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ORLANDO, Fla. --- The next step in stimulating the national economy’s recovery from the worst recession since World War II should focus on small business, business incubators and economic gardening, said Dr. Tom O’Neal, founder and executive director of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program.

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Kinetic Analysis Corporation (KAC), with offices in east Orlando, was recently awarded a major contract by Willis RE to provide real-time analysis of hurricane threats and damage on property assets in the U.S. and Caribbean.

The head of the Federal Communications Commission plans to address students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on efforts to increase broadband Internet access across the country.

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/23/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth.

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More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, shoppers prepare to load their car with purchases from a Kmart store in Somerville, Mass.

Nov. 23 -- Claudia Lenz, analyst at Bank Vontobel AG, talks with Bloomberg's Judith Bogner about a potential Nestle SA bid for British confectioner Cadbury Plc.

Apple has decided it's time to defend its BFF, AT&T, which has been under assault by Verizon over its 3G network. A pair of new Apple ads pick at the parts of Verizon's network that are vulnerable to back up its iPhone partner.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Sabalcore Computing, Inc., formerly known as Tsunamic Technologies, was recently awarded a one-year contract to provide high performance cluster computer services, system management and technical support to the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Geophysics Branch at China Lake, located in the northeast of California's Mojave Desert.

Rupert Murdoch has made no secret of his plans to monetize his News Corp. web sites by making them "pay-only," and he's also made no secret of his boast to block Google from spidering his websites' content. According to the Financial Times, Google's arch-rival, Microsoft, might see those de-spidering plans as an opportunity.

For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.

Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing layoffs for the week ended 11/20/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.

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Microsoft has held talks with News Corp. in which News Corp. would be paid to "de-index " its Web sites from Google , a report says.

LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

A deal to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly 3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says.

A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania.

Turning off lights, turning down the heat and buying with an eye toward energy efficiency is saving New York more than $3.1 million so far this fiscal year.

President Barack Obama is talking up his eight-day trip to Asia, saying his discussions with leaders could help create thousands of jobs in the future.

In this May 12, 2009 file photo, a gas nozzle is seen filling Joseph Bergh's 22-foot fishing boat at a Valero gas station in Sacramento, Calif.

The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday - or later - will receive it is Jan.