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› ‘Megarenter rap’ describes plot to cheat Wyndham timeshare customers, lawsuit contends
“Just you wait, we’re gonna figure it out. We’re gonna put you outta business and surely make you pout.” Those lines come from “the Megarenter rap,” written by an employee of the Wyndham network of timeshare resorts, and it points to a conspiracy among the company’s executives to penalize timeshare owners too successful at turning their points into profits, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange Circuit Court in Orlando.
› Amazon to bring 500 jobs to Port St Lucie
Amazon announced that the company will be opening a fulfillment center and creating more than 500 full-time jobs in Port St. Lucie. Amazon will operate a traditional non-sortable fulfillment center in a 1.1-million-square-foot building to be constructed on 110 acres at Midway Business Park on West Midway Road near the Interstate 95 ramps. Site clearing has begun and construction is projected to be complete by late summer or early fall of 2022.
› There were 40 athletes with South Florida ties at Tokyo Olympics. Here’s how they did
They traveled 7,500 miles from South Florida to Tokyo in the quest for Olympic glory. Among the 40 local athletes who competed were a U.S. Army officer and Greco-Roman wrestler from South Miami, a karateka from Hialeah, a water polo player from the Redland, a beach volleyball player from Cooper City, equestrian jumpers from Wellington, sprinters who trained at Tropical Park and sailors who trained on Biscayne Bay.
› Sarasota EDC concludes search for CEO and announces formation of task force
The Sarasota County Economic Development Corp. concluded its search for a new leader, naming prominent retired area insurance executive Lisa Krouse CEO. Krouse has been interim CEO of the EDC since early July, soon after Sarasota County Commissioners voted to begin a process to roll back funding to the organization. The decision also comes on the heels of the EDC’s announcement of promoting Erin Silk into the VP position for business development services.
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