Aquila joins online trading partnership. Aquila was ranked in 1999 as the second-largest wholesaler of electric power and the third largest wholesaler of gas in the United States. Kansas City Southern Industries posted higher earnings in the second quarter, thanks largely to gains made in its Mexican joint venture. It was KCSI's first quarterly earnings report since the spinoff of Stilwell Financial Inc. earlier this month. Kansas City Southern now is strictly a transportation company with rail operations in the United States, Mexico and Panama.
Gas prices keep sinking.
No one is sure gas prices have dropped rapidly in Southwest Missouri over the past few weeks. Page 4A. State's gas price inquiry chugging ahead . Despite recent decreases in gasoline prices, the Governor's gasoline task force is still looking into the causes of high gasoline prices. Joseph Driskill, director of the Department of Economic Development and task force member, said some Springfield businesses leaders were skeptical of the task force's willingness to continue its investigations in light of the decline in prices.