Mid-mo. Startups Relocating In Search Of Capital

Three weeks ago, the Gators’ 2025 recruiting class was barely inside the top 50 and circling the drain. But since upsetting LSU, the Gators have flipped the script along with a dozen recruits verbally committed to other schools. By National Signing Day, the Gators had risen to No. 11,  and even briefly entered the top 10.

A Broward County woman is accused of fraudulently applying for COVID-19 loans for her medical spa business and using the money to lease a Bentley Bentayga and go shopping at the luxury Bal Harbour Shops in Miami Beach, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Cassandra Yolanda Clarke, 45, of Miramar, made her initial appearance in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday.

Three prominent investor-judges from “Shark Tank,” television’s high court of American entrepreneurship, descended on Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton to hear pitches from hopeful local innovators in search of financial backing. The visiting judges for the so-called “CrocTank” event, sponsored by Noble Capital Markets of Boca Raton, included Canadian venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a “Mr.

By DEVNA BOSE One of the country’s largest health insurers reversed a change in policy Thursday after widespread outcry, saying it would not tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement that its decision to backpedal resulted from “significant widespread misinformation” about the policy. “To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services,” the statement said.

MIAMI GARDENS — Calais Campbell, playing in Miami for the first time in his 17 professional seasons, has become an unofficial spokesperson of sorts in the NFL ranks this year for his alma mater, the University of Miami. Campbell, the Dolphins’ 38-year-old ageless wonder of a defensive tackle, has opined on the ups and downs of a memorable Hurricanes football season that saw the team start 9-0 but lose two of its last three.

Two decades ago, the Southern California seaside town of Huntington Beach applied for — and was granted — the trademark, “Surf City USA.” Of course, any Northern Californian who has shrieked down the Big Dipper, nibbled funnel cake on the Boardwalk or splashed at Seabright was perplexed. Santa Cruz has long considered itself the official Surf City.