Report: Citizens Considering Uncapping Rates For New Customers
Citizens Property Insurance is continuing its push to eliminate insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands Floridian families just as the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is set to start.
Travelocity, Broward Settle In Tourist Tax Lawsuit
They’ve been fighting for years and haven’t solved anything in a dispute over tourist development taxes, but online travel company Travelocity has been dropped from a lawsuit by Broward County without admitting it owes taxes, after paying Broward County $400 thousand to make the lawsuit go away.
Self Publishing Gives Budding Authors The Write Stuff
Rochelle Weinstein had a book she wanted published, but like many authors, she learned writing a book can be easy compared to getting it published. Then, she discovered a benefit of the digital age; self publishing.
Customers Likely To Pay For JP Morgan Chase’s Bad Bets
JP Morgan Chase bank rocked Wall Street to its core late Thursday and into Friday after the nation’s largest bank announced it had lost $2 billion in trades over the past six weeks and could face an additional $1 billion of losses due to risky bets that blew up.
To Like Or Not To Like, Experts Weigh In
Lately, it seems, the click of the “Like” button has become a hot-button issue among social media users.
Flood Insurance Changes Could Push Costs Up
Just as the National Flood Insurance Program is in the middle of a major campaign to get homeowners to join the program and protect their homes two developments are combining that could cause significant rate hikes and end a traditional break Florida insurance agents have offered potential clients.
Target To Stop Selling Amazon’s Kindle E-Readers
Target is ditching the Amazon Kindle line of e-readers and tablets.
Spirit Airlines To Hike Some Carry-On Bag Fees To $100
Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has never met a fee it wasn’t willing to charge passengers. Now, the budget airline will hike some carry-on baggage fess to $100.
Florida Only Getting $21 Million In Health Care Grants
Community health centers in Miami-Dade, Broward and across the state will only get about $21 million if federal grants this year.
FPL Predicts Smaller Rate Increase For 2013
The news is good, sort of, for customers of Florida Power and Light. Rates are still expected to increase in 2013, according to filings by the utility with the Public Service Commission, but according to FPL’s calculations, not by as much as first expected.





















