BRIEFCASE DOLE OPENS MIAMI FLOWER POWER HQ.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Locally based Dole Food Co. has opened the world headquarters for its Dole Fresh Flowers in Miami, Fla. The headquarters is a 328,000-square-foot distribution center on 17 acres near Miami International Airport Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA) is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. . The complex includes corporate offices, a flower showroom, sales offices and a warehouse. Dole's entry into the floral business was created by the acquisition of several floral businesses. Cost of gasoline up across region Reversing a four-month trend, gasoline prices resumed climbing this week, rising nearly 5 cents per gallon in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and more than 7 cents in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the Auto Club of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, reported Friday. ``The price upswing Upswing An upward turn in a security's price after a period of falling prices. is not unexpected,'' said Auto Club spokesman Jeff Spring. ``Gasoline producers have been trying to bring supplies in line with demand. As a result, gasoline prices are likely to increase for the immediate future.'' The average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles area is now $1.064 per gallon, 7.2 cents more than last week, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Auto Club. Polaroid to revise bankruptcy plan BOSTON - Polaroid Corp. has withdrawn a controversial executive compensation plan from the agenda of a hearing next week and says it's reworking the plan after criticism from retirees and workers. Polaroid previously indicated it would revise the plan after a bankruptcy judge postponed consideration of all but $1.55 million in payments during a December hearing. The original package could have provided more than $5 million to top executives. Now, Polaroid says the plan won't even be discussed at a hearing Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. in Wilmington, Del. Wholesale prices declined last year WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices plunged by 1.8 percent in 2001, the biggest drop in 15 years, squeezing some producers but benefiting consumers in an ailing economy. The big decline in the Labor Department's producer price index, which measures prices paid to factories, farms and other producers, came after wholesale prices shot up by 3.6 percent in 2000, the government reported Friday. |
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