:38 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54859170&headline=southern-3rd-quarter-profit-rose-6-4-amid-lower-expenses http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54859170&headline=southern-3rd-quarter-profit-rose-6-4-amid-lower-expenses <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Ben Fox Rubin and Tess Stynes </pre> <p> Southern Co.'s (SO) third-quarter earnings rose 6.4% as lower expenses for fuel and purchased power and other costs offset the effect on demand of milder-than-normal weather. </p> <p> Southern, one of the largest U.S. utilities... Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:03:45 EST http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54316278&headline=southern-co-s-georgia-utility-to-increase-purchases-of-solar http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54316278&headline=southern-co-s-georgia-utility-to-increase-purchases-of-solar <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Cassandra Sweet </pre> <p> Southern Co.'s (SO) Georgia utility said Wednesday it plans to buy 210 megawatts of solar power by 2015. </p> <p> Southern's Georgia Power utility already has contracts for 61 megawatts of solar power, enough to serve about 7,600 homes, the utility... Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:51:32 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54213131&headline=top-nuclear-lobbyist-criticizes-u-s-loan-program http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=54213131&headline=top-nuclear-lobbyist-criticizes-u-s-loan-program <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Ryan Tracy </pre> <p> WASHINGTON--The nuclear power industry's top lobbyist on Tuesday criticized the Obama administration for delays in granting a loan guarantee to Southern Co. (SO), a public airing of frustration with private negotiations that have been ongoing for years... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:41:37 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=53986262&headline=entergy-around-600-000-customers-without-power-in-louisiana http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=53986262&headline=entergy-around-600-000-customers-without-power-in-louisiana <div class='newsbody'><p> By Cassandra Sweet </p> <p> More than 604,000 Louisiana utility customers lost electricity Wednesday as Hurricane Isaac tore through with high winds and heavy rains, Entergy Corp. (ETR) said. </p> <p> More than 11,200 Mississippi utility customers also were in the dark, according... Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:27:09 EDT http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=53972051&headline=utilities-face-hurricane-blackouts http://www.advfn.com/nyse/StockNews.asp?stocknews=SO&article=53972051&headline=utilities-face-hurricane-blackouts <div class='newsbody'><pre> By Cassandra Sweet </pre> <p> Utilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states were preparing Tuesday for hurricane winds and flooding that could knock out power, while Florida crews were still working to restore electricity to thousands of customers. </p> <p>... Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:27:20 EDT