NEW YORK CITY-One of the world's biggest and most famous retail sponsored parades, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, annually kicks off the holiday frenzy. Retailers looked to this Black Friday to jump start business.

ORLANDO-The never-say-die developer is submitting a new application for $8 million in startup state funds and $22 million in long-range money. The 35-mile system would run from Lake County to Downtown Orlando. The state pulled the plug on the project in January.

VANCOUVER, WA-The nation's largest owner theater chain is looking for breaks as it prepares for a possible bankruptcy filing along with the No. 2-sized chain Loew's Cineplex. Four other major chains already have filed this year.

NEW YORK CITY-Sonneblick-Goldman, based here, arranged for a refinancing loan from a pension fund for Plymouth Meeting Executive Campus, a four-building class A complex of office space in Plymouth, PA.