Ulrich Hartmann, CEO of the energy service provider E.ON AG, makes a point
during the annual news conference in Duesseldorf in this March 21, 2002. A
German official said on Thursday that the government will approve E.ON's
planned purchase of Ruhrgas with certain conditions. On Friday, the
government is to issue its decision on whether to allow E.ON to go ahead
with a series of previously announced deals that would create Europe's
biggest gas company. REUTERS/Juergen Schwarz

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