This estimated price tag on six weeks of catastrophic wildfires in northeast Florida includes the cost of canceling the Daytona 500 and the otherwise steep decline in tourism. The $600 million includes $12 million in destroyed houses, businesses, cars and boats, but only insured properties were considered. The authors' admittedly conservative estimate also includes the costs of 100 percent increases in emergency-room visits for asthma and bronchitis, but does not include lost worker...

Announce your efforts to the community and your customers to build a completely new layer of loyal customers and do something great for the environment. Our company, our customers and the general public already are reaping significant results from Smithfield Foods innovative approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening our dependence on fossil fuels, but certainly there is much more that we can accomplish, said Dennis Treacy, vice president of environmental and corporate...

I'm looking forward to working with EverGreen's publishing and creative marketing teams to reach a more global market and to expand the opportunities for my son's music. To capture what we try to capture in the art form, I m sure some conservative Americans can t [identify] with it because of their lifestyle and the way they ve actually been brought up, and they haven t been exposed to those realities. Bailey used Master P as an example of a rapper who made the decision to sign positive...

Norman Abdallah, president and co-CEO of Fired Up, the franchise's parent company, based in Austin, Texas, said the new name "reflects the energy and excitement of the open-flame grill" and that the chain will be offering "some fabulous flame grilled Italian specialties that are fresh, bold, original and incredibly delicious. Norman Abdallah, president and co-CEO of Fired Up, the franchise's parent company, based in Austin, Texas, said the new name "reflects the energy and excitement of...

The affected beef products produced between March 1 and April 30 by Davis Creek Meats and Seafood, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, were shipped to foodservice distribution centers and Marketplace stores in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The affected beef products produced between March 1 and April 30 by Davis Creek Meats and Seafood, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, were...