Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,293.50	-1.04	-0.01%
S&P 500	1,647.42	-3.09	-0.19%
Nasdaq	3,454.40	-5.02	-0.15%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,293.50

-1.04

-0.01%

S&P 500

1,647.42

-3.09

-0.19%

Nasdaq

3,454.40

-5.02

-0.15%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Edison to Have $1 Billion Writedown Amid Coal Plant Shutdowns

By Mark Chediak - 2012-02-29T21:47:46Z

Edison International (EIX), owner of California’s second-biggest electric utility, will have a fourth-quarter writedown of $1.05 billion for its Homer City, Pennsylvania, power plant, three other coal plants and certain wind assets, the company said in a statement today. Edison said it was unable to secure third-party financing for pollution controls on the Homer City unit.

To contact the reporter on this story: Colin McClelland in Toronto at cmcclelland1@bloomberg.net

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