Business
The $11-billion stock deal would create one of the nation’s largest power companies.
Dec. 20, 2005
FPL Group Inc., Florida Power & Light’s holding company, said it will enter the New England power market with the purchase of Central Maine Power Co.’
Jan. 7, 1998
FPL Group Inc., the parent of Florida Power & Light Co., agreed to acquire Entergy Corp. in a $6.4-billion deal that would create the No. 1 U.S. electric utility.
Aug. 1, 2000
FPL Group Inc. plans to finish building and to own a power plant in Blythe that can light about 388,000 homes, doubling the company’s electricity output in California.
June 14, 2001
FPL Group Inc. said differences between projections supplied to it and to investment bankers by Entergy Corp. led to the two companies calling off their proposed $7.6-billion merger.
April 3, 2001
The proposed $9-billion merger of FPL Group Inc. and Entergy Corp. has hit vaguely defined snags, prompting concerns among analysts about the fate of the deal that would create the nation’s largest utility.
March 20, 2001
FPL Group, the parent of Florida Power & Light Co., said that, under the merger agreement, it expects to acquire Colonial Penn Group for $565 million.
Oct. 26, 1985
A sampling of companies expected to report quarterly earnings today, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial: *--* Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg.
April 16, 1999
* Southern California Edison signed electricity supply contracts with Competitive Power Ventures Inc. and a unit of FPL Group Inc. to secure 945 megawatts, or enough power for about 614,000 homes. * Weyerhaeuser Co. said it might sell its building materials distribution centers in Canada to Platinum Equity Holdings and had begun talks with a prospective buyer of 10 depots in the U.S.
Feb. 17, 2007
Politics
Politics: To critics’ dismay, he accepts $50,000 from energy firms, saying they’re not on ‘gougers list.’
Nov. 16, 2001