The News Service Of Florida

July 28, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A Democratic state legislator joined the call Wednesday for information from Attorney General Pam Bondi on why she fired two assistant attorneys general who were heavily involved in investigating alleged mortgage fraud.

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June 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Canadian armored car and ATM maintenance company Garda World Security Corp. officially announced Wednesday that it will put its U.S. headquarters in Boca Raton, bringing 100 white collar jobs to Palm Beach County.

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August 05, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Changes by the Florida Legislature to the state's early retirement system appear to have prompted a surge in enrollment in the program.

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April 20, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Florida lawmakers are poised to vote on major changes to the state's 25-year-old growth management law that would reduce state oversight over new development, which environmentalists fear will lead to unchecked sprawl and damage to the state's waters and lands.

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September 01, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A new program aimed at getting people to report suspicions about others drew criticism Thursday from at least one civil liberties group, which said it will inevitably lead to profiling.

By Michael Peletier The News Service of Florida

3 minute read

July 27, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Calling the proposed rate increases painful but necessary, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s Board of Governors on Wednesday unanimously approved sinkhole premium increases for 2012 that will cause rates for coastal homeowners to skyrocket, some by thousands of dollars a year.

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March 10, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Florida added 8,400 jobs from a year ago as the state's unemployment rate fell to 11.9 percent in January, a 0.1 percent dip from December, the Agency for Workforce Innovation reported Thursday.

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2 minute read

August 04, 2011 | Daily Business Review

In a sign that Florida's housing market may be on the road to recovery, the state's top economist expects an increase in school property tax rolls next year of 1.3 percent.

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May 04, 2011 | Daily Business Review

As the House prepares to vote today on a property insurance bill that seeks to address what insurers say plagues the industry - from re-opened hurricane claims years after a storm to questionable sinkholes - the issue may be up against the legislative clock.

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5 minute read

December 06, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Documents from the Scripps Florida Funding Corp. show that Scripps has fallen short of the larger economic impact promised in early studies.

By The News Service of Florida

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