May 1, 2024
Around Florida
Concierge Care: Self-Limiting or Hot Trend
Only some 500 physicians nationwide have turned to concierge practices, according to Jack Marquis, a healthcare attorney with the Michigan law firm Warner Norcross & Judd who helped found a professional organization called the Society for Innovative Medic
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Published on 6/1/2006
What Ifs ...
Some possible scenarios for the 2006 hurricane season.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Big Ticket Losses
Catastrophe modelers spend a good deal of time projecting what a given-sized storm in a given place will do to an insurer's balance sheet.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Statewide Players - June 2006
Nilda P. Peragallo, Susan Pareigis, Charlie Ohlinger, Linda H. South.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Statewide Business Briefs - June 2006
Motorcycle death rates; Florida Home Builders Association forms green building partnership; Okeechobee Battlefield purchase.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Tourism de Force
Tourism-related employment and spending continue to rebound from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Forms, Permits & Licenses
Federal, state and local governments each require separate business documents. Here's an easy guide.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Unshrunk
From the time of his first campaign for governor in 1994, Jeb Bush has talked about limiting the size and scope of state government.
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Published on 6/1/2006
IPO-No
Regulatory reforms and skittish investors have combined to make it harder for companies to make initial public offerings.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Storms and the Workplace
After Hurricane Wilma roared through her Jupiter neighborhood last October, Kellie Clark, an appointment scheduler at a gas company about 25 miles away, couldn't make it to work.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Unintended Consequences
Policies that let developers compensate for destroying wetlands by buying into "wetland mitigation banks" may have unintended, harmful consequences in urban areas throughout Florida and the nation.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Trendsetters - June 2006
Pat Engfer, Hyatt Regency Orlando; Robert Seidler, Seidler Productions; Lee Weeks, Coral Hospitality; Melissa Giles, Soulfrito; Bruce Orosz, ACT Productions; Jack B. Healan Jr., Amelia Island Co.; Elizabeth Wentworth, Broward Alliance.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Comfort Zone
A handful of Florida hotels now offer special programs and amenities for women business travelers.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Peripheral Visionaries
For several months now, like many Floridians, I've followed the coverage of the four men who want to succeed Jeb Bush as governor.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Icon: Don Francisco
In May we became 20 years in the United States and 44 years since we started with the program.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Breaking Point
The 2006 hurricane season will be a make-it-or-break-it year for homeowners insurance in Florida.
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Published on 6/1/2006
The Doctor Will See You Now ... For An Extra $1,500
A Florida company is at the epicenter of what's called "concierge medicine." Some physicians and patients are happier, but the trend leaves medical ethicists in a quandary.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Icon: Janet Reno
I'm focused on one issue that is very important to me -- that is how we prevent the conviction of the innocent ... through post-conviction DNA testing that causes charges to be dropped against innocent people.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Statewide Players - May 2006
Barney Bishop, Jon Shebel, AIF; Robb Hilson, Tim Laney, Bank of America; Jorge Arrizurieta, Brian Dean FTAA; Lester Abberger, Tim Jackson, 1000 Friends of Florida; J. Emmett Reed, Paul Thompson, Florida Home Builders.
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Published on 5/1/2006
A Great Wall of Tourists
With China's economy in high gear, its 1.3 billion citizens have begun to amass wealth, and their government has begun to relax travel restrictions. Visit Florida senses a business opportunity.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Starter Fuel
Ethanol's on the way, but it will take awhile to get here and won't help Floridians cut their gasoline consumption substantially for years.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Perking Up
Progressive businesses try to offer a range of benefits and policies that help retain employees and make them more productive.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Games of Chance
Florida has a long and often unsavory association with gambling.
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Published on 5/1/2006
A Royal Flush
Poker has been a boon for the gambling industry, generating $38 million for 15 pari-mutuel owners.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Shifting Winds
Florida's hot residential real estate market is changing gears -- simmering down in some areas, changing focus in others. Real estate professionals identify several major trends
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Published on 5/1/2006
