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Chapter 7

Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include:

Third Millenium Supply Corp., 515 Pink Ibis Bend, St. Cloud. Filed: Oct. 14. Assets: $258. Liabilities: $165,100. Major creditors: TD Bank NA, Cherry Hill, N.J., $95,000; U.S. Small Business Administration, Birmingham, Ala., $70,100. Creditors meeting: Nov. 19.

Chapter 11

Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for reorganization and protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include:

Junk It Plus LLC, 2247 Northumbria Drive, Sanford. Filed: Oct. 8. Assets: $462,302. Liabilities: $1,535,576. Major creditors: U.S. Small Business Administration, Birmingham, Ala., $454,240; First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Jacksonville, $167,503; Ascentium Capital LLC, Kingwood, Texas, $124,832. Creditors meeting: Nov. 18.

IVF Orlando Inc., 1912 Boothe Circle, Suite 200, Longwood. Filed: Oct. 8. Assets: $100,001-$500,000. Liabilities: $1,000,001-$10 million. Major creditors: Bankers Healthcare Group LLC, Fort Lauderdale, $513,276; Kalamata Capital Group LLC, Bethesda, Md., $173,106; Overton Funding LLC, Hollywood, $120,000.  Creditors meeting: Nov. 12. read more

Disney Cruise Line now has a fleet of six ships after taking delivery of the Florida-bound Disney Treasure at a ceremony in Eemshaven, Netherlands on Thursday.

The line took possession of the 144,000-gross-ton sister ship to 2022’s Disney Wish from the Meyer Werft shipbuilding team after it completed sea trials this month in the North Sea. Its next trip will be a transatlantic voyage with an arrival at Port Canaveral expected on Nov. 12.

It will then head to New York for a christening ceremony before returning to Florida for a series of preview sailings ahead of its maiden voyage on Dec. 21 as it begins alternating seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries. Disney Wish will keep doing short three- and four-night Bahamas sailings from the Orlando-area port.

Disney Treasure had been under construction since the first steel for it was cut in January 2023. It left the shipyard in Papenberg, Germany for the 20-mile river trip to the Netherlands last month so the final seaworthiness tests could be performed. read more

With a November debut launch target from Cape Canaveral still in play, Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin has installed the seven engines that will power the massive New Glenn rocket’s first-stage booster.

The company posted an image Thursday of the seven BE-4 engines in place at the base of the booster, which the company has playfully named “So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance,” a reference to a line spoken by Jim Carrey’s character in the 1994 film “Dumb and Dumber.”

“We have a cool history naming key Blue hardware that dates back to New Shepard,” CEO Dave Limp posted last month on social media. “No one has landed a reusable booster on the first try. Yet, we’re going for it, and humbly submit having good confidence in landing it. But like I said a couple of weeks ago, if we don’t, we’ll learn and keep trying until we do.”

Great job by the engineering, operations and engine teams on the installation (here is another view.) The seven #BE4 engines in this image will deliver more than 3.8 million pounds of thrust for #NewGlenn. Three of the seven engines gimbal to provide the control authority for New… https://t.co/sLdKggbFJm pic.twitter.com/BuFFAy1YtX read more

By DAVID KOENIG and MANUEL VALDES

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing factory workers voted against the company’s latest contract offer and remain on the picket lines six weeks into a strike that has stopped production of the aerospace giant’s bestselling jetliners.

Local union leaders in Seattle said 64% of members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who cast ballots Wednesday voted against accepting the contract offer.

“After 10 years of sacrifices, we still have ground to make up, and we’re hopeful to do so by resuming negotiations promptly,” Jon Holden, the head of the IAM District 751 union, said in a statement Wednesday evening. “This is workplace democracy — and also clear evidence that there are consequences when a company mistreats its workers year after year.”

A spokesperson for Boeing said officials didn’t have a comment on the vote.