May 2, 2024
Politics & Law
Florida Close-Up: Benchmarks
Nobody likes to have facts get in the way of personal prejudices and perceptions, least of all politicians. "Practical politics," wrote Henry Adams, "consists in ignoring facts."But there are still...
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Published on 2/1/1996
Full Throttle Ahead
After decades of failed efforts, high speed trains are at last coming to Florida, thanks to generous state subsidies. The money involved could make this the biggest business deal in Florida since Disney World.
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Around the State
Tampa Bay A federal bankruptcy court judge approved a reorganization plan for Geonex, the St. Petersburg map and chart manufacturer. The company is emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after only...
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Around the State
Treasure Coast Boca Raton-based North American Biologicals (NABI) and Rockville, Md.-based Univax Biologics, both biopharmaceutical companies, have merged. Holders of Univax's common stock got a .79 share of NABI common...
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Around the State
The University of West Florida's Center for Business Research and Economic Development announced the results of its tourism Economic Impact Study. As of the end of August 1995, the economic...
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Published on 2/1/1996
Around the State
Virginia Beach, Va.-based Metro Information Services, a provider of temporary employees, plans to add 65 jobs at its Jacksonville office this year. The temps provide computer programming and consulting services,...
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Published on 2/1/1996
Around the State
American Remodeling Inc., based in Dallas and the largest direct marketer of home improvement products in North America, opened a telemarketing center in Palm Bay last month. The center employs...
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Published on 2/1/1996
The Great Lobster Debate
A group of Florida legislators and the journalists who cover them convened in St. Petersburg recently for what was to be a high-minded dialogue on the role of the media...
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International Business: Mexico's Risks And Rewards
The economy's a shambles; the people are uneasy. Should you be doing business there?
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Talk & Predictions
TECHNOLOGYSports On-Line After turns at the helm of high-tech and sports video companies in Fort Lauderdale, Michael Levy combined his interests to develop a major Internet sports news service called...
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Beating the Odds
"Eighty percent of small businesses don't survive five years," warns Small Business Development Center (SBDC) consultant Jim Parrish. If that's not daunting enough for the dozen or so potential entrepreneurs...
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Legal Trends: The Big Squeeze
As corporate clients apply the squeeze, law firms tighten belts or go out of business. Old fashioned partnerships at risk.
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Real Estate: Empty Nesters Aren't Buying
Once they were important investors in the Florida real estate market, but free-spending empty nesters have gone conservative. How can developers adjust?
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Tallahassee Report: Negative on Affirmative Action
A surprising new report, done by the Florida State University (FSU) College of Business, recommends scrapping Florida's main minority business program. The report concludes there's not enough discrimination, and too...
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Florida Economy: Florida's Foreign Policy
Next month, trade ministers from Canada, the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Cartagena, Colombia, to plot the steps in the hemisphere's march toward free trade by...
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The Great Train Race
I. Florida Maglev Consortium2620 Cow Creek Rd., Edgewater, FL 32141 (904) 427-6643Tony Morris, managing director.Corporate Structure: Consortium wholly owned by American Maglev Technology of Florida, headquartered in Edgewater, and Coleman...
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Florida Trend's 1996 Golden Spoon Award Winners
It's been the best of years for the Golden Spoon winners and the worst of years for many of their competitors.The current failure rate in the restaurant industry is extremely...
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Letters
PRETEND PAUPERS While reading Phillip Long-man's article on sheltering assets to meet Medicaid guidelines [FT, "Pretend Paupers," December], I was shocked to see that he perceives that Elder Law Section...
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What's It All About, Barry?
Since choreographing his theatrical exit from Burger King, the studiously quirky Barry Gibbons, earring firmly in place, has reinvented himself.
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Talk & Predictions
EDUCATIONMarketing 101Kids strolling the halls of Osceola County public schools will be urged to "Think Straight A's," and "Never Stop Learning." Noble messages, to be sure, but it's the medium...
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Not So Easy Money
Florida lenders are courting small businesses
in a big way. But that doesn't mean loans are
easy to get. Try the SBA.
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Going to the High Court
A little-noticed Florida case before the U.S. Supreme Court may determine whether banks can sell auto, homeowners and life insurance.
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Tallahassee Report: The Licensed Class
Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation wants to cut its red tape — much to the consternation of those who use it to make money.
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