ORLANDO, Fla., --- Plainvue Software, Inc., an independent video game studio based in Orlando, is expanding to offer publishers, virtual schools and digital text producers custom design of learning games for late elementary and middle school students. Plainvue produces the Order of the Abacus™ series of video games available for download at the Apple iTunes Store for iPhone and iPod Touch. The game series is designed to sharpen the math skills of late elementary and middle school students. Recent releases include Fraction's Kitchen™ which reinforces pre-algebra topics, quantities and manipulation of fractions, Chainshooter™ which teaches math orders of operations, and Fortune's Prime™ which teaches ...
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TAMPA, Fla. --- Lennar’s Central Florida Division is offering to double the U.S. federal tax credit available to all home buyers on the purchase of select new homes at Heritage Isles in New Tampa, South Fork in Riverview, The Verandahs in Hudson, Hampton Hills in Lakeland and Creekside in Mulberry. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said Lennar will contribute $6,500 toward the price of select new homes that qualify for the $6,500 tax credit. Lennar’s offer to match the U.S. tax credit is good through Dec. 31, Metheny said, adding that the $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers is ...
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Shares of most homebuilders were mixed in Wednesday trading after two reports gave weak readings on the current housing market. Bucking the trend was Pulte Homes Inc., which jumped after a Citi analyst said the current price of its shares didn't reflect its earnings potential. As the housing sector improves over the next six months, investors will focus on the earnings homebuilders could post in fully-recovered economy, said Citi Investment Research analyst Josh Levin in a note to investors. Pulte's current share price doesn't reflect that optimism, he said, upgrading Pulte to "Buy" from "Hold" and raising his price target on the stock by ...
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SANFORD, Fla. --- The Sanford Airport Authority, which manages Orlando-Sanford International Airport, has re-elected Geof Longstaff to his fifth one-year term as chairman of the board of directors. Longstaff is chairman of Mercantile Capital Corp. in Altamonte Springs, and is currently in his third term with the Airport Authority Also elected was Tim Donihi, vice-chairman. Donihi, a real estate broker with Pilot Properties in Sanford, is in his second term on the board, and formerly served as secretary-treasurer. Bill Litton, a new member of the board, was elected secretary-treasurer. Litton is employed with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. For more information contact Diane Crews, ...
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SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. --- Winston-James Development, Inc. recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,050 square feet of office/warehouse space at the Beville Road Business Park, located on Beville Rd. at SR 5A in South Daytona. Joseph Schwartz, development coordinator for Winston-James Development, negotiated the lease agreement with Makotek, Inc. a prime contractor with Time-Warner Cable. For more information, contact: Winston Schwartz, President, Winston-James Development, Inc. Beville Rd., South Daytona, Fla. 32119; 386-760-2555 James Adley, Principal, Winston-James Development, Inc. 386-760-2555 Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com
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