Wholesale

• French company EDF raises bid for Constellation
  AP (September 22, 2008)
  (AP) - A French nuclear power company is upping the ante for wholesale power supplier Constellation Energy Group Inc., offering to pay $8.50 per share more for the company, which has agreed to be sold to a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
   
  
• Wholesale prices plunge 0.9 percent in August
  AP (September 12, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Government data show wholesale inflation plunged in August by the largest amount in nearly two years, reflecting a steep drop in gasoline and other energy products.
   
  
• The costs of discounting
  AP (September 02, 2008)
  (AP) - WHAT'S NEW: Despite cutting inventories, stores are being forced to be even more aggressive about discounting than a year ago in an effort to lure financially squeezed shoppers.