Jeffrey Collins

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European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference regarding a car component antitrust case at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. The EU Commission on Wednesday fined six air conditioning cooling suppliers for taking part in one or more of four cartels concerning air conditioning and engine cooling components to car manufacturers in the European Economic Area.
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In this Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, photo, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is towed to Seattle's Terminal 18. The vessel is 1,300 feet long, 177 feet wide, 197 feet high and can carry up to 18,000 containers. On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, the Commerce Department reports on the U.S. trade deficit for January.
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Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil CEO, speaks during CERAWeek at the Hilton Americas, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Houston.
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Construction crews prepare to mount the final structural steel beam on the 1.6 million-square-foot AESC gigafactory being constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., during the facility's 'Topping Out' structural completion milestone ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.
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Construction is well underway for two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. on Monday, April 9, 2012.
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In a Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Kevin Marsh, CEO of SCANA Corp., speaks to the media at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville, S.C. Marsh and prosecutors have agreed to ask for a two-year prison sentence on federal and state charges he lied about the progress of two nuclear plants that were never finished. A judge will sentence Marsh Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.
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Former Exec Preps for 2-Year Prison Term Over Nuclear Debacle
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The work was finished more than a year ahead of schedule.
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An aerial view of the V.C. Summer construction site in Jenkinsville, where two nuclear reactors were being built by Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas.
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SCE&G Blames Regulators for Nuke Plant Failure
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TV-Maker Blames Trump Tariffs for Layoffs
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In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, V.C. Summer Nuclear Station's unit two's turbine is under construction near Jenkinsville, S.C., during a media tour of the facility. Construction on the unit was stopped in July 2017 before it generated any power.
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Fallout Continues at Abandoned Nuke Plants
Courtrooms are where much of the saga some call "South Carolina's nuclear boondoggle" will unfold.
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Utility Exec Resigns After Fighting Firing
He fought the governor's efforts to fire him for three weeks.
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An aerial view of the V.C. Summer construction site in Jenkinsville, where two nuclear reactors were being built by Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas.
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SCE&G Leader Retires
The leader involved in a failed $9 billion project to build two nuclear reactors is stepping aside.
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In this Friday, June 13, 2014, file photo, a new cooling tower for a nuclear power plant reactor that's under construction stands near the two operating reactors at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Westinghouse Electric Co., the U.S. nuclear unit of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, March 29, 2017, calling into question the future of a number of billion-dollar nuclear projects under construction, including two in the U.S.
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U.S. Impact from Westinghouse Troubles
The four nuclear reactors Westinghouse is helping to build in South Carolina and Georgia are behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
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FILE - In this March 31, 2014 file photo, the shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is seen on low level cloud while the aircraft searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, near the coast of Western Australia. A series of catastrophic electrical and other failures may have led to the crash of Flight 370 over the Indian Ocean, according to a lawsuit filed Friday, March 3, 2017, in the U.S. on behalf of the families of 44 people on board the still missing plane.
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Malaysia Air Crash Suit Points to Electrical Failure
The lawsuit, filed Friday against Boeing, names seven malfunctions that could have contributed to the crash that killed 44 people.
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