The first of the two-legged, two-staged, lame-duck session of Congress begins Monday, and it consists of mostly wounded ducks. These winged fowl would love nothing more than to duck the huge legislative agenda that awaits them.
A Wall Street Journal stock picker likes the prospects at Florida Power & Light.
Calling utility companies "energized" for growth generally, Reshma Kapadia noted that FPL (NextEra Energy, NEE) is currently trading at 12 times next year's expected earnings, "among the cheapest stocks in the sector."
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This Weeks Hero: Sen. Don Gaetz
Too many headaches, too few early nights and glory? Dont even
Ron Klein wasn't the National Education Association's only loser in Congress this year.
The teachers' union targeted 10 U.S. House races this election, but in a horrendous year for its subsidiary (i.e., the Democratic Party), the NEA could only manage a 3-7 win-loss record.
Klein, D-Boca Raton, was defeated by Republican Allen West by 10 percentage points. Other specially backed union-backed candidates lost in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas. Victories were notched in New York, North Carolina and Ohio.
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The pace of the recovery in the nation is moderating and the lift spurred by nearly $800 billion in federal stimulus spending is fading, but there are several promising signs that growth will continue, including in Florida, a leading national fiscal analyst told reporters Friday morning.
Gov.-elect Rick Scott of Florida and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas have a few things in common.
In the run for Republican Party of Florida chairman, Joe Gruters, the young party leader from Sarasota County, may have the inside track.
With two months left as governor, Charlie Crist can still leave a lasting legacy with his remaining judicial, board and commission appointments.
Rick Perry, the sharpshootin' governor of Texas, will become the next chairman of the Republican Governors Association, according to Politico.
The same governor who's releasing a book attacking liberal Washington policies and just this morning was reported to have called Social Security a Ponzi Scheme is expected to get the RGA helm next week at the association's conference in San Diego.
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