<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - duke-energy</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/duke-energy</link><description>Newsvine - duke-energy</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:26:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:32:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Duke Energy 4Q earnings exceed expectations</title>
<description><![CDATA[With three nettlesome financial issues resolved, Duke Energy Corp. CEO Jim Rogers says the company is now ready to face a future in which homes and businesses will no longer consume increasing amounts of electricity.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16950404-duke-energy-4q-earnings-exceed-expectations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16950404-duke-energy-4q-earnings-exceed-expectations</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>2nd</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>ceo-jim-rogers</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:26:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy 4Q earnings exceed expectations</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings topped Wall Street expectations as electric rates rose and more extreme weather increased demand for power. But results were reduced by merger costs and cost overruns at an Indiana power plant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948714-duke-energy-4q-earnings-exceed-expectations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948714-duke-energy-4q-earnings-exceed-expectations</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>wall-street</category><category>earns</category><category>1st</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>duke-energy-corp</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:05:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy 4Q earnings slip on merger costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy says profit fell slightly in the fourth quarter on costs related to the summer acquisition of Progress Energy and cost overruns at an Indiana coal-fired power plant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16948052-duke-energy-4q-earnings-slip-on-merger-costs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16948052-duke-energy-4q-earnings-slip-on-merger-costs</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:46:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy CEO apologizes to regulator over probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The head of Duke Energy said he regrets that officials with the nation's largest electric company went too far in their criticism of North Carolina regulators responsible for setting rates in its top power market, according to a letter released Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15848236-duke-energy-ceo-apologizes-to-regulator-over-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15848236-duke-energy-ceo-apologizes-to-regulator-over-probe</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:46:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NC regulator approves Duke Energy probe settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy formalized deals Monday that ended separate investigations by North Carolina regulators and the attorney general into whether the utility misled officials before a merger that made it the country's largest electric company.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549047-nc-regulator-approves-duke-energy-probe-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549047-nc-regulator-approves-duke-energy-probe-settlement</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>duke-energy-ceo-jim-rogers</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:12:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy 3Q earnings hurt by mild weather</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy, the nation's largest electric utility by market value, reported stronger-than-expected earnings for the third quarter but company executives said the outlook for strong economic growth in the U.S. is dim.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15020399-duke-energy-3q-earnings-hurt-by-mild-weather</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/15020399-duke-energy-3q-earnings-hurt-by-mild-weather</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 00:49:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce92808d-3bb4-48da-b399-5e0c7ad2b265.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce92808d-3bb4-48da-b399-5e0c7ad2b265.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, a Duke Energy employee works on power lines in Charlotte, N.C. : Duke Energy reported its first quarterly earnings as the nation's biggest electric utility after completing its acquisition of Progress Energy in late June. The company earned $594 million, or 85 cents per share, on revenue of $6.72 billion.  (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Duke Energy appeals NC rejection of secrecy claims</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy is going to court to keep from divulging more than 600 pages of internal documents and emails that North Carolina utilities regulators determined were wrongly claimed as trade secrets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14975407-duke-energy-appeals-nc-rejection-of-secrecy-claims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14975407-duke-energy-appeals-nc-rejection-of-secrecy-claims</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 21:45:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy 2Q earnings up, Progress Energy slips</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy reported strong earnings for the second quarter on higher electric rates, but newly acquired subsidiary Progress Energy saw earnings plummet as a result of planned refueling shutdowns at three nuclear power plants.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13088440-duke-energy-2q-earnings-up-progress-energy-slips</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13088440-duke-energy-2q-earnings-up-progress-energy-slips</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>2nd</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:27:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy 2Q earnings up, Progress Energy slips</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy is reporting that net income rose 2 percent in the second quarter on higher electric rates and lower storm restoration costs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13084517-duke-energy-2q-earnings-up-progress-energy-slips</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13084517-duke-energy-2q-earnings-up-progress-energy-slips</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:28:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy 2Q earnings up, Progress Energy slips</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy's net income rose 2 percent in the second quarter on higher electric rates, but newly acquired subsidiary Progress Energy saw earnings plummet as a result of planned nuclear plant outages.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13085322-duke-energy-2q-earnings-up-progress-energy-slips</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13085322-duke-energy-2q-earnings-up-progress-energy-slips</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>1st</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 00:45:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy's troubles far from over, analysts say</title>
