Category: Archive – News
Dec 24, 2009
Miami Herald–December 23, 2009 BY JIM WYSS About 36 percent of all Florida banks are “problematic” or “troubled” — three times the national average — according to a report released by BauerFinancial, a Coral Gables research firm. BauerFinancial reported that …
Dec 24, 2009
By Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM Insurance Journal–December 23, 2009 The seven fastest growing industries over the next few years include several in the health care field and each of the seven has a unique insurance need that agents …
Dec 23, 2009
By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 23…..Florida lawmakers are trying to get in front of federal attempts to prohibit taxes on Internet travel companies while also bolstering a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bill …
Dec 23, 2009
By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 23, 2009……Despite an exodus of nearly 32,000 residents to other states, Florida’s population rose by 114,091 during the year ending July 1, 2009, because of immigration, the U.S. …
Dec 23, 2009
By DAVID ROYSE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 23, 2009….An “emergency” contract to a private vendor by Citizens Property Insurance to determine whether homeowners getting discounts for hurricane upgrades actually made the upgrades has drawn a …
Dec 22, 2009
Posted on Sun, Dec. 13, 2009 http://fwix.com/flauderdale/share/3047b33ef1/patrons_adjust_to_budget_cuts_at_broward_libraries BY ROBIN BENEDICK Special to The Miami Herald www.miamiherald.com Gone are the leisurely Sunday trips to the library that single mother Karen Purdy relished with her 7-year-old daughter, Jessica. Almost every …
Dec 22, 2009
LAWMAKERS TO HOLD JOB CREATION SUMMIT By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 22, 2009…..With the national recession going into a third year House and Senate leaders Tuesday said they will hold a summit next …
Dec 22, 2009
The Miami Herald published this article on December 20, 2009 BY SCOTT ANDRON sandron@MiamiHerald.com With Florida’s unemployment rate the highest since Gerald Ford was president in the mid 1970s, thousands of state residents are going back to school. Take Barbara …
Dec 22, 2009
The Miami Herald published this article on December 21, 2009. By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend …
Dec 22, 2009
The Miami Herald published this article on December 18, 2009. The Associated Press Education Commissioner Eric Smith says 63 of Florida’s 67 school districts have endorsed the state’s application for up to $700 million in federal grant money. Smith made …