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Travel & Tourism

Since about 1990, Florida's tourism industry has been making more money out of the same number of visitors. Industry officials expect the year-end 1996 figure won't rise much above the... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Retail

Florida's population is popping, tourism looks healthy and jobs are plentiful. So why aren't Florida's retailers turning backflips in anticipation of 1997? "The biggest mistake you can make in retail... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Real Estate

A challenging year lies ahead for Florida's real estate community. The state's economy is running in high gear - adding 161,300 jobs from September 1995 to September 1996 - and... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

International Trade

Hellmann International Forwarders Inc., with global headquarters in Germany and annual revenues approaching $2 billion, built a new 140,000-square-foot warehouse in Miami and set up its North American headquarters there... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Manufacturing

In the state's manufacturing sector, the long-term outlook is still for an uphill climb. In the meantime, the biggest determinant of short-term success may be whether a company makes something... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Health Services

For several years now, Florida's employers have been applying unrelenting pressure to drive healthcare costs down, and the squeeze on the health dollar will continue to have a major impact... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Insurance

The only clouds on Florida's insurance horizon for 1997 are the unpredictable dark formations that blow in each hurricane season. The markets for workers' compensation, auto and life insurance should... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Banking & Finance

It's the biggest question in Florida banking, and it never seems to go away: Is Barnett Banks Inc., the state's dominant financial institution, going to be bought out? With 1997... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Construction & Mining

Home and office builders and road contractors expect to stay busy in 1997, but may not find their labors as rewarding: Competition from out-of-state companies and labor shortages are combining... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

1997 Industry Outlook

As the articles in this section outlining the trends for 15 industry groups make clear, 1997 could well be a banner year for Florida companies. With the possible exception of... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Agribusiness

Sugar is looking sweet, the tomato deal with Mexico means ripening profits for vegetable growers, and after a banner year for citrus, the state of Florida is launching a sunny... Read more »
Published on 1/1/1997

Around the State

Florida Although Amendment 4, which would have put a penny per pound tax on Florida-grown sugar to clean up the Everglades, was defeated in the November election, Clay Henderson, president... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Faring Well On The First Coast

December is a marvelous month to visit St. Augustine. The nation's oldest city is decked in all its holiday finery and there's a wealth of special events, including candlelight caroling... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Sugar Coating

Florida's sugar industry is a throwback to another era. Back then, Big Business lived by the simple credo of profit at any cost and earned vicious portrayals by muckrakers Ida... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Entertaining Shoppers - Real Estate

It's Friday night and you feel like getting out of the house for a nice dinner, maybe a movie or a little shopping. Rather than head for the nearest mall,... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Small Business Adviser

"I've never had trouble raising money," says Scott Scherr, founder and president of the Ultimate Software Group (US Group). When Scherr started his Fort Lauderdale payroll software company in 1990,... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Reduced Expectations

On paper at least, the 1998 Constitution Revision Commission looked to many Florida leaders like a Holy Grail. The 37-member commission, which begins meeting in the middle of next year,... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Big Apple Challenge

The National Law Journal's 1996 rankings contained a surprise for people used to seeing New York, California and Illinois dominate the list: For the first time, Florida's Holland & Knight... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Buying Back The Future

Margaret Howes vows she'll never buy property in Florida. She wishes her parents hadn't. But they did in the mid 1960s, acquiring eight adjoining lots in a planned community about... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Readers

Entitlements In April, John Berry wrote an article entitled "You're (Not) Entitled" [Close-up], an opinion that prevails among those earning over $50,000 who wish to compromise their democratic responsibility to... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Turning Swords Into Plowshares

Dawn Nobles' job died with the Cold War. After 10 years as a program manager at Lockheed Martin Specialty Components' Pinellas Plant, she will lose her position within six months,... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Doctors Close Ranks

Florida's physicians have jumped on the managed care bandwagon and are seeking new ways to keep their profits healthy. But Toro, like other solo practitioners feeling the managed care pinch,... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Media Feeding Frenzy

During an 8-day period in September, WTSP Ch. 10 of St. Petersburg had three different owners. The notion of flipping a property is a familiar one in hot commercial real... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Heading for Higher Ground

Dressed for a company picnic on a sunny beach, Al Hoffman wears a wide-brim hat and sunglasses with mirrored lenses. Stitched into his hat's crimson band is the abstract image... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

Sturm und Drang, South Beach-style

Face it, wildly ambitious and extravagant land speculators are no big deal in Florida. Few, however, rival a young German who arrived in Miami Beach in the early 1990s with... Read more »
Published on 12/1/1996

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