Energy: Duke earnings dip 65% in 'disappointing' quarter

Date: 5 NOV 2008 13:33:10 GMT
Headline: Duke earnings dip 65% in 'disappointing' quarter

Duke Energy Corp. on Wednesday fell short of Wall Street's earnings
target as the electricity giant said mild summer weather and
storm-related outages in the Midwest led to a 65% drop in
third-quarter profit.