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July 8, 2002
Today’s headlines
Florida's rent-to-own boom
In the Sunshine State, rent-to-own retailers operate 520 stores -- only Texas has more -- and produced $257-million in revenues last year. The industry has a national annual growth rate nearly three times that of retail sales.
Juice upgrade for welcome center visitors
After serving orange juice made from frozen concentrate for 52 years, the folks who pass out free OJ samples at Florida's welcome centers finally are ditching their can openers.
When the phone company's phones go out...
Problems with wireless service can affect everyone, even -- as Verizon found out last week -- the phone company.
When the winning bidder is, well, we are
South Florida's Florida Power and Light Co. last week affirmed, after much consideration, that the best choice among competing bidders to provide it with an added 1,900 megawatts of generating capacity was . . . Florida Power and Light.
High-flying coffee? No way. A burger? No problem
It's apparently safe to take your burger in a bag or your pizza in a box to the gate at Tampa International Airport. Authorities at TIA say passengers aren't being stripped of all food despite a new rule against taking coffee and other spillable stuff through security checkpoints.
AmSouth: Save the postage, use the Net
xWhen is a postal rate increase a good thing?
This year, Halloween invades Islands of Adventure
After a 10-year run, Universal Orlando is moving its popular Halloween Horror Nights to the Islands of Adventure theme park for a 21-night run this fall.
Profile: Donna Lance
NEW POSITION: President, Rubin Management Inc., Clearwater
Climbing the ladder
FINANCIAL
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