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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas: Worth Considering]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dividend Inc. submits:   As I attempt to gather as much information on Northwest Natural Gas NWN before deciding to actually buy NWN, I found one bit of information that was almost astounding. As I have mentioned before, NWN has increased its dividend every year for 53 years in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas: A Challenging Altimeter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dividend Inc. submits:   Today's altimeter is on Northwest Natural Gas NWN, and there is a lot to appreciate when we exam the pattern that has been established so far. NWN has increased its dividend for 53 years in a row. With such a history of dividend increases, I...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas Co. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Dan Fidell from Brean Murray Carret. Daniel Fidell - Brean Murray Carret & Company Good morning, gentleman. Thanks for the call, as always a nice finish to the year. David Anderson Good morning, Dan. Gregg Kantor Good morning Dan. Daniel...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas Company Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptStart time: 11:00 End time: 11:33 Northwest Natural Gas Company NWN Q3 2008 Earnings Call November 4, 2008 11:00 am Executives  Mark S. Dodson &#8211; Chief Executive Officer David H. Anderson &#8211; Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Alex Miller - Managing Director  Analysts...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas Company Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions  Our first question comes from Analyst for Ron Barone - UBS. Analyst for Ron Barone - UBS I just had a couple of quick questions here.  The first question is with respect to O&M.  What do you view your trend rate over...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas Company, dba NW Natural, Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Yes, sir.  Operator Instructions  We have a question from Dan Fidell with Brean, Murray and Carret. Bob Hess  Morning, Dan. Dan Fidell &#8211; Brean, Murray, Carret & Company Good morning.  Thanks for the call.  Just had a question on the commodity cost...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northwest Natural Gas Co. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator instructions  Mark Dodson While people are lining up for questions let me just make one additional comment on the announcement we made last month to continue funding our storage project in California, Gill Ranch. As we said in the announcement, we decided to fund...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News    Mar. 7--Enron Corp.'s agreement to sell utility Portland  General Electric isn't a done deal, Steve Cooper, Enron's  interim chief executive, said Wednesday.    Cooper, in an interview with the Chronicle, said Enron and...]]></description>
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