Florida Business News

• Florida to investigate all COVID-19 deaths after questions about ‘integrity’ of data

  Florida, which has reported the deaths of over 16,400 people from COVID-19, now says the public may not be able to trust any of those numbers.

• Florida voters have already cast more mail ballots than entire 2016 election

  With just under two weeks to go, more Floridians have cast vote-by-mail ballots in the 2020 general election than those who did so for the entire 2016 presidential election.

• Florida regulators to seek more details about injuries suffered on theme park rides

  State regulators plan to talk with Florida’s biggest theme parks about making their visitor injury reports more accurate after an investigation revealed that Universal Orlando had disclosed a tourist’s broken neck as “numbness” and a child’s broken foot and leg bones as “foot pain.”

• AutoNation’s net profits rise by 83% — boosted by shortage of new cars and higher prices for used cars

  As the U.S. economy bounced back from the COVID-19 spring shutdown, consumers found new cars in short supply and opted instead for used cars at higher prices.

• Stein Mart records another profit since bankruptcy

  Stein Mart Inc. recorded its second straight monthly profit since filing for Chapter 11, according to an operating report filed Oct. 20 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division.

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