• Washington, D.C., is the latest city to consider banning businesses from rejecting cash. Opponents of cashless stores say they discriminate against low-income, homeless and undocumented people.
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• The economy added only 20,000 new people to the job market in February compared with the 180,000 expected, but wages continued to grow to about $28 dollars an hour on average.
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• If you’re shopping for a pre-cut Christmas tree this year, expect to pay a little more than usual.
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• A company that develops treatments for rare diseases may build a new manufacturing plant in Orlando. Has more on the new plant, which would bring jobs and substantial investment to the city.
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• A national small business association is the latest to endorse Gov. Rick Scott in his Senate Race. The group was one of the first to endorse him for governor.
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• Entrepreneurs are going to need more than a good idea to keep their business running. John Dearie with the Center for American Entrepreneurship says one third of startups fail by their second year and half fail by their fifth year. Jerry Ross of the National Entrepreneur Center, John F. Davis of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce and Dearie join us to discuss the state of entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs can improve their chances of success.
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• Twenty-three years ago, Wayne Rogers and Robyn Rogers started making banjos in the back room of their retail music store. Now the company ships out all kinds of instruments from its Titusville factory, including banjos, guitars, drum heads and mini bass guitars.
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