Recharge Wrap-up: Cezeta electric scooter, BMW's new Efficient Dynamics engines

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Cezeta is reborn with an EV scooter. BMW unveils new updated Efficient Dynamics engines. Tesla is opening its biggest charging stations yet. Automotive aluminum recycling rates are high.

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The BMW 507 Elvis drove in the Army has been restored

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It will be shown at the Pebble Beach Concours in August.

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Judge rules against songwriter in The Commodores trademark case

A federal judge has ruled against a co-founder of The Commodores in a trademark dispute case over the use of the name of the Grammy-award winning soul music band known for such hits as “Brick House.”

A four-day trial held in the Middle District of Florida in Orlando, laid bare the history and business workings of the renown musical group with testimony from its most famous member, Lionel Ritchie.

U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. ruled Thursday against Thomas McClary, the guitarist who…

Tuning in to shopping: Delivery Agent aims to connect buyers with the products they want

Mike Fitzsimmons founded Delivery Agent in 2005 based on the simple idea of letting consumers buy the products they see on television.

Ten years later, the company has developed two major ways to let television fans do just that. Its ShopTV platform turns smart TVs into electronic shopping centers, with major retailers like Macy's and Wal-Mart as partners. It has also expanded into the interactive advertising space with notable experiments during the Super Bowl that allowed 111.9 million U.S.…

2 banks serving Colorado plan merger, new Denver HQ

Kansas-based Sunflower Financial Inc. - parent of Sunflower Bank, which has 10 Colorado branches - and Texas-based Strategic Growth Bancorp Inc., which owns seven-branch First National Denver, said Thursday they have inked a deal to merge.

And the combined company's headquarters will be in downtown Denver, making it the third-largest Colorado headquartered bank in total assets, behind FirstBank Holding Co. and National Bank Holdings Corp., parent of Community Banks of Colorado and Bank Midwest.

The…

The new BMW M4 GT4 carries the factory-prepped race torch

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BMW will follow up the successful E92 M3 GT4 with the M4 GT4. Testing starts this year to be ready for the 2018 season.

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How this small local firm plans to compete against Lockheed Martin

In one corner, with more than 3,000 employees locally, and established here in 1995: Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Orlando Mission Systems & Training unit.

In the other corner, with 280 employees companywide and founded in 1991: Engineering Support Personnel Inc.

Let's get ready to rumble.

Those two firms, both with offices in Orlando, will fight it out with seven other firms for pieces of a $1.7 billion U.S. Navy contract. The surprise is that every firm, except for Orlando-based Engineering Support…

UMKC picks contractors for complex $14.5M renovation project

McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has been chosen to lead the renovation and modernization of 75,000 square feet of laboratory space in the Spencer Chemistry and Biological Sciences Building at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

The $14.5 million renovation project will address deferred maintenance, outdated facilities, inadequate space for teaching/laboratories and other facility deficiencies.

Built in 1968, the Spencer Building houses UMKC's primary biology and chemistry teaching laboratories,…

Maunakea Marketplace for sale in Honolulu's Chinatown

Southern California real estate investment company Geyser Holdings is looking to sell its Maunakea Marketplace in Honolulu's Chinatown for $13.9 million, Pacific Business News has learned.

The two-story, three-building retail and office complex, which has a total building area of 52,215 square feet, was built in 1989 and is being marketed for sale by Colliers International Hawaii.

The City and County of Honolulu is the property's lessor, with a tenure that lasts through 2054. It is about 92…

Simultaneously with DNC, LGBT civil rights forum kicks off in Philadelphia

Simultaneous with the Democratic National Convention's festivities, a civil rights summit advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is being held in Philadelphia from July 25-28. This Equality Forum brings together over 25 prominent LGBT trailblazers and news-makers for four panel discussions, an LGBT Champions Award Ceremony and more.

This afternoon a national legal panel took a crack at dissecting many of the ways in which LGBT rights are still wavering in terms of workplace…

BMW M5 gets a facial for next generation

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Through the camo we can see all of the typical M Division trademarks.

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Brown & Brown sued by EEOC

A Daytona Beach-based insurance brokerage firm violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to a woman because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit it filed Monday.

According to the EEOC's suit, Brown & Brown, which owns and operates 180 offices across the United States, made a written employment offer to the applicant and also sent her an employment agreement for a “personal lines technical assistant” position at its Daytona Beach location.

According…