BOCA RATON — Palm Beach County’s Board of Commissioners voted to restructure its incentive plan for the new Boca Raton headquarters of Office Depot (NYSE-ODP), cutting back on tax refunds in return for letting the company cut the number of jobs it said it would create by 230 to 200. The company keeps its commitment to retain 1,750 jobs averaging $76,729.
» Florida Atlantic University removed the name of businessman Barry Kaye from its College of Business at Kaye’s request after Kaye slashed a promised pledge to $3.9 million from $16 million following business reverses.
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DEERFIELD BEACH — Contracting firm RCC Associates was hired to renovate 53 concessions locations and a ticket counter at Land Shark Stadium. The former Dolphins Stadium hosts this season’s Super Bowl and Pro Bowl.
» Electrical contractor Pomeroy Electric plans to lay off 80.
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FORT LAUDERDALE — The stock of BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE- BBX) fell after it announced it would sell shares at $2 apiece to current shareholders to raise up to $100 million to help capitalize BankAtlantic.
» Med device manufacturer Mako Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq-MAKO) netted $54.4 million in a public offering.
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FORT PIERCE — Indian River State College received a $3.9-million federal grant to develop a Center for Competitive Economics and Entrepreneurship.
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JUPITER — Perry Slingsby Systems, a maker of remotely operated underwater vehicles, is laying off 64.
» The Florida Office of Financial Regulation closed Integrity Bank, a one-branch bank with $105 million in assets. Its deposits, branch and some assets were taken over by Fort Lauderdale-based Stonegate Bank.
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MIRAMAR — General Motors closed its Latin American headquarters in Miramar, eliminating 80 jobs.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS — The state, Palm Beach County and Palm Beach Gardens granted up to more than $600,000 in incentives to keep in the county the corporate parent of Tire Kingdom, National Tire & Battery and Merchant’s Tire & Auto Centers stores and nearly 500 Big O Tires franchise stores. TBC promised to create 50 jobs at an average salary of $65,147. The company employs 345 at its headquarters.
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PLANTATION — Kohl’s hired 150 for its new store in Plantation.
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POMPANO BEACH — Eddie Accardi Chrysler Jeep’s Pompano Beach location has been sued for foreclosure by Chrysler Financial Services America.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — The lobby at Martin Memorial Emergency Center in St. Lucie West was named in honor of billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga and his wife, Marti, who donated $1 million to the Martin Memorial Foundation.
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STURT — A Martin County jury decided Martin Memorial Hospital acted reasonably in chartering a plane in 2003 and repatriating a brain-damaged illegal immigrant to Guatemala who had spent three years at the hospital and needed long-term care.