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| 2/22/2016

› Velocity USA's small crew turns out top-notch bike rims
It’s a nondescript building on a narrow side street in Riverside, the same kind of generic metal building that fills light industrial areas all over town.

› Title loans trap Florida consumers in debt, critics say
Consumer advocates rejoiced when Gov. Jeb Bush in 2000 signed a law that imposed restrictions on car-title lenders. But in the past few years, companies have found a way to skirt the rules and are again taking advantage of some of Florida's most vulnerable residents.

› Public weighs in on manatees' 'endangered' status
A dispute more than a decade in the making over whether Florida's manatees should still be considered "endangered" continued Saturday in a hotel ballroom in Orlando.

› Aerospace company moving operations to Manatee, creating 84 jobs
The French company that bought Eaton Corp.'s Manatee County 125,000-square-foot plant is moving aerospace operations from New Jersey to the region, eventually creating an expected 84 jobs.

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