(HFT recently attracted attention in Michael Lewis' book "Flash Boys".) The practice has been derided by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz as a sophisticated version of front-running (buying a stock shortly before a pending order to take advantage of the price increase).
That type of electrical generation emits no greenhouse gases and would gain a financial advantage under the pending bills.
But Seneca has argued vociferously that Dynegy would be selling at a low point in natural gas prices, and that any deal would likely be too hasty to take advantage of a pending rebound.
Because of the P.S.L.R.A., he couldn't issue subpoenas or take depositions in the Enron case before Judge Harmon ruled on the defendants' motions to dismiss (they are still pending), but he could take advantage of the work done by others.
Though Sony had a good run with poking fun at the Xbox One's old restrictions for online connectivity and used games, this latest development gives the One, pending further information, a possible advantage over the PlayStation 4. Sources tell Polygon that Sony offers development kits for the PlayStation 4 for $2,500, with a one-year trial period free of charge.
It wasn't all bad news for Connecticut Republicans, who gained seats in both houses of the legislature, where, pending several recounts, Democrats will have advantages of 100 to 51 in the House and 23 to 13 in the Senate.
But this advantage is just notional pending a determination of how to weight the competing values of well-being gains and priority in a single principle.
And a number of other patents on devices that take advantage of molecular electronics are pending at the U.S. patent office.
Electric utilities see a significant natural gas price advantage over other fuels, but because of pending and potential environmental regulations they are also motivated by its status as the fossil fuel with the lowest carbon emissions.
Verizon Communications, already the dominant cell phone carrier in the U.S., continues to trounce its main rivals and appears to be taking particular advantage of the turmoil caused by the pending buyout of AT&T Wireless by Cingular.
