April 27, 2024
Politics & Law
Around the State
Daytona BeachTeam Rental Group Inc., the largest franchisee of Budget Rent A Car, bought Budget from Ford Motor Co. for $350 million. Ford will continue to supply cars and trucks...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Around the State
Gainesville The family of late baseball slugger Roger Maris filed two lawsuits against Anheuser-Busch involving a beer distributorship that Maris and his brother Rudy founded and that the Maris family...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Around the State
VENTURA Two groups - Primus Health Care Corp. in south Florida and a partnership between the Florida Medical Association and the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association - couldn't find enough doctors...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Around the State
Clearwater Software developer Information Management Resources Inc. acquired transitional outsourcing software company Link Group Holdings Ltd. of the U.K. for about $5.5 million in cash and stock. Ellenton Gulf Coast...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Homeward Bound
Jerry and Beatriz Diaz' reason for operating a business from their home is intensely personal. A year after they launched Pi-ata Party Productions in 1988 from 1,300 square feet in...
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Published on 3/1/1997
International Cornerstone Report
An influential critique of Florida's business climate called the Cornerstone report, published by the Florida Chamber of Commerce in 1989, had a wide-ranging effect. Among other ideas, the chamber's position...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Openers
TELECOMBubba Gets Wired Been to a truck stop recently? The bigger ones have become mini-malls that offer everything from fast food, showers and haircuts to leather jackets and custom auto...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Legal Notes
Henry Latimer, a partner in the labor and litigation departments of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, has been named managing partner of the firm's Fort Lauderdale office. Latimer succeeds Howard...
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Published on 3/1/1997
The State Of Taxes
Legislative staff projections show that over the long term Florida will need to tap new revenue sources if just existing levels of service are to be maintained. Historically, this has...
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Published on 3/1/1997
New Faces
With the explosion of new restaurants in south Florida in 1996, we could have doubled the number of Top Twenty Newcomers in last month's Golden Spoon article. And that's only...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Setting A Single Standard
Imagine if each of Florida's cities and counties licensed doctors or lawyers using different standards - or none at all. Basically, that's what happens in building trades. As many as...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Readers
Platted Lands: Criticism ...Florida Trend has erred grievously, causing great confusion on behalf of some of our members. John Finotti's article "Buying Back The Future" [December 1996] concerning Golden Gate...
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Published on 3/1/1997
What Might Be ...
About a month ago, a group of informed and concerned citizens from around the state came to Gainesville to discuss a mighty weighty subject: "What Will Floridians Expect of State...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Modest Proposals
The governor's budget offers only one major new spending initiative and will be debated in an environment dominated by Republicans and a "no-tax mantra." This month, Gov. Lawton Chiles takes...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Packaging Insurance Coverage
In 1993, a groundbreaking pilot project in Florida showed that using health maintenance organizations (HMOs) for workers' compensation care achieved savings of up to 38.5%. That innovation led to an...
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Published on 3/1/1997
The Used Car Game Gets A Makeover
Welcome to the new world of used-car shopping: a world of corporately owned "stores'' with names like AutoNation and CarMax instead of "car lots.'' Polo-shirted "sales associates'' replace the stereotypical...
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Published on 3/1/1997
In The Rough
The 1990s should have been a great decade for Florida's luxury golfing communities. With more and more baby boomers moving toward retirement, a booming stock market boosting the ranks of...
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Published on 3/1/1997
Players
Credit Card Firm Finds CEO - AT&T Universal Card Services in Jacksonville, the company's troubled credit card unit, has found a new president. Rich Srednicki, a 13-year veteran of Citibank,...
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Published on 2/1/1997
Sticking It To Business
Florida's tax rates on telecommunications are among the highest in the country. There's a municipal utilities tax of 7% to 10%; a gross receipts tax of 2.5%; a 7% state...
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Published on 2/1/1997
Hot Firm in Miami
With venture capital pouring into the Southeast, Miami's Greenberg Traurig has been a big beneficiary. As of fall 1996, Greenberg Traurig ranked 15th nationally among issuers' counsel firms for initial...
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Published on 2/1/1997
Around the State
Jacksonville --Physician Sales & Service (PSS) acquired medical supplies and equipment distributor Franz GmbH of Germany for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of the company's expansion into the...
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Published on 2/1/1997
Around the State
Century --Connecticut-based sportswear manufacturer Starter Corp. closed its Century production plant, eliminating 235 jobs. In 1992, the company received five acres of land, a loan to build the plant and...
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Published on 2/1/1997
Around the State
Fort Myers --Clear Channel radio will buy three radio stations, two FM stations in Fort Myers and one AM station in Port Charlotte, from Connecticut-based Osborn Communications for approximately $11...
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Published on 2/1/1997
Around the State
Casselberry-- Photo Chemical Supply (PCS) acquired the multimedia company Veridian Group of Longwood. PCS bought Veridian to produce World Wide Web sites and other electronic marketing tools for itself and...
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Published on 2/1/1997
I-4 Corridor Booms
RECYCLINGA "Trashy" Industrial Park Indian River County is negotiating with a New York developer to create what may be the first "recycling mall" in the country. The $50 million, privately...
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