Category: Florida News
Jan 4, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Local governments could get access to $2.7B in investment pool Local governments with money stuck in a state-run investment pool could get access to another $2.7 billion of their deposits …
Jan 3, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Interior Department OKs expanded gambling at Seminole casinos The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the gambling compact between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe that would allow …
Jan 3, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com By Michael Turnbell and Jon Burstein South Florida Sun-Sentinel January 3, 2008 The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the gambling compact between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe that would allow blackjack, baccarat and …
Jan 3, 2008
By Aaron Deslatte Tallahassee Bureau January 3, 2008 TALLAHASSEE An internal audit conducted by the State Board of Administration last year red-flagged the agency for not adequately supervising risky investment decisions by its money managers. The report foreshadowed problems that …
Jan 3, 2008
Reuters, 1/2/2008 (Reuters) – The cost of reinsurance has fallen after another relatively disaster-free year has likely led to large profits and increased pressure to cut prices, two of the world’s largest reinsurance brokers said on Wednesday. Prices have fallen …
Jan 3, 2008
Miami Herald, 1/2/2008 It appears that the Sunshine State is losing some of its sparkle. Florida’s population grew slower in the year ending July 2007 than any year this decade, according to Census Bureau data released this week. More retirees, …
Jan 3, 2008
Daytona Beach News Journal, 1/2/2008 Some small companies will cover ‘rejects,’ but it’s tough to find them By THOMAS S. BROWNBusiness Writer DAYTONA BEACH — While insurance giants grow increasingly picky about which homes they’ll cover in Volusia and Flagler …
Jan 3, 2008
Sun-Sentinel, 1/2/2008 A well-known name in hurricane-forecasting circles Neil Frank is challenging how the National Hurricane Center classifies storms. Last year, he contends, six of the 15 named systems may have been too weak to really deserve tropical storm status. …
Jan 2, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Neil Frank disputes ‘questionable’ storm counts A well-known name in hurricane-forecasting circles Neil Frank is challenging how the National Hurricane Center classifies storms. Â Insurance crunch hurts clients Some small …
Jan 2, 2008
BY BILL COTTERELL FLORIDA TODAY Quick, what do term-limited Florida legislators have in common with Britney Spears? An inability to learn from mistakes, House Minority Leader Dan Gelber said. "We’ve become the ‘Oops, I did it again’ Legislature," said Gelber, …