International Business News - MDU http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. said late Thursday it will expand the capacity of its Grasslands Pipeline by 54 percent because of strong customer demand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/williston-basin-to-expand-grasslands-pipeline.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:00:19 EDT North Dakota's Public Service Commission is endorsing a planned $1.2 billion expansion of South Dakota's Big Stone power plant. Otter Tail Power Co. and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. had asked state regulators to rule in advance that the project is justified. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/power-plant-expansion-gets-nd-regulators-blessing.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:54:46 EDT Energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. on Thursday raised its quarterly dividend by 6.9 percent to 15.5 cents per share. The dividend is up from a prior payout of 14.5 cents per share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/mdu-resources-lifts-quarterly-dividend.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:05:10 EDT Among the earnings stories for Monday, Aug. 4, from AP Financial News: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)--Energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. said Monday its second-quarter profit rose 29 percent on strong natural gas and oil production. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/earnings-roundup-mdu-resources-idera-pharma.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:24:48 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Monday, Aug. 4, from AP Financial News: BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP)--SBA Communications Corp., which owns wireless communication towers, on Monday issued third-quarter revenue guidance below Wall Street predictions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/outlook-roundup-sba-communications-china-medical.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:23:35 EDT Energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. on Monday increased its 2008 guidance to a range of $2.10 to $2.35 per share, citing its results in the year to date. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/mdu-resources-boosts-2008-profit-guidance.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:20:38 EDT Energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. said Monday its second-quarter profit rose 29 percent on strong natural gas and oil production. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/mdu-resources-2q-profit-up-29-percent.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:07:57 EDT MDU Resources Group Inc. said it's pleased with early results of drilling in an area of Mountrail County called the Three Forks-Sanish formation. MDU said its subsidiary, the Fidelity Exploration & Production Company, recently completed its first well to test the formation. A company statement said the well's average production over the past five days was 634 barrels of oil a day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/mdu-resources-pleased-with-nd-drilling-well.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:33:34 EDT North Dakota homeowners should brace themselves for "truly frightening" increases in their winter heating bills, judging from the abnormally high natural gas prices that are prevailing this summer, state regulators say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/heat-bills-for-nd-homeowners-may-be-frightening.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:49:06 EDT As if soaring prices at the gasoline pump weren't bad enough, natural gas customers in Oregon should brace for double-digit increases in their monthly heating bills just as the winter arrives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/double-digit-natural-gas-rises-on-way-to-oregon.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:12:09 EDT Energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. said Tuesday it will buy Intermountain Gas Co., a subsidiary of privately owned Intermountain Industries Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/mdu-resources-to-buy-intermountain-gas.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:47:59 EDT A pipeline that carries natural gas from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming to North Dakota is being expanded. The Williston Basin Grasslands Pipeline is operated by a subsidiary of Bismarck based-MDU Resources Group. The pipeline's current capacity is 138 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/mdu-to-expand-wyo-nd-natural-gas-pipeline.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:39:39 EDT The Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 index rose Monday afternoon, as shares of CBRL Group Inc. climbed. The index rose 3.38 points to 827.50 in afternoon trading. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/s-p-midcap-400-in-focus-cbrl-pmi.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:10:27 EDT The vice president of strategic planning at energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. exercised options for and then sold 5,442 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/mdu-resources-group-vp-exercises-options.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 15:57:51 EDT A director of energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. sold 40,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/mdu-resources-director-sells-shares.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 15:54:12 EDT A director of energy and natural resources MDU Resources Group Inc. sold 40,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/mdu-resources-director-everist-sells-common-shares.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 12:36:39 EDT After seven years of planning, a coal company has suspended development of a 500-megawatt power plant in southwestern North Dakota because of uncertainty about federal carbon dioxide rules, a company official says. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/coal-co-suspends-efforts-to-build-nd-power-plant.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 10:29:21 EDT A Bismarck company is planning a 100-mile-long pipeline to carry natural gas from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana to an existing pipeline that moves the gas to Chicago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/planned-pipeline-to-carry-nd-mont-natural-gas.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 13:33:25 EDT MDU Resources Group Inc. said Monday David L. Goodin, president of the energy and construction company's three utility businesses, will become chief executive of the units on June 6. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/mdu-resources-utility-president-adds-ceo-role.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 09:12:27 EDT Energy and construction company MDU Resources Group Inc. on Friday raised its 2008 earnings forecast, putting it more in line with Wall Street's expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/mdu-resources-raises-2008-outlook-to-1-85-to-2-10-a-share.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 10:12:17 EDT