April 30, 2024
Politics & Law
Speed Dialing for Dollars
Just 15 years ago, when Russell I. Pillar was a high school student headed for a career in telecommunications, millions of working adults managed to do without fax machines or...
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Published on 6/1/1996
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TourismI was pleased to read Editor John Berry's Florida Close-Up column on tourism, "Selling Florida Short," in the March 1996 issue of Florida Trend. As you state, Florida is much...
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Published on 6/1/1996
Florida Business On-Line
Tom DeMartine, owner of two yacht charter businesses in Nokomis, decided to start advertising on the Internet last fall. Fully developed since last December, his World Wide Web site [http://www.visailing.com]...
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Published on 6/1/1996
Man in the Middle
As Bob Graham considers whether to run for governor again, it's time to take the measure of the man's record in Tallahassee and Washington.
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Published on 6/1/1996
Mapping the Future
Two weeks into his job as Geonex's new chairman, CEO and president Kenneth L. Mellem outlines his step by step plan for rebuilding the high-tech mapping company. The formula sounds...
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Published on 6/1/1996
Real Estate: Graying And Growing
Florida builders should focus on the new breed of retirees who are looking for a different kind of retirement community.
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Published on 5/1/1996
Splendors of St. Petersburg
Sleepy St. Petersburg is awakening, especially in the downtown surrounds of the exciting Florida International Museum. Several blocks of once somnolent storefronts have been reborn as a tempting array of...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Games
These are not sunny days for my profession. According to various opinion polls, journalists and government officials are held in equally low esteem by the public. That hurts. Sure, the...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Defending Trade
When former Central Florida Congressman James L. Bacchus was named this country's only representative on the seven-member appellate body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), he knew he'd be ruling...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Around the State
FloridaSunTrust Banks Inc., based in Atlanta, agreed to pay $2.3 million to at least 40,000 Florida customers who allegedly were overcharged on their escrow payments. In 1995, the state filed...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Florida Continues To Shine
The sun still shines a little brighter on Florida's economic landscape than elsewhere. The slowdown in the national economy barely cast a shadow through much of Florida, which saw gross...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Cutting Legal Fees
For at least one Florida lawyer, the state's nationally known mediation laws have helped him land a nationally known client. Over the last four years, attorney Miguel A. Olivella, Jr.,...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Setting Up Shop On The Internet
Nine months into the launch of Good Green Fun Inc., Manny Lorenzo has experienced all the disappointments to which entrepreneurs with startup businesses are prey - higher expenses and fewer...
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Published on 5/1/1996
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TourismJohn Berry's editorial, "Selling Florida Short" [FT, March], should be required reading for every county and city commissioner, tourist development commission member and private tourism promoter in the state, from...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Backdoor Borrowing
The Florida Constitution requires state government to balance its budget. But if you think that means Tallahassee can't borrow from your future, think again. State leaders are proposing these days...
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Published on 5/1/1996
War On Two Fronts
Jon Shebel, the feisty ex-Marine, is leading Associated Industries of Florida in a political battle for Big Tobacco even as he fights for the survival of the association's workers' compensation business.
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Published on 5/1/1996
The Trust Bust
Everyone knows that Americans are increasingly distrustful of Washington. But does it follow that pushing more power down to the state and local level will help restore civic harmony and...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Gentle Giant Or Ruthless Investor?
For a guy who's built a $400 million business in three years, Richard A. Heitmeyer doesn't get much respect from his peers. His company, West Palm Beach-based Capital Asset Research...
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Published on 5/1/1996
Northwest: Basic Training
Too sparsely populated to throw big money at prospects, Northwest Florida is learning how to improve its business climate on a budget.
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Published on 4/1/1996
Central: Beyond Theme Parks
"As economies have become more global, competition has become more global," says Rick Tesch, the departing president of the Economic Development Commission of Mid-Florida. Indeed, last year Madrid, Spain, was...
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Published on 4/1/1996
Northeast: The Contender
Like Jacksonville's new football team, the Northeast Florida economy has good potential if not a glittering record.
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Published on 4/1/1996
Big Bend: Growing New Jobs
Economic development efforts ease the pain of a slowdown in state-government hiring and troubles in the textile, timber and fishing industries.
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Published on 4/1/1996
Space Coast: Regaining Altitude
Economic development efforts intensify on the Space Coast as regional and aerospace companies go into a tailspin.
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Published on 4/1/1996
North Central: United They Stand
Jolted by tough competition from their counterparts in other regions, economic development groups in North Central Florida are working more closely with each other and with homegrown firms.
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Published on 4/1/1996
Treasure Coast: Going for the Gold
Palm Beach County has the biggest treasure chest of business incentives in a region spending more to attract good jobs.
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Published on 4/1/1996
