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Jump Start: News of the business week to come
What's in store in business news this week
By Times Staff
Published January 14, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT should release 2007 passenger statistics todayshowing that traffic doubled from the year earlier to about 750,000. The airport benefited from a full year of service from fast-growing discounter Allegiant Air. Later in the week, Tampa International will likely report a modest passenger increase for the year over 2006 but a downturn for November and December. SPREAD THE NEWS ON YOUR iPHONE: The annual MacWorld Conference and Expo begins today in San Francisco, running through Friday. ATTENTION ALLSTATE CUSTOMERS: A two-day hearing begins Tuesday to scrutinize the company's underwriting policies in setting property insurance rates and its relationship to rating agencies, risk-modeling companies and insurance trade groups. Want to listen in? Video will be available online at www.floir.com shortly after the hearing, regulators say. IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SIGNS OF A BREWING RECESSION, then check in Tuesday when the Commerce Department reports retail sales for December and business inventories for November. Follow up Wednesday with the Federal Reserve's anecdote-driven survey of regional economic conditions. HOLD oN TO YOUR SEAT on Thursday when Universal Orlando stages the official reopening of its updated Earthquake attraction as Disaster! A Major Motion Picture Ride ... Starring You. The new stuff is the first half of the rewritten show now starring a recorded Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and a 3-D holographic projection of actor Christopher Walken mingling with the audience. Walken plays the wacky director of a disaster film called Mutha Nature. But the ride's explosion-ridden subway scene returns, spiffed up after 17 years of wear and tear. PLENTY OF FOOD AND MARCO RUBIO, TOO: The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce holds its annual dinner at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday. The chamber uses the event to bring together members and launch new initiatives. Rubio, above, Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, will deliver an after-dinner speech. Gov. Charlie Crist held that honor last year. Nonchamber members can attend for the $75 ticket price. To register online, go to www.business.stpete.com and click onthe events calendar..
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