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Two months after University Acres resident Charlie Piper launched a fight with her homeowners association for an energy-efficient white roof, her house remains covered by the same old, dark-gray shingles.
The billionaire entrepreneur also invested in restaurants, hotels, cellular licenses, laundromats, a billboard company, the Orion Pictures film studio, the Harlem Globetrotters and the Ice Capades.
John Kluge, a billionaire entrepreneur and pioneer in independent television-station ownership whose Metromedia Inc. stations formed the basis for News Corp.'s Fox network, has died. He was 95.
Some mistrust using only 400 responses while others say poll question was too vague
Osceola County voters will be asked in November to approve a penny sales-tax increase for improvements to roads and bridges. County officials think there's public support for the measure, based on a June phone poll of voters by a Jacksonville company.
Newcomers and veterans were among the six high-technology companies honored Wednesday as this year's recipients of the region's William C. Schwartz Industry Innovation Awards.
Dear Greg: I have a warranty with American Home Shield. On Aug. 18 my AC went out and AHS dispatched a repairman who refilled my Freon. Two days later the AC went out again. The same repairman came out and said the evaporator coil was bad and he would have to get approval from AHS and place the order for a new one. The repair company later informed me that it would be five days until the part came in. To make a long story not as long, it's Sept. 3 and still no part. AHS now tells me the part will not arrive until after Oct. 1. That's nearly two months with no AC in 95-degree temperature. At what point do we get to ridiculous? The warranty states that if AHS cannot fix it they will replace it. I feel they cannot fix it. At what point should I worry about mold? We are a household of two adults and four teenagers. Please help – we are hot and bothered!
BankUnited, the largest financial institution based in Florida, has opened a loan office in Orlando and says it plans to establish a branch network in Central Florida.
Including some newcomers and veteran players, six local high-tech companies took honors Wednesday as the latest recipients of the William C. Schwartz Industry Innovation Awards.
The old Ann Taylor space on Winter Park's Park Avenue is getting filled by a chocolatier.