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Month: February 2018

IAAPA president takes new job at Lake Mary company

IAAPA president takes new job at Lake Mary company

Paul Noland is leaving his position as president and CEO of Orlando-based IAAPA and taking a new job at Lake Mary technology firm accesso.

Noland will replace CEO Steve Brown, accesso announced Friday. IAAPA, or International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, announced Noland’s departure…

iSquare developer’s testimony ‘troubling,’ judge says

iSquare developer’s testimony ‘troubling,’ judge says

An Orlando bankruptcy judge said she’s troubled by testimony from Abdul Mathin, developer of the proposed $400 million iSquare mall and hotel, because he acknowledged commingling money from several different businesses during testimony in a bankruptcy case, among other things.

Mathin spoke under…

Florida trooper beat shop manager, made him buy Girl Scout cookies, lawsuit alleges

Florida trooper beat shop manager, made him buy Girl Scout cookies, lawsuit alleges

A federal lawsuit accuses a Florida State trooper of beating, tasing, and whipping an auto-repair shop manager in Melbourne for years, while on duty and in uniform.

It further accuses Trooper Cleveland “Butch” Johnson Jr. of telling the shop manager, Richard Hickman, to buy his daughter’s Girl…

Lockheed Martin breaks ground on new R&D facility

Lockheed Martin breaks ground on new R&D facility

Defense giant Lockheed Martin broke ground Wednesday on a 255,000-square-foot Orlando facility that will create space for up to 1,000 workers.

The company plans to hire about 1,800 nationwide during the next two years. About 500 of those new jobs will be created here, with those positions paying…

Married couples say starting a business can build a bond

Married couples say starting a business can build a bond

Sometimes, Alicia and Rob Beers talk about work at home, but they try to limit it.

“At the end of the day, if we’re having a glass of wine and discussing work, one of us might say, ‘OK, let’s stop talking about work,’ and we just stop,” Alicia Beers said.

Together they run Hand & Stone spa in Kissimmee,…