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What you need to know about Florida today
Snowbird influx brings supply and demand challenges to Florida
Things are getting much busier this time of year in Florida, and the lack of workers in many industries creates further complications. What are the best strategies for consumers and business owners? The typical range of months in which we have grown used to seeing seasonal guests is expanding. What was once Thanksgiving to Easter is now almost all year long. You may see busier businesses, longer lines and more traffic. More from WINK News. WPLG, and MyPanhandle.
Weather forces SpaceX to scrub Starlink launch; next attempt this weekend
SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station stood down from a Falcon 9 rocket launch early Friday and re-targeted this weekend for the next attempt. A batch of 53 Starlink internet satellites is now slated for liftoff from Launch Complex 40 at 7:19 a.m. Saturday, an instantaneous window that means Falcon 9 must fly exactly on time or scrub to another day. Conditions for that attempt, according to the Space Force, are likely to be 80% "go" for liftoff. More from Florida Today.
FIS disappointed in sliding stock price
Fidelity National Information Services Inc., or FIS, has grown into Jacksonville’s largest company and a global powerhouse in financial technology. However, Wall Street doesn’t seem to be impressed. “While our team continues to execute at a very high level, our share price is clearly not performing well,” CEO Gary Norcross said Nov. 4 during FIS’ quarterly conference call with analysts. More from the Jacksonville Daily Record.
To save starving manatees, wildlife authorities consider supplemental feedings
Wildlife authorities are bracing for more manatee deaths this winter, after a record 974 have perished so far this year in Florida waters. Many of the deaths have been in the Indian River Lagoon. The situation is so dire wildlife authorities now are considering the controversial measure of supplemental feedings. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
This South Florida spot was just named one of the best farmers’ markets in the country
Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood was just named one of the best farmers’ markets in the country. Travel website Holidu, which specializes in vacation rentals, took a look around the United States to consider more than 1,500 farmers’ markets from all states and proclaimed that Yellow Green was the second-best farmers’ market in all the land. More from the Miami Herald.
Business Beat - Week of November 12th
Get top news-to-know with Florida Trend's headline-focused video news brief, hosted by digital content specialist Aimée Alexander.
Entertainment Business
Entrepreneur: dying drive-in movie business worth saving
Chip Sawyer doesn’t mind if you’ve got questions about an under-30 corporate executive who owns two drive-in theaters. “Acquaintances say, ‘Oh? Is the drive-in still open?’ Of course it’s still open — and still playing first run movies, too,” he says. Sawyer was 24-years-old, freshly graduated from Florida Southern College and employed in Publix’s corporate finance office in 2017 when he took over the 70-year-old drive-in theater his late grandfather operated for nearly 60 years and owned for 20.
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