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Facebook-led selloff hits local stocks

Facebook-led selloff hits local stocks

Monday was the day that Facebook shook the stock market, among other things, and few companies that have a large Orlando presence escaped the downturn.

Since NASDAQ was hit the hardest, video-game developer Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) took a strong blow, dropping more than 3 percent to close at…

United Airlines took wheelchair from man who fell at Orlando International, lawsuit says

United Airlines took wheelchair from man who fell at Orlando International, lawsuit says

United Airlines is the target of a new lawsuit in Orlando that accuses the company’s staff of taking a wheelchair away from a man who fell afterward.

Palm Bay resident Greg Woienski was 65 when he tried flying United from Orlando International Airport to Newark on Feb. 26, 2017, for his father’s…

Lockheed Martin’s new $3.5B contract will yield Orlando jobs

Lockheed Martin’s new $3.5B contract will yield Orlando jobs

Lockheed Martin has landed another huge contract, $3.5 billion to maintain over 300,000 devices and systems used by the military, the company announced Friday.

And that will result in at least a few dozen new jobs in Orlando if not more, company officials said, and possibly thousands of new jobs…

Many in Orlando’s tourism industry fear Haitian, Salvadoran deportations

Many in Orlando’s tourism industry fear Haitian, Salvadoran deportations

Monday’s deadline for Haitian and Salvadoran nationals to seek re-registration for Temporary Protected Status looms in the mind of Eldine Magnan, director of housekeeping at Orlando’s Rosen Centre hotel.

Thousands of people with TPS work in Orlando’s tourism mecca along International Drive or around…