<description><![CDATA[Business experts who follow Duke Energy Corp. say the country's biggest electric company has months of problems ahead after ousting the Progress Energy CEO who had been long been promised the job as chief of the post-merger giant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12645783-duke-energys-troubles-far-from-over-analysts-say</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12645783-duke-energys-troubles-far-from-over-analysts-say</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>duke-energy-corp</category><category>us-news</category><category>ceo-bill-johnson</category><category>progress-energy-ceo</category><category>duke-progress-merger</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 20:05:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Progress CEO out, gets up to $10.3M after merger</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Progress Energy chief executive whose sudden departure was announced hours after the merger creating America's largest electric utility is getting a big payout.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12483922-progress-ceo-out-gets-up-to-103m-after-merger</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12483922-progress-ceo-out-gets-up-to-103m-after-merger</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:22:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98123a10-0c59-4625-a3a4-ad692d7fba21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98123a10-0c59-4625-a3a4-ad692d7fba21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE- In this Aug. 7, 2007, file photo, Duke Energy's Plant Allen is shown in Belmont, N.C. Duke Energy Corp. and Progress Energy Inc. said Tuesday, July 3, 2012, they had completed their merger now valued at about $32 billion to form the nation's largest electric company. But the normally routine event came with a twist. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Duke, Progress Energy clear merger hurdle</title>
<description><![CDATA[After more than year of wrangling over competition concerns, federal regulators have cleared Duke Energy's proposed takeover of Progress Energy, a deal that will create the nation's largest electric utility.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Kinnard ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Meg Kinnard ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12140758-duke-progress-energy-clear-merger-hurdle</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12140758-duke-progress-energy-clear-merger-hurdle</guid><category>business</category><category>nc</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:33:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court: Reinstate Ohio suit alleging Duke kickbacks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court on Monday ordered reinstatement of a lawsuit that accuses Duke Energy Corp. of paying kickbacks to big Cincinnati-area companies to win their support for a 2004 electricity rate increase.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Cornwell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lisa Cornwell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12052064-court-reinstate-ohio-suit-alleging-duke-kickbacks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12052064-court-reinstate-ohio-suit-alleging-duke-kickbacks</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:51:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy earnings fall on construction costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp. says its net income fell 42 percent in the first quarter because of cost overruns at a coal plant under construction in Indiana.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11536201-duke-energy-earnings-fall-on-construction-costs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11536201-duke-energy-earnings-fall-on-construction-costs</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 11:31:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy earnings fall on mild weather</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp.'s fourth quarter earnings fell 33 percent as mild temperatures reduced the demand for electricity while tumultuous weather increased the costs of storm repairs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10424750-duke-energy-earnings-fall-on-mild-weather</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10424750-duke-energy-earnings-fall-on-mild-weather</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>1st</category><category>2nd</category><category>3rd</category><category>4th</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>duke-energy-corp</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:54:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f0d5a59f-d6f4-40af-9390-b45ebaa7a73a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f0d5a59f-d6f4-40af-9390-b45ebaa7a73a.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, Duke Energy employees work on power lines in Charlotte, N.C.  Duke Energy Corp. fourth quarter earnings fell 33 percent because mild weather compared with the year earlier reduced demand for electricity. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3574ff22-2ef4-4348-912a-acbbf2e6ae73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3574ff22-2ef4-4348-912a-acbbf2e6ae73.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, a Duke Energy employee works on power lines in Charlotte, N.C.  Duke Energy Corp. fourth quarter earnings fell 33 percent because mild weather compared with the year earlier reduced demand for electricity. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c07eb2c8-96fe-43f2-98db-f96532bfdf1d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c07eb2c8-96fe-43f2-98db-f96532bfdf1d.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, a Duke Energy employee works on power lines in Charlotte, N.C.  Duke Energy Corp. fourth quarter earnings fell 33 percent because mild weather compared with the year earlier reduced demand for electricity. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Duke Energy earnings fall on mild weather</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy's fourth quarter earnings fell 33 percent as mild weather reduced demand for electricity.