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A guide to Florida's proposed nuclear expansions
Customers of Florida's two largest power companies will have paid $772 million by the end of 2011 to produce more nuclear power - before any concrete has been poured. The money has been plowed into planning the expansions. Florida Power & Light has...Tags: Energy Resources, Water, Disasters and Accidents, Waste, Economy, Business and Finance
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What will Florida nuclear power plants learn from Japan?
As federal regulators continue to look for lessons from Japan's nuclear disaster, critics are pleading for changes in three key nuclear emergency areas.
It matters to Floridians because the state has five reactors, four of which are slated to expand,...Tags: Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Tsunamis, Explosions
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How safe are state's nuclear plants?
South Florida Sun-SentinelNuclear power critics and federal lawmakers raised questions about the nation's power supply, including Florida's five nuclear reactors and proposals to build four new ones, in light of the crisis in Japan. Florida Power & Light, the state's largest...Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Florida Power & Light, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Disasters
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What the business lobby wants
Beth KassabThe Florida Chamber of Commerce boasts that it spent $5.5 million last year to help elect 80 out of the 84 mostly Republican candidates it endorsed, including Gov. Rick Scott, all three Cabinet members and 76 lawmakers. What does the business community's...Tags: Publix Super Markets Inc., Walmart, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Business
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Program grows 418 jobs in state
In exchange for a modest $1.4 million investment by the state, at least 418 jobs came out of a program that aims to help young Florida companies grow.
That's only about $3,400 per job – or less than the cost of a weeklong Disney cruise to the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Walt Disney, Economy, Business and Finance, Disneyland Park
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Utilities need to accept nuclear risk
If you are a Progress Energy customer, come December you will have paid more than $150 over the past two years toward two new nuclear reactors that may never get built. And the price is set to blast off from there. By 2020, Progress Energy projects it...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Politics, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Nuclear Power
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Businesses open wallets for 2010 political races
We're still more than a year out from next year's race for governor and other key down ballot races — such as that of House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon of Winter Park — but the region's deep corporate pockets are already putting their...Tags: Politics, Business, Bill McCollum, Walt Disney, Business Enterprises
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The readers write: From Isleworth to power rates
You had lots to say on the issues I wrote about last week. Here's a look inside the mailbag. Dear Beth, If my house sells because of your article, I will send you a nice bottle of my favorite red wine. We still come down from time to time, but it was...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Services and Shopping, Homes, Economy, Business and Finance, Proxy Filings
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Florida’s Blood Centers needs to clean house
The fate of Florida's Blood Centers President and CEO Anne Chinoda could be decided this week when the center's board of directors is scheduled to meet to potentially discuss a separation package for her. It's clear Chinoda's exit is one step that...Tags: Marion County (Florida), Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities, Valencia College, Walt Disney
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Rate deal gets monkey off utility's back
Progress Energy agreed this week to freeze customers' base rates for three years, just months after losing a battle to increase bills by a record amount. The decision by Central Florida's largest investor-owned electric provider signals the company's...Tags: Executive Branch, Companies and Corporations, Charlie Crist, Politics, Government
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PSC member pushes utilities to reveal salaries
If anyone knows how to get a message across loud and clear, it's Nancy Argenziano. She once famously sent a gift-wrapped package of cow manure to a lobbyist she was at odds with as a state legislator. Now, she is a member of the state Public Service...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Fannie Mae, Gatorland, Companies and Corporations, American International Group
May 26, 2011
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May 27, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 21, 2011
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Mar 14, 2011
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Jan 27, 2011
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 6, 2011
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Oct 31, 2010
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Aug 26, 2009
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Aug 24, 2009
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Mar 6, 2010
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May 11, 2010
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Aug 17, 2009
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