As efforts to reconstruct Interstate 4 in the metro Orlando area move forward, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced Wednesday, it has accepted four (4) Technical Proposals in response to a Request for Proposals.
On June 5, 2013 FDOT shortlisted four proposers for the I-4 Ultimate project. All four...
Florida’s housing market ended 2013 with more closed sales, higher pending sales, higher median prices and a reduced inventory of homes for sale compared to the year before, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors on Tuesday.
Orange County residents, long plagued by traffic congestion, delays and poor planning, got an opportunity to offer their ideas on how they would like to see public transit issues addressed along State Road 50, perhaps for generations to come.
In three separate interactive community workshops last week, LYNX consultants solicited...
Scheduled to begin picking up paying passengers on May 1, SunRail commuter train will offer a free round-trip ticket to any one at two downtown Orlando office towers.
CVS, the nation's second-largest pharmacy chain, announced Wednesday that it would stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products nationwide by October, saying it is incompatible with the drugstore company taking on a bigger role as a health-care provider.
Public health experts hailed the decision as an unprecedented step and hopes...
One year after it closed 500 stores, Radioshack is set to celebrate its first anniversary by closing another 500 stores, over the next few months. These additional store closures will amount to 12% of the retailer's total 4,500 outlets currently in existence.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the company...
Florida Governor Rick Scott’s administration isn’t making it easy to track the amount of Black business being done with the state of Florida.
In an effort to report on the amount of state goods and services provided by Black businesses over the past three Florida gubernatorial administrations, the Florida Courier...
You might well ask. But beginning next week, Workforce Central Florida will attempt to re-brand itself with a new name, new look and perhaps a re-dedication to its core mission - putting Central Florida residents to work.
Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-09) has introduced twelve bills aimed at continuing certain tax deductions and credits for one year. These provisions, which save Americans money and boost the economy, have already expired or will expire this year.
The Grayson bills introduced today would amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend...
R.L. Burns, Inc., a full service general construction and construction management company in downtown Orlando, was hailed as a success by U.S. Small Business Regional Administrator, Cassius Butts, earlier this week.
Businessman Derrick Wallace, candidate for Orange County Commission District 6 said, the most important aspect of being successful in business is, being committed to it.
Walmart today joined with its Florida tomato suppliers and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to strengthen and expand the groundbreaking Fair Food Program.
Tampa-based Little Greek Restaurant announced today, it is expanding to the Orlando market, after opening its 12th Tampa Bay area location last November.
President Barack Obama announced today, five economically hard-hit communities where direct federal support would be provided to help fight poverty and assist children.
Called "Promise Zones," Mr. Obama said, federally agencies will cut through red tape with the view to helping the residents struggling in these communities get back on their...
Last Saturday, I saw the closing of yet another local business. The business has been a giant alligator that has eaten more money than it has produced over the years. Sounds familiar?
Embraer announced Tuesday, it will expand its current facilities in Melbourne, with the addition of a new aircraft assembly line for the Legacy 500/450 twin-engine business jets.
President & CEO of Walmart U.S. Bill Simon, in a slideshow presentation, implied that most of its associates, about 525,000, earned less than $25,000 last year.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Thursday, urged lawmakers to raise the government's debt limit or face the consequences of sustained damage to the U.S. economy and by extension the rest of the world economy.
Wall Street’s lack of worry reflects cynicism about Washington, but also a deep misreading of how significant the ideological fissures are in the capital.
The second largest property insurer in Florida, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, has agreed to pay a substantial fine of $1.2 million, for engaging in unsavory business practices.