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The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 31, 2025 Operator: Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Allstate’s Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today’s...

Fake Surgery Centers in Florida: A Warning for Individuals

Fake Surgery Centers in Florida: A Warning for Individuals

Florida’s booming cosmetic surgery industry has gained national attention, and not just for glamorous makeovers. Beneath the surface lies a growing threat: fake surgery centers in Florida. Recent incidents in Miami reveal just how dangerous this...

North Florida Water Utility Authority: Unprepared, Unorganized, No Business Plan, No Experience, Spending Money Like Water – Welcome to Never-Never Land

August 1, 2025 7:45 am | 6 min read County Attorney Joel Foreman opines as County Manager David Kraus looks on. Columbia County Observer photo By Stew Lilker COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA) met Wednesday...

Curaleaf Opens 68th Florida Dispensary in St. Augustine

Curaleaf Opens 68th Florida Dispensary in St. Augustine

[PRESS RELEASE] – STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 1, 2025 – Curaleaf Holdings Inc., a leading international provider of consumer cannabis products, announced the opening of a new medical cannabis dispensary in St. Augustine, Fla. Curaleaf St. Augustine,...

Tesla Ordered to Pay $243 Million in Fatal Crash Verdict

Tesla Ordered to Pay $243 Million in Fatal Crash Verdict

Boom. Another headline Tesla didn’t want as of late. On August 1, 2025, a Florida jury hit the electric car giant with a $243 million verdict. The case? A 2019 crash involving a Model S on Autopilot that left one dead and another seriously...

Who pays for fallen tree damage this hurricane season in Florida?

Who pays for fallen tree damage this hurricane season in Florida?

Florida's "no-fault" tree law means homeowners are generally not liable for tree damage caused by natural events like storms, unless negligence is proven. The failed "Fallen Tree Act" sought to shift liability to the tree owner regardless of...

These are the 50 largest accounting firms in Florida

Data was provided by firm representatives to the Tampa Bay, South Florida, Jacksonville and Orlando Business Journals. Number of Florida CPAs serves as a tiebreaker. In the event of ties, firms are listed alphabetically.

Old-fashioned general stores still standing in Florida: Here's a list

Old-fashioned general stores still standing in Florida: Here's a list

WorldAtlas ranked Richloam General Store in Webster, Florida, as one of the five best general stores in the South. The store, originally built in 1922, served the turpentine and lumber industries and was restored in the 1970s. Richloam General...

Mercer Advisors expands in Florida with $1.2B AUM next-gen team

Mercer Advisors expands in Florida with $1.2B AUM next-gen team

It's the mega-RIA firm's third $1B+ acquisition in just three months. Mercer Advisors has announced another acquisition of a big-money wealth management team, its third with AUM of more than $1 billion in the last three months. The Denver...

I'm a CEO who's led teams in the US, Latin America, and Europe. One country's business culture stood out as the most sophisticated.

I'm a CEO who's led teams in the US, Latin America, and Europe. One country's business culture stood out as the most sophisticated.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with 50-year-old Marco Santos, the Global CEO of GFT Technologies, an IT solutions company headquartered in Germany. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I've worked in...

Sen. Tom Wright: The F-35 provides Florida with $21 billion annually

Sen. Tom Wright: The F-35 provides Florida with $21 billion annually

Sen. Tom Wright Florida has established itself as a powerhouse of innovation. The Space Coast, the High-Tech Corridor, and multiple military installations around the state tout some of the most advanced technology that we have today. The Florida...

Justin Timberlake’s net worth: A look at his million dollar endorsements and surprising business moves

Justin Timberlake’s net worth: A look at his million dollar endorsements and surprising business moves

Justin Timberlake has said he is suffering from Lyme disease, a serious illness usually contracted after being bitten by a tick. Lyme disease has witnessed an upsurge in prevalence across a swathe of the US in recent years. In an Instagram post,...

To Danville and beyond: 15 of Florida’s unique wedding venues

To Danville and beyond: 15 of Florida’s unique wedding venues

With pristine white sand beaches, palm trees that sway in the breeze and picture-perfect sunsets, Florida has always proven itself as an ideal place for couples to say, “I do.” With more than 2 million partners choosing to tie the knot in the...

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ONLINE MBA PROGRAM RANKED TOP 25 IN THE NATION BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ONLINE MBA PROGRAM RANKED TOP 25 IN THE NATION BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) "The Princeton Review's placement of FSC's Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise among the top MBA programs in the country demonstrates the outstanding work of our faculty in creating a premier program that blends...

Child predator sting leads to 48 arrests and filing of 153 charges, Florida AG Uthmeier announces

Child predator sting leads to 48 arrests and filing of 153 charges, Florida AG Uthmeier announces

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday the arrest of 48 individuals and the filing of 153 charges during a six-day undercover operation targeting online child predators in Central Florida. The operation, led by the Marion...

Industry Ink: Big Loud Rock, Industry Kickball Clash, Sierra Hull, More

Industry Ink: Big Loud Rock, Industry Kickball Clash, Sierra Hull, More

Big Loud Rock & Parallel Vision Sign Common People Pictured (L-R): Lloyd Norman, Asher Thomson, Konrad Ulich, Darren Potuck, Nicky Winegardner, Cormac Cadden, Sam Belzer, Daniel Oakley, Brad Shultz, Joey Moi. Photo: Ilona Donavan Big Loud Rock and...

Florida AG Announces Investigation into Climate Nonprofits for Alleged Violations of Consumer Protection and Antitrust Laws Based Upon Environmental Disclosures

Florida AG Announces Investigation into Climate Nonprofits for Alleged Violations of Consumer Protection and Antitrust Laws Based Upon Environmental Disclosures

On July 28, 2025, the Republican Attorney-General of Florida announced that his office had “issued subpoenas to investigate whether the CDP (formerly the Climate Disclosure Project) and the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) violated state...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.1.25

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.1.25

Good Friday morning. Another prominent voice in Florida politics just lined up behind U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds’ run for Governor. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, who served two terms as Governor himself, endorsed his fellow Naples Republican in the race to...

Julie Rupenski, President & CEO of MedBest, Named to Top 50 Women Leaders of Florida for 2025!

Tampa, Florida – MedBest Recruiting, Senior Living Executive Search, is proud to share that our President & CEO, Julie Rupenski has been named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Florida for 2025 by “Women We Admire”, a platform and membership...

The hidden truths of the superyachting industry: A survivor's story of abuse

The hidden truths of the superyachting industry: A survivor's story of abuse

In an industry often glamorised by reality television shows and the glimmer of luxury yachts, the darker realities of the superyachting world are hidden beneath the surface. Elle Fisher, originally from Durban but now residing in Mexico, chose to...

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