The 10 are Alliant Energy, CMS Energy, Con Edison, Southern Company, DTE Energy, Northeast Utilities, Progress Energy, PPL Corp.

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Nominally, CMS is an U.S. company -- and therefore appears to be benefiting from the preferred consideration the Kuwaitis pledged to give U.S. enterprises in reconstructing their ravaged country.

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