Downtown Orlando’s Westcourt sports district delayed, construction underway at Creative Village

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 3/4 3:00A Laura Kinsler

The Westcourt Sports and Entertainment District in downtown Orlando has been delayed, its developer disclosed, due to the economic uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs. The high-profile project now...

Spirit plans to sell 20 planes, add Atlanta flights, recall 500 attendants

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 2/17 6:38A David Lyons

Financially-pressed Spirit Airlines, which is reorganizing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is taking steps to sell 20 of its planes in a court-supervised auction while recalling 500 flight attendants and...

Orlando Sentinel 150: Tourists have long loved Orlando; Disney made it a whole new world

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/31 1:00A Dewayne Bevil

As part of the Orlando Sentinel’s 150th birthday, on the first Sunday of each month, we will report on a topic that helped shape the Central Florida of today and how we covered that topic. This month,...

US applications for jobless benefits inch up last week to a still-low 200,000

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 2:54A Associated Press

By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits inched up last week but U.S. layoffs remain historically low despite signs of a softening labor market. Related Articles...

Consumer spending pushes US economy up 4.4% in third quarter, fastest in two years

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 2:43A Associated Press

By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Powered by  strong consumer spending , the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of...

Wall Street claws for more gains in wake of Greenland de-escalation

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 2:32A Associated Press

By CHAN HO-HIM and MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writers Wall Street was poised to open with gains Thursday, adding to the rally from a day earlier when U.S. President Donald Trump walked back his tariff threats on eight European countries...

This customized Lake Nona home was gutted, rebuilt and put on the market for $4.2 million

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/22 12:00A Tiffani Sherman

It isn’t often that someone buys a relatively new home, guts it, and then puts it up for sale. But that’s exactly what happened with a home in Lake Nona. “Everything is customized in the house,...