Energy regulators approved a $110 million payment by the Kroger Company, the largest supermarket chain in the country, to Dynegy Inc. to settle power-supply contracts agreed during California's energy crisis in early 2001.
As American forces have been deployed in places like Khost, the support they can offer -- including large amounts of money -- has been seen by warlords as a crucial factor in settling power struggles.
He had other problems, not the least of which was the fact that his adopted Shia faith was the doctrine not of settled power but of permanent argument; at its heart was a distrust of all secular government; Abbas needed loyalty.
By the 5th century, however, the settled powers needed their hinterlands enough to foster client states: the Byzantines oversaw the Ghassānid kingdom; the Persians oversaw the Lakhmid; and the Yemenis (prior to the Abyssinian invasion) had Kindah.
A major factor in the political dynamics surrounding the succession is whether Kim Jong-il can live long enough to provide his son with whatever assistance he may need to settle into power, analysts say.
A Japanese newspaper, Tokyo Shimbun, citing unidentified sources, reported this week that China decided to provide 500,000 tons of food and 250,000 tons of oil to North Korea to help Mr. Kim settle into power.
His four books include Dance of the Butterflies, which explores "the close relationship between power and morality, framed in historical situations that have occurred recently in Panama," and Mr. Politicus, which examines "the tangled processes that unscrupulous officials use to settle in power and, from there, satisfy their detestable ambitions".
Ditto for when you arrive at your final destination - give the computer time to temperature settle before powering it up.
Mr Rajapaksa had ruled since 2005 and, along with his family, several members of which occupied the country's most powerful posts, had given the impression of settling into power for eternity.
While Britain enjoys its May bank holiday weekend, Team Boris will be settling into power.
