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Florida Citrus Sports Association and other Florida organizations forecast income in the millions from the Citrus Bowl. This is shared by hotels, restaurants, the teams, transportation industry, vendors and concessionaires. Barnett Banks and UCF are sponsoring development of an economic model to help predict the economic impact of sports events.

Freezes three years in a row have damaged the citrus industry in central Florida severely. Agricultural agents and farmers agree that some citrus groves will be sold, especially in rapidly developing areas. Farming is expected to continue in more-rural central Florida where crops include vegetables,cattle, foliage crops, and citrus.

Orlando's radio broadcasting market has attracted investors from outside Florida. The rapid growth of the area, coupled with the FCC's 80-90 rule, has encouraged near-saturation of the radio market. Stiff competition is expected for market share as well as station format changes.

Orlando-based Control Laser Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $6,721 and expects improved earnings for the rest of the year. These profits follow a year of losses. The company is still plagued by a lawsuit filed by the Food and Drug Administration alleging health violations.

Computerized Property Listing Services Inc. has developed a service for Central Florida real estate brokers. Brokers can show potential buyers properties in a chosen category via computer screen. Additinal specifications are added to narrow down a home through factors such as price, location, area, number of bedrooms, etc.

James L. Lentz' bond trading firm, M.G. Lewis and Co. handles Florida bond sales. In 1984 the company sold nearly $2 billion in Florida tax-exempt bonds. He predicts that issues will double in 1985, bringing sales to $3 billion.

After tough years in the early 1980's, Central Florida automobile dealers are prospering. Don Mealey Chevrolet, for example, had 1984 gross sales of $71 million from new and used vehicles. Sonny King's Orange Buick, the largest Buick dealer in the Southeast, had gross revenues of over $110 million.

The FCC granted two cellular telephone licenses in Orlando. BellSouth Mobility was awarded a license and formed a partnership arrangement with United TeleSpectrum. The second license went to Cellular One, a coalition of several companies. Charisma Communications has the largest interest in Cellular One, with 66.3%.

The article discusses addition of passcodes to the iPhone mobile banking application of BMO Harris Bank NA, subsidiary branch of BMO Financial Group that allows customer to use their fingerprints for login. Views of BMO Financial Group's digital channels vice president Cesar Rainusso on the integration of touch identification with passcodes allows better user experience while doing mobile banking are also presented.

The article reports on the accusation of the U.S. government to the Toyota Motor Credit Corp. about the pricing of its auto loans.

The article reports on the plan of banking firm PNC Bank Corp. to open a "pop-up" branch location near Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois on May 16, 2014.

The article reports on the survey from the Moebs Services Inc., an economic research firm in the U.S. which shows that banks do a better job of helping themselves to customers in phone service than credit unions.

Focuses on the restaurants at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Information on restaurateur Jeffrey Chodrow's restaurants at Mandalay; Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. as Mandalay developer; Contribution of casino operations to the 1998 total revenue of Circus.