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What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/2/2014

› AutoNation partners with Hennessey Performance to super-charge rides
AutoNation is big. Now it wants to be fast, too. The Fort Lauderale-based company, the largest dealership chain in the country, is teaming up with Hennessey Performance.

› Electricity usage on the decline in Orlando area homes
Although the dog days of summer have air conditioners working extra hard, Central Florida homes are gobbling up less electricity than they did a few years ago.

› Boat show expansion plans include new businesses
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show packs an economic punch in Broward County that's even bigger than the Super Bowl. But even the world's largest in-water boat show has more room to grow, organizers say.

› As area mansion values rise, so do their property tax bills
The cream of Southwest Florida's real estate crop got even creamier earlier this month, as shown by preliminary 2014 property tax appraisals.

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