For entrepreneurial founders of locally grown Keke’s – Kevin and Keith Mahen — the restaurant chain’s $82 million sale to Denny’s some 16 years after starting is no doubt a dream come true. And rightfully…
Articles of Interest
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: GOODBYE, iPOD
I was not surprised to hear that, after 20 years, Apple has made a final decision to discontinue the iPod. The original iPod was born Oct. 23, 2001, and revolutionized digital music with the first…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CAR BATTERIES
UCF Professor Jayan Thomas and Ph.D. student Deepak Pandey have found a way of increasing battery life by anywhere from 25% to 35% by converting the outside shell of an automobile or a spacecraft into…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: KMART’S DEMISE
First, it was Montgomery Ward, then Sears, and now, for fans of Kmart’s Blue Light Specials, the end for the ubiquitous retailer sprawled across America is at hand. As of this week, there are only…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AMAZON’S REACH
Slipping through the cracks relatively quietly, Amazon completed its $8.5 billion deal acquiring MGM, the Hollywood studio with more than 4,000 film titles and 17,000 TV episodes, to add to Amazon’s Prime Video and Amazon…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: EA, HOME OR AWAY
As Electronic Arts introduced its new five-story 175,940 square foot downtown Orlando studio this past Monday, more than a new office was at stake. EA’s employees left the Company’s Maitland office some two years ago…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: COMING HOME
As Omicron recedes, Google announced that workers in the San Francisco area need to report to corporate offices in April. Disney, Darden, and others are evaluating their next steps. But the question lurks everywhere –…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: WEAPONIZING FINANCE
Across the country and around the world, military aggression has been met with a financial onslaught. The world has changed since Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939. We are now financially and economically interconnected in…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ROBOT BARTENDER
What do you get when you mate a bartender with a robot? Cecilia – a workhorse at Florida International University, who can mix 120 drinks per hour 24/7, and can even tell jokes at the…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: RABBIT BAN
At a time of darkening clouds on the world stage, some good news emerges from Pasco County, whose county commissioners this past Tuesday banned the sale of rabbits in public places such as flea markets…