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10424196-duke-energy-earnings-fall-on-mild-weather</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10424196-duke-energy-earnings-fall-on-mild-weather</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:35:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy VP speaks at USC on leadership success</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp. communications chief Ginny Mackin is meeting with students at the University of South Carolina as part of the school's program on leadership.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243220-duke-energy-vp-speaks-at-usc-on-leadership-success</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10243220-duke-energy-vp-speaks-at-usc-on-leadership-success</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>usc</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>vp</category><category>ginny-mackin</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke-Progress deal facing competition worries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are blocking Duke Energy's planned acquisition of Progress Energy to form the country's largest electric company, ruling the companies haven't done enough to protect competition in their North Carolina and South Carolina home markets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9465799-duke-progress-deal-facing-competition-worries</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9465799-duke-progress-deal-facing-competition-worries</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:28:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy posts 30 pct drop in 3Q profit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp. said Thursday that profits declined about 30 percent in the third quarter as power sales fell and it incurred larger-than-estimated costs for a new power plant in Indiana.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Kahn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Kahn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/03/8612643-duke-energy-posts-30-pct-drop-in-3q-profit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/03/8612643-duke-energy-posts-30-pct-drop-in-3q-profit</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:25:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/32d7189f-5c16-4e5f-b54f-6bdf3666bbfa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/32d7189f-5c16-4e5f-b54f-6bdf3666bbfa.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, Duke Energy workers John Zucher, left, and Mike Stuckey work to restore power to some of the nearly 20,000 without electricity in Terre Haute, Ind. Duke Energy said Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, profits declined 29.6 percent in the third quarter on a decline in commercial power sales and larger-than-estimated costs for a new power plant in Indiana. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Duke-Progress to hurry solutions on competition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy and Progress Energy said Monday they'll need only about two weeks to address concerns from federal regulators that their merger will too heavily concentrate the electric power market in the Carolinas.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emery P. Dalesio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/02/8102059-duke-progress-to-hurry-solutions-on-competition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/02/8102059-duke-progress-to-hurry-solutions-on-competition</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Oct 2011 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NC consumer group signs off on Duke merger</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy's proposed merger with Progress Energy got the blessing of a key constituent Friday, raising hopes that the merger will be approved by regulators.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7575839-nc-consumer-group-signs-off-on-duke-merger</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7575839-nc-consumer-group-signs-off-on-duke-merger</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>progress</category><category>duke</category><category>merger</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 19:27:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke shareholders OK Progress Energy acquisition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp. said that its purchase of North Carolina rival Progress Energy Inc. is on track to close by the end of the year after shareholders of both companies approved it on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/23/7449939-duke-shareholders-ok-progress-energy-acquisition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/23/7449939-duke-shareholders-ok-progress-energy-acquisition</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>duke</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>progress-energy</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:47:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke turns profit, reversing a year-earlier loss</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy says the sputtering economy continues to keep demand for electricity low.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jonathan Fahey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7228532-duke-turns-profit-reversing-a-year-earlier-loss</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7228532-duke-turns-profit-reversing-a-year-earlier-loss</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>earns</category><category>earnings</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/17639542-128c-4110-97e9-e1f3251cc979.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/17639542-128c-4110-97e9-e1f3251cc979.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo taken April 5, 2011, Jim Rogers, Chairman and CEO of Duke Energy gestures during a discussion about energy policy at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Duke Energy said Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, it earned $441 million in the second quarter, reversing a loss from a year earlier. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Duke Energy 1Q profit rises</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp. says its first quarter earnings rose almost 15 percent on strong results from its international operations and reduced corporate costs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/03/6575875-duke-energy-1q-profit-rises</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/03/6575875-duke-energy-1q-profit-rises</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>duke-energy</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2011 11:58:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>