Florida Business News

• Florida lawmakers reconvene for special session on gambling

  The fate of the new compact is uncertain because of opposition from some business groups and legislative conservatives who object to expanding gambling on moral grounds and because of concerns over increased crime.

• Florida dodges major gas price hike amid pipeline disruption

  After a temporary interruption to the Colonial Pipeline caused a significant spike, gas prices in the Sunshine State stabilized last week, adding just a penny to the average price at the pump

• ‘Impending disaster.’ Worsening algae bloom on Lake Okeechobee threatens coasts again

  The scene at Pahokee marina on Lake Okeechobee last week was a warning sign: A thick mat of algae in various shades of green, brown, gray and fluorescent blue covered the area around boat slips.

• Hurricane Facts: How many storms can be in the Atlantic at one time?

  Last September meteorologists witnessed a rare event: Five named tropical systems spinning in the Atlantic basin — at the same time.

• Fintech veteran solves big banking problem: how to securely send money around the globe

  Payall’s go-to-market strategy is to target about 1,000 foreign banks that have lost their ability to make payments into the U.S., along with about 10,000 smaller banks that can’t currently make cross-border payments.

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