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Snowbirds send mixed signals
Many travelers from the North have still made the trip to Florida, but at least some are staying home, including wealthier Canadians.

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Dollar Rent a Car is testing the program as a means to cut its losses, but it might lose honest customers as well.

Jitters send markets down again
Worried investors send the Dow down more than 100 points for the second straight day.

Last remnant of McCrory to close doors
Dollar Zone, what's left of the McCrory five-and-dime chain, will shutter its 193 stores.

Business today
AUTO PARTS MERGER COMPLETED: Advance Auto Parts Inc. of Roanoke, Va., said that it has completed its purchase of Discount Auto Parts Inc. of Lakeland. The combined auto parts retail chain will have annual revenues of $3.1-billion. As part of the deal, Advance Auto Parts becomes a publicly traded stock beginning today trading under the symbol "AAP."

Tropicana to close bottle factory
BRADENTON -- Orange juice giant Tropicana Products Inc. is shutting down its glass bottle factory, leaving 225 people without jobs by early 2003.