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Origin on the takeover trail
Thursday, 16 October 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Michael Smith

Cash-rich Origin Energy is targeting acquisitions in troubled markets and hopes to expand its retail business through asset privatisations as it finalises its $US9.6 billion ($13.6 billion) coal-seam gas joint venture with United States energy giant ConocoPhillips
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PNG sell-off to fund AGL expansion
Thursday, 16 October 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Vesna Poljak

AGL Energy chief executive Michael Fraser maintained his interest in buying the NSW state government's retail energy businesses using proceeds from asset sales.
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AGL eyes acquisitions
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 | AAP
Highlighting Babcock&brown power as an area of interest.
With respect to B&B we don't have an interest in all their portfolio, but there is certainly some assets that sit in that portfolio that would be of interest to us