http://corporateacquisitionnews.com/topic/massey-energy-company2011-04-13T14:00:09Z2011-04-13T14:00:09ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2011-04-13:/mergers-and-acquisitions/exforeman-massey-west-virginia-pleads-guilty-4767378a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A former foreman at a <span>West Virginia</span> coal mine where an explosion killed 29 workers last year pleaded guilty on Wednesday to lying to investigators about his job qualifications, the first plea in a federal probe of the blast.</p><p><span>Thomas Harrah</span>, 45, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming he was qualified to serve as a foreman at the <span><a title="Uppe...

2011-01-31T07:30:09ZReuters US Online Report Business Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2011-01-31:/mergers-and-acquisitions/coal-miner-massey-shares-rise-acquisition-4736287a/

<div><p><span>NEW YORK</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Shares of coal miner <span><a title="Massey Energy Company" href="/topic/Massey+Energy+Company" >Massey Energy</a></span> surged 13 percent in premarket trading on Monday, the first trading day after rival <span><a title="Alpha Natural Resources Inc." href="/topic/Alpha+Natural+Resources+Inc." >Alpha Natural Resources</a></span> agreed to buy it in a $7 billion deal.</p><p>In ...

2010-11-15T20:31:24ZAP Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2010-11-15:/photo/coal-slurry-lawsuit-2381908p/

<a title="Russell Prince" href="/topic/Russell+Prince" >Russell Prince</a> holds a photograph on Monday Nov. 15, 2010 in <a title="Charleston" href="/topic/Charleston" >Charleston</a>, W.Va., of his 4-year-old daughter, Chasety, who died in 1996 of a kidney tumor he believes was caused by well water contaminated with coal slurry. More than 700 current and former residents of Rawl, Lick Creek, Sprigg and Merrimac claim their water was contaminated and their health wrecked after Rawl Sales & Proc...

2010-06-26T10:32:18ZAP Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2010-06-26:/photo/explosion-congress-2272557p/

<a title="Massey Energy Company" href="/topic/Massey+Energy+Company" >Massey Energy Company</a> <a title="Don Blankenship" href="/topic/Don+Blankenship" >Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship</a> gets into a waiting car as he leaves <a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" >Capitol Hill</a> in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a>, Thursday, May 20, 2010, after testifying before the Senate Health and Human Services subcommittee hearing on mine safet...

2010-05-18T11:00:43ZAP Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2010-05-18:/photo/massey-annual-meeting-2269257p/

United Mine Worker Union member <a title="Jason Farmer" href="/topic/Jason+Farmer" >Jason Farmer</a>, right, of Vansant, Va., carries a sign as they demonstrate outside the <a title="Jefferson Hotel" href="/topic/Jefferson+Hotel" >Jefferson Hotel</a> during the annual <a title="Massey Energy Company" href="/topic/Massey+Energy+Company" >Massey Energy</a> shareholder meeting in <a title="Richmond (Virginia)" href="/topic/Richmond+(Virginia)" >Richmond, Va.</a>, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (AP Photo/S...

2010-06-12T23:08:28ZAP Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2010-06-12:/photo/explosionmassey-management-2247171p/

<a title="Massey Energy Company" href="/topic/Massey+Energy+Company" >Massey Energy Co.</a> Chairman and CEO, <a title="Don Blankenship" href="/topic/Don+Blankenship" >Don Blankenship</a>, second from right, attends a press conference with board directors, from left, <a title="Doc Foglesong" href="/topic/Doc+Foglesong" >Robert Foglesong</a>, <a title="Bobby Inman" href="/topic/Bobby+Inman" >Bobby Inman</a>, and <a title="Stanley Suboleski" href="/topic/Stanley+Suboleski" >Stanley Suboleski</a>, ...

2010-06-12T23:08:27ZAP Newstag:corporateacquisitionnews.com,2010-06-12:/photo/explosion-massey-management-2242400p/

<a title="Massey Energy Company" href="/topic/Massey+Energy+Company" >Massey Energy Co.</a> Chairman and CEO, <a title="Don Blankenship" href="/topic/Don+Blankenship" >Don Blankenship</a>, second from right, attends a press conference with board directors, from left, <a title="Doc Foglesong" href="/topic/Doc+Foglesong" >Robert Foglesong</a>, <a title="Bobby Inman" href="/topic/Bobby+Inman" >Bobby Inman</a>, and <a title="Stanley Suboleski" href="/topic/Stanley+Suboleski" >Stanley Suboleski</a>,...