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Florida’s hospitality industry seeks legal help with oil-spill compensation

Florida’s hospitality industry seeks legal help with oil-spill compensation

Florida’s hospitality industry is seeking legal help as it pursues compensation from BP PLC for revenue lost to the giant Gulf of Mexico oil spill

State air conditioning rebates start Aug. 30

State air conditioning rebates start Aug. 30

A state “cash for clunkers” rebate for home central air conditioning systems debuts Monday, Aug. 30.

Florida bank failures rising, but cost to FDIC is lower

Florida bank failures rising, but cost to FDIC is lower

More Florida banks going under this year, but the cost to resolve those failures is easing.

Florida weighs $1 billion or more interim bill to BP

Florida weighs $1 billion or more interim bill to BP

(Bloomberg) — Florida may send BP Plc a claim for more than $1 billion to close a budget gap after the largest U.S. oil spill slashed tax receipts from tourism.
Steve Yerrid, a Tampa lawyer chosen by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to advise him on legal issues concerning the spill, said the state may seek an [...]

Sales tax holiday begins Friday, goes through Sunday

Sales tax holiday begins Friday, goes through Sunday

Florida’s sales tax holiday is this weekend, and retailers are bracing for what they hope will be crowds of shoppers eager to pick up bargains on back-to-school clothes, supplies and accessories.
Qualifying purchases made Friday through midnight Sunday will not be assessed the state’s 6 percent sales tax or the additional local sales taxes levied in [...]

Opinion: Crystal River nuclear plant fix delay hurts confidence in Florida’s nuclear solution

Opinion: Crystal River nuclear plant fix delay hurts confidence in Florida’s nuclear solution

Florida, we have a problem.
Just as the nation’s nuclear power industry hopes to regain popular favor and kickstart its revival as a serious source of new electricity generation in the Sunshine State, our local advocate and operator of nukes is stumbling.
Progress Energy, the North Carolina power company that provides electricity in [...]

Florida Public Utilities purchases natural gas assets of Indiantown Gas Company

Florida Public Utilities purchases natural gas assets of Indiantown Gas Company

WEST PALM BEACH — Florida Public Utilities Company (FPU), a subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK – News), announced today its purchase of the natural gas operating assets of Indiantown Gas Company (Indiantown Gas or IGC), a natural gas distribution and transportation company headquartered in Indiantown, Florida.
Indiantown Gas was founded in 1960 to bring natural [...]

Forced to retire, some take Social Security early

Forced to retire, some take Social Security early

The Skidmores
MIAMI – Paul Skidmore’s office is shuttered, his job gone, his 18-month job search fruitless and his unemployment benefits exhausted. So at 63, he plans to file this week for Social Security benefits, three years earlier than planned.
“All I want to do is work,” said Skidmore, of Finksburg, Md., who was an insurance claims [...]

State Rep. Cruz to host Tampa job fair

State Rep. Cruz to host Tampa job fair

TAMPA – Saying she is honoring a promise to focus on jobs for her community, State Representative Janet Cruz has announced she will host a Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 12 at the West Tampa Convention Center, 3005 West Columbus Drive.
The event is free and open to the public.
Many [...]

Florida to invest stimulus cash in clean-tech companies

Florida to invest stimulus cash in clean-tech companies

Fueled by federal stimulus money, Florida is looking to pour millions of dollars into businesses that “go green” in a major way – but there are some strings attached to it.
In the first known program of its kind, the state plans to use $36 million in stimulus cash from the U.S. Department of Energy to [...]

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