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NUMBERS AS THEY COME OUT TODAY.
THE DOW OPENS TODAY AT 12-
THOUSAND 786 AFTER GAINING 19
POINTS YESTERDAY. THE NASDAQ
OPENS AT 25-13 AFTER GAINING 16.
AND THE S & P OPENS AT 14-59
AFTER GAINING FOUR POINTS.
FORGET REAL ESTATE AGENTS...
SOME LOCAL HOME OWNERS ARE USING
A DIFFERENT WAY TO SELL THEIR
PROPERTY. TAMPA TRIBUNE REPORTER
SHANNON BEHNKEN HAS THE DETAILS
IN THIS MORNING'S BUSINESS
REPORT.
15 ... GOOD MORNING. ...
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL YOUR
HOUSE, YOU MAY BE WAITING,
WAITING AND WAITING ... FOR A
BUYER ... BUT THERE'S AN
OPTION YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE
CONSIDERED: AN AUCTION.
NEARLY 40 SELLERS HAVE SIGNED UP
FOR A REAL ESTATE AUCTION TO BE
HELD THIS SATURDAY AT 11 A.M. AT
THE HARD ROCK CASINO IN TAMPA.
OWNERS OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES,
CONDOS, AND EVEN VACANT LAND,
HOPE TO MAKE DEALS THIS WEEKEND.
AS THE REAL ESTATE MARKET SLOWS,
MORE SELLERS ARE TURNING TO
AUCTIONEERS TO MAKE SALES FAST.
MORE THAN 16 BILLION DOLLARS IN
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE WAS SOLD
BY AUCTION LAST YEAR - UP 12.5
PERCENT FROM 2005. ... DESPITE
THE EFFORTS OF THREE ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO SLOW DOWN A
PROPOSED ETHANOL PLANT AT THE
PORT OF TAMPA , THE PLAN
IS MOVING FORWARD. PORT
COMMISSIONERS VOTED YESTERDAY TO
APPROVE A LEASE OPTION FOR PORT
SUTTON ENVIROFUELS, WHICH WANTS
TO BUILD THE PLANT. THE VOTE
ENSURES SIX MONTHS OF EXTENSIONS
FOR LEASE OPTIONS ON THE 24-ACRE
SITE. NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY.
SOME RESIDENTS OF HARBOUR ISLAND
AND DAVIS ISLANDS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ODORS,
AIR POLLUTION AND THE PLANT'S
WATER USE. ... WITH THE TAMPA
TRIBUNE, I'M SHANNON BEHNKEN.
AND THAT'S TODAY'S BUSINESS
REPORT.
ALICIA ROBERTS IS UP NEXT WITH
ANOTHER CHECK ON YOUR MORNING
COMMUTE.
AND IT WAS ANOTHER SLOW START
FOR THE LIGHTNING LAST NIGHT
BUT COULD THE TEAM PULL OFF A
LATE-GAME COMEBACK AGAINST THE
PANTHERS? THE ANSWER IS COMING
UP IN YOUR MORNING SPORTS.
>> STILL A LITTLE CHILLY HERE
THIS MORNING, BUT NOT QUITE AS
OFUPLETHE LAST
MORNINGS.
TEMPERATURES THE
MOMENTS.
THIS IS NEWSCHANNEL 8 TODAY.