Florida Business News

• Coronavirus is surging in Florida. Is the state doing enough to fight vaccine hesitancy?

  Florida has inoculated enough residents to rank just 22nd among states in vaccination rate, even though the shots are free and now widely available.

• Hurricane center: System with increased odds expected to move near Florida’s east coast

  The National Hurricane Center upped the odds of development Friday morning for an area of interest off Georgia’s coast, which is forecast to travel southeast near Florida.

• Homebuyers should rent and wait out the housing boom, experts say; high prices set a record in June

  Researchers are urging Florida homebuyers to consider renting while they wait for the state’s overheated market to cool as soaring prices in South Florida hit records in June.

• Meet the producer bringing Hallmark romance to Tampa Bay movie sets

  Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt has produced three local romance movies and a fourth is on the way.

• CSX, Landstar report second quarter earnings

  The Florida-based transportation companies benefited from higher volumes due to the economic recovery.

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