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| 2/19/2016

› Battling Ubers case leaves behemoth unable to launch new feature
Uber, the mobile application that allows users to call for a community-based taxi-like service, is tangling with a local company — called Uber Promotions — over what the Gainesville-based company says is trademark infringement.

› Economic development corporation settles open-records lawsuit
Sarasota County’s economic development agency and a watchdog nonprofit group settled a long-standing legal battle Thursday over whether the agency must submit to Florida’s open government laws.

› Duke Energy to seek sale of international business
Duke Energy will sell its international business, the company said Thursday as it announced 2015 earnings that were hurt by volatile returns in Central and South America.

› Today's investors must work harder to flip homes
Higher prices haven't put an end to home flipping in South Florida, a new report shows. Flips accounted for 6.3 percent of third-quarter home and condominium sales in Palm Beach County, up from 5.9 percent in the same period of 2014.

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