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EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following several years of declines, industrial employment in Vermont increased a half percent over the past twelve months, according to the 2012 Vermont Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Vermont gained 270 manufacturing jobs between December 2010 and December 2011. Vermont is now home to 1,441 manufacturers employing 44,683 workers, according...

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today indicated that it expects fourth quarter 2011 as-reported earnings of approximately $0.86 per share and operational earnings of approximately $0.93 per share. Results for fourth quarter 2010 were $1.26 per share on an as-reported basis and $1.30 per share on an operational basis. Entergy also affirmed its previously issued operational earnings guidance for 2012. As-reported results are prepared in...

NEW ORLEANS, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) communicated to its employees that the company's board of directors voted to approve the fabrication of fuel and the refueling of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in October. This will be the plant's 29th refueling. While the company has received a 20-year license extension from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the state of Vermont has refused to grant a certificate of public good to continue...

NEW ORLEANS, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today announced that two of its subsidiaries, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC (ENVY) and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENOI), have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont seeking a judgment to prevent the state of Vermont from forcing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to cease operation on March 21, 2012. Today's request for declaratory and injunctive relief follows the...

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today reported fourth quarter 2010 as-reported earnings of $228.3 million, or $1.26 per share, compared with $313.8 million, or $1.64 per share, for fourth quarter 2009. On an operational basis, Entergy's fourth quarter 2010 earnings were $235.0 million, or $1.30 per share, compared with $334.9 million, or $1.75 per share, in fourth quarter 2009. For the year, Entergy's as-reported earnings were $1.3 billion, or $6.66...

CSI Poll Released on Eve of Town Hall Meetings Found Tritium Leaks Pushing Two Thirds of Vermonters to Favor Closure of Reactor by 2012, Only 9 Percent Picking Nuclear to Power Home MONTPELIER, Vt., March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As predicted based on a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) for the nonpartisan and nonprofit Civil Society Institute, the vast majority of Vermont Town Halls deliberating this week the fate of the Vermont Yankee came out in support of...

MONTPELIER, Vt., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today announced it has provided to Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell the results of its independent internal investigation into alleged contradictory or misleading information provided to the state government by company officials about underground piping at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The report, prepared by the law firm of Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP, did not find that any Entergy Nuclear...

Video Available at: http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/how_it_works/video/robotic-inspectors WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The continuous development of cutting-edge technology and innovation by nuclear energy industry professionals has helped the nuclear energy industry become the nation's most reliable carbon-free source of electricity. To increase public awareness of these innovations and their importance, the Nuclear Energy Institute has produced four...

Authorities in Vermont said a skydiver was brought safely to the ground after he nearly collided with a 7,200 volt power line and clung to a voltage regulator. Brattleboro Police said Cameron King -- a veteran jumper with Orange, Mass., skydiving company Jumptown -- was blown off course by a strong gust of wind during his Saturday jump at the Brattleboro Winter Carnival, the Brattleboro Reformer reported Monday. You could see he was coming down very fast, then all of a sudden his parachute...

Providence businessman Steve Rosa is named Rhode Island Minority Small Business Person of the Year. The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Steve Rosa, founder, president and chief executive officer of (add)ventures, in Providence, as the 2008 Rhode Island Minority Small Business Person of the Year. He is among seven minority small-business owners, advocates and SBA lenders who will receive awards during the annual Minority Enterprise Development Week awards dinner Oct. 15 at the...