May 17, 2024
Politics & Law
Not Just A School
Hardly a business gathering goes by without discussion turning to the difficulty of finding young employees with basic work skills. One Florida business executive decided to do something about it...
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Published on 8/1/1997
All Along The Avenue
In our search for streets of good eats, we've been spending more than a few dollars on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. This All-American City, singled out by Florida Trend...
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Published on 8/1/1997
Rediscovering Northwest Florida
It used to be that printers and publishers routinely chopped off the state map somewhere west of Tallahassee and set the Panhandle afloat in the Gulf of Mexico. The excuse...
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Published on 8/1/1997
Readers
Local News John Underwood's article on the local news business ["It's Not The News," May 1997] was on the mark. I'm a reporter at Nightly Business Report on PBS, but...
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Published on 8/1/1997
Corporate Freedom
Day-dreaming is usually discouraged among workers on assembly lines. But at Sarasota-based industrial manufacturer Sun Hydraulics Corp., employees are encouraged to let their minds wander. Not long ago, assembly worker...
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Published on 8/1/1997
HIPAA:"What's That?"
Possibly the most significant change in the laws governing health benefits in U.S. history slipped into effect in June - and almost nobody noticed. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...
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Published on 8/1/1997
Global Spin
Who doesn't have a computer horror story to tell? E-mail comes to a halt while America Online patches together an overloaded system. A virus wipes out an entire hard drive....
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Published on 8/1/1997
On The Waterfront
Jack and Anita Smith are living the Florida dream - life on the waterfront. As founder and chairman of Sports Authority, the national retail sporting goods chain, Jack Smith could...
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Published on 8/1/1997
Around the State
Bay County --Panama City Beach collected $498,761 in bed taxes in March - the largest amount ever and an increase of 32% from March 1996. The county raised its bed...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Players
Construction - H. Bobby Cothren, 52, takes over this month as president and COO of Jacksonville's Stellar Group, one of the nation's largest design/build contractors. He succeeds Ronald H. Foster...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Around the State
Brevard County --Excell Agent Services will add 200 to 300 directory assistance jobs, paying $6.00 to $7.50 an hour, to its Rockledge-based call center staff of 1,000. Heathrow --First USA,...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Around the State
Alachua --USBiomaterials will move its Baltimore, Md., headquarters to its research and manufacturing facility near the University of Florida. The company will create 110 high-tech jobs paying an average of...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Around the State
BOCA RATON --Gimelstob Realty/Better Homes and Gardens, the largest south Florida-based real estate company, acquired Bishop Realty Associates of Homestead. Bishop's more than 30 real estate agents will join Gimelstob,...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Around the State
Fort Myers --First Independence Bank agreed to merge its three Lee County banks, with $74 million in assets, into Montgomery, Ala.-based Colonial BancGroup's (NYSE-CNB) subsidiary, Colonial Bank. Colonial BancGroup operates...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Container Cargo Grows
Port Everglades keeps south Florida well-oiled. "We handle 420 billion gallons of refined petroleum each year," says Port Director James J. O'Brien. "We provide gasoline, jet fuel, even some heating...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Openers
COME TO ORDERNot Just Blowing Smoke When Oscar Boruchin came to Miami from Havana in 1961, he drove a cab to support his family; one day, he accepted a box...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Neighbor, Beware
In a decision that could broaden liability exposure for Florida businesses, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that one business' safety precaution can be used as evidence of another's negligence....
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Published on 7/1/1997
Advice From A Pro
A few months after starting Coastal Waste Management, Palm Bay entrepreneur Ken Kirwan began looking for ways to boost his customer base. Trouble was, he didn't know how to market...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Treasure Coast Dining
A close competitor for one of the 20 Golden Spoon awards this year was Jensen Beach's 11 Maple Street (3224 N.E. Maple Street; 561/334-7714). Its nearly impeccable reputation was not...
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Published on 7/1/1997
1997 LEGISLATURE
WinnersEmployers and the unemployed: A $162 million unemployment compensation tax cut worth up to $35 per employee will go to employers with good lay-off records over the past three years,...
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Published on 7/1/1997
The Education Connection
After taking on the duties of chief operating officer in addition to my role as publisher last February, I considered several options for how I could begin adding my thoughts...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Readers
Martin CountyFLORIDA TREND'S coverage of the decision made by Northrop Grumman to stay in Martin County [Around The State, May 1997] correctly summarized the deal and our community's feelings about...
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Published on 7/1/1997
They Make It Look So Easy
When I arrived in Florida a little more than three years ago, I decided to shed some of my northern reserve and indulge the now-or-never attitude transplants often seem to...
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Does It Take A Village?
This September, voters in Miami will be offered a choice: keep the city and its government, or merge it with the unincorporated areas of Metropolitan Dade County. If they choose...
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Published on 7/1/1997
Down Home CNNs
Plenty of ink and more than a few million dollars have been spilled during the '90s on the alleged synergies between newspapers and new electronic media. Any self-respecting publisher these...
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