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| 2/26/2020

› Fat Boyz Barbecue closes Deerfield Beach flagship
The smokers have gone empty at Fat Boyz Barbecue’s flagship location in Deerfield Beach. After a three-year run, owner Jarael Holston-Jones abruptly closed the restaurant at 204 S. Powerline Road on Tuesday. Fat Boyz locations in Coral Springs and Fort Lauderdale remain open. Holston-Jones cited safety concerns and an aging structure for the shuttering.

› Tupperware stock falls 40% as earnings call not held
Tupperware Brands stock prices fell about 40% Tuesday morning after the company cancelled a scheduled earnings call. Full-year sales were expected to be down 12% to 14%, according to a news release, and the company is investigating the impact of financial reporting issues with its Fuller Mexico beauty business.

› New ALS research implicates blue-green algae toxin, offers hope that amino acid can help
A study published Friday connects a toxin produced by some blue-green algae to Lou Gehrig’s disease – while also showing that an amino acid may protect against its ravages. When vervet monkeys were dosed with BMAA, a neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, changes in their bodies mirrored what happens to people in the early stages of Lou Gehrig’s, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

› Florida roofer has ignored $2.2 million in OSHA fines. He’s still working, records say
Jacksonville roofer Travis Slaughter earned a federal contempt of court order by not paying $2.2 million in OSHA fines. The federal agency has hit another Slaughter business with $1,007,717 in proposed fines, saying he’s “demonstrated an egregious disregard” for worker safety.

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