Orlando Sentinel: Business
- Weather makes way for SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch attempt this evening
Sunday - 04/30/2023 - 09:22 AMAfter several days of strong thunderstorms, hail and even a lightning strike at the launch pad, the weather looks to clear for SpaceX to retry the launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center this evening.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Millennials still mostly renters in Orlando, study finds
Friday - 04/28/2023 - 02:16 PMA new study from RentCafe finds that Millennials have become majority homeowners around the country, but in Orlando they still rent more than own.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Orlando’s College Park CVS set to close
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 02:03 PMThe store, 2201 Edgewater Drive, is at Edgewater’s intersection with Princeton Street in the neighborhood’s main stretch of businesses.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Our guide to theme park people-watching
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 05:30 AMThere is prime people-watching to be had at Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld theme parks
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Powerful new obesity drug from Eli Lilly and Co. poised to upend weight loss care
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 08:51 AMAs a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy, an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘On a roll,’ Universal’s theme parks set earnings record
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 11:59 AMUniversal parent company Comcast’s executives are hopeful this year’s sizeable theme park investment will pay off as the division set an earnings record last quarter and the company’s international theme parks “roar” back from COVID restrictions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney sues DeSantis, alleging ‘government retaliation’ in Reedy Creek feud
Wednesday - 04/26/2023 - 05:14 PMDisney accuses DeSantis of running a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” in the feud over the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SpaceX Falcon Heavy set for launch near sunset over the Space Coast
Wednesday - 04/26/2023 - 11:43 AMSpaceX’s bazooka over in Texas still has some kinks to work out, but it still has its big guns in the form the Falcon Heavy rocket set for its sixth ever launch today.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hollywood Studios: Reimagined Pixar Place returns with Incredibles, Edna Mode in May
Tuesday - 04/25/2023 - 02:29 PMDisney reopening Pixar Place, an 'Incredibles' meet-and-greet at Hollywood Studios in May.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lawmakers back off immigration penalties that worried religious leaders
Monday - 04/24/2023 - 06:46 PMState lawmakers rewrote part of a sweeping immigration bill that religious leaders said could have subjected them to felony charges if they transported people living in the country illegally to church or Sunday school.
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- Federal Reserve faults Silicon Valley Bank executives and lax government supervision in bank failure
Friday - 04/28/2023 - 11:23 AMSilicon Valley Bank failed due to a combination of extremely poor bank management, weakened regulations and lax government supervision, the Federal Reserve said in a review.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gatorland: Florida Man Challenge part of Gatorpalooza event
Friday - 04/28/2023 - 04:24 AMGatorland plans Gatorpalooza event for May, including Florida Man Challenge
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney World: Another way to see Ariel (and her legs) is coming up
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 05:44 PMDisney World to host new meet-and-greets with Ariel in conjunction with new live-action "Little Mermaid" movie
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Only 1 in 12 Orlando renters who desperately need housing aid get it, study finds
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 08:00 AMMetro Orlando has 12 severely cost-burdened renters to every available housing voucher, the largest disparity in the country, according to a new study from Zillow.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Space tourism could be back soon for Virgin Galactic after latest test flight
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 09:49 AMWhen Virgin Galactic founder and billionaire Richard Branson beat competitor Blue Origin to the punch with a short flight into space nearly two years ago, it looked like it might begin to knock out tourism missions for its vast list of customers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Theme Park Rangers Radar: Overlooked at Animal Kingdom plus wardrobe words from ambassadors
Wednesday - 04/26/2023 - 12:01 PMTheme Park Rangers Radar looks for overlooked animals at Disney World, learns about WDW ambassadors' clothing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Port Canaveral revamps budget projection with record passenger counts
Wednesday - 04/26/2023 - 10:43 AMThe crowds have been coming to the cruise lines at a higher rate than planned at Port Canaveral, and officials have reprojected what was already set to be record numbers to a total that’s more than double what it saw before the COVID-19 pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From Space Coast to the moon, private company attempted lunar landing, but lost contact
Tuesday - 04/25/2023 - 01:29 PMA private Japanese company‘s lunar lander that launched from Cape Canaveral four months ago attempted a historic moon landing today, but communication with it was lost shortly before touchdown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SpaceX Starship clobbered Texas launch pad; future Space Coast launches prompt contingency plans
Tuesday - 04/25/2023 - 06:01 AMThe most powerful rocket to ever launch from Earth left a crater at the SpaceX launch site last week, but Elon Musk said teams could be ready to try another Starship launch in as little as one to two months.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fun Spot: Mine Blower coaster getting rail upgrade
Monday - 04/24/2023 - 11:56 AMMine Blower roller coaster making rail upgrades with RMC at Fun Spot park in Kissimmee.
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- New report blames airlines for most flight cancellations
Friday - 04/28/2023 - 05:52 PMThe Government Accountability Office said Friday that most of the increase in flight cancellations during the travel recovery has been due to things airlines can control.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PODCAST: Impact of Disneyland dragon fire, BBot security robot rolls into town and Icon Park debuts retro game (Ep. 187)
Friday - 04/28/2023 - 09:34 AMOn this episode of Theme Park Rangers, Orlando Sentinel tourism reporters Dewayne Bevil and Katie Rice discuss the fire that damaged the Maleficent dragon at Disneyland and its impact on Disney World shows.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - People on the move
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 04:24 PMSee who is being hired, promoted and winning awards in People on the move
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Don’t cash out 401(k), roll it over instead
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 08:00 AMDon’t cash out 401(k), roll it over instead
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Poo! Exhibit to exit Orlando Science Center
Thursday - 04/27/2023 - 09:29 AMThe pieces of the Poozeum exhibit, featuring fossilized feces, are leaving Orlando Science Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Icon Park: Wheel’s onboard game introduces retro Florida feel
Wednesday - 04/26/2023 - 03:59 PMWheel at Icon Park brings back onboard game, this time called Great Florida Road Trip with retro feel, faux cameras
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Robocop BBot will ‘walk’ the beat at Orange County Convention Center
Wednesday - 04/26/2023 - 08:03 AMThe robot’s debut next month does not signal the AI takeover just yet, convention center leaders say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida Senate panel OKs Disney World monorail inspections
Tuesday - 04/25/2023 - 01:38 PMDisney World’s monorail system is poised to get state oversight as Gov. Ron DeSantis battles the theme park giant.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ben & Jerry’s co-founder starts nonprofit cannabis company
Tuesday - 04/25/2023 - 02:42 PMOne of the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s has gone from ice cream to cannabis with a social mission.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Roaches shut down popular Central Florida Mexican restaurant
Monday - 04/24/2023 - 12:55 PMChipotle Mexican Grill in Apopka was shut down for roach activity according to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
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