Business
F&A; Realty Advisors, a Ventura-based real estate investment company, announced its purchase of the Peace River RV Park in Wauchula, Fla.
Aug. 18, 1998
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., the textbook publisher that fended off a hostile takeover bid in 1987 but tripled its debt in the process, said today that it will sell its theme parks and land holdings.
June 20, 1989
Braniff Inc. will move its headquarters from Dallas to Orlando beginning in May, Braniff Chairman William McGee announced today.
Feb. 9, 1989
The mall is now a warehouse, and Blackstone Group is betting $18.7 billion on the shift.
June 3, 2019
* Mitch Goodstein has been named president and chief executive of PacifiCare of Florida, a subsidiary of Cypress-based PacifiCare Health Systems Inc.
Aug. 24, 1995
Universal Studios, which hoped that its ambitious “Jaws” and “Earthquake” theme rides would help its 2-month-old Orlando, Fla., amusement park rival neighboring Disney World as a tourist attraction, has sued the rides’ designer, saying poor workmanship has kept the rides on the blink.
Aug. 23, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
Cineplex Odeon Corp., the Canadian movie theater company that joined with MCA Inc. in 1986 to build a Florida theme park, bowed out of the project Wednesday by agreeing to sell its 50% stake to the Rank Organisation of Britain for $150 million.
March 23, 1989
Elliott Investment Management and Vista Equity Partners agreed to acquire software maker Citrix Systems Inc. for $13 billion, marking the first big leveraged buyout of the year.
Jan. 31, 2022
Business Briefing
Nov. 21, 2009
GlenFed Inc., parent of Glendale Federal Savings & Loan, said Thursday that it will buy Guarantee Financial Corp. of California, creating a combined thrift system of 217 branches in California and Florida with assets of $21 billion.
Feb. 27, 1987