Since October, Chicago-based energy giant Exelon, the parent company of ComEd, has been trying to coax NRG under its wing, with unsolicited overtures. Last week, Exelon increased its bid, to nearly $8 billion worth of stock. Eight Forty-Eight’s business contributor David Greising describes the contention.

Music Button: Thunderball, “Pop The Trunk”, from the CD Modular Systems, (ESL records)