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Polk's Unemployment Rate Falls
The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.The local unemployment rate fell in April, but it was a lackluster month for the job market. Polk County's jobless rate was 7.4 percent last month, down from 9.3 percent the year before and 7.7 percent in March, according to state workforce data...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Manufacturing and Engineering, Rick Scott, Unemployment
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Q&A: Tampa lawyer Chris Cutler
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.A dozen years ago, lawyer Chris Cutler was among a small group of Securities and Exchange Commission staffers examining the books of relatively unknown Texas energy company Enron Corp. "When the SEC opened its investigation, three of us started going at...Tags: Arthur Andersen, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Washington, DC, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla., Robert Trigaux column
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Forget those pricey state economic incentives used like catnip to persuade companies to expand to Florida. Want Fortune 500 corporations to replant their headquarters in the Sunshine State? Buy their CEOs nice beachfront vacation homes. That seems...Tags: Politics, National Collegiate Athletic Association, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Regional Authority, Local Government
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Commercial real estate lags improving housing market
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.When builders broke ground this month on an office park in the Tampa suburbs, perhaps the first speculative project this area has seen in half a decade, one developer called it a "good sign that we've turned the corner on the recession." But don't...Tags: McGraw-Hill Incorporated, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Realty, Rental Service, Homes
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Man who robbed Foothills bank sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.The man who jumped over the counter of the Wells Fargo Bank in the Foothills last September while brandishing a weapon as he stole money from the teller's cash drawer has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison. According to the United...Tags: Prisons, Firearms, Politics, Punishment, Prosecution
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Chris Simmons & Royal Blue headlines Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival
MOUNT DORA — The fifth annual Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival will present headliners Chris Simmons & Royal Blue and Thomas Wynn and the Believers plus a host of other blues performers and styles in the three-day event. Opening-night...
Tags: Wines, Festive Events, Jackie Wilson, Leon Russell, Arts and Culture
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Dollar soars, stocks set new highs on Fed stimulus exit talk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar soared against major currencies on Friday on growing speculation that the Federal Reserve could soon begin to rein in its bond-buying program and after data showed U.S. consumer sentiment hit an almost six-year high in...Tags: Music, Stock Market, Realty, Good Friday, Loan Market
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2013 Preakness Day entries and comments from Maryland Jockey Club
May. 18, Post Time: 10:45AM Entries and comments provided by the Maryland Jockey Club First - Purse $55,000, AOC $25,000-$20,000, 3 yo's & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles Post, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Odds 1 Aussi Austin, Rosario, R.Rodriguez, 3-1...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, China Earthquake (2010), The Jockey Club Incorporated, Rosie Napravnik, Kentucky Derby
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Jimmy Orth: Better plan needed for water conservation
In a recent May 8 op-ed, Colleen Castille said that "today, we're too far down the road of water consumption to turn back, but we can move forward with a better plan." I wholeheartedly agree that Florida needs a better plan, one that aggressively focuses...Tags: Water Supply, Water, Environmental Pollution, Plant Openings, Environmental Issues
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SEC asked to review shareholder voting rules over JPMorgan move
ReutersThe Council of Institutional Investors, which represents managers of pensions, endowments, and foundations with more than $3 trillion of assets total, has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to review rules for shareholder voting. The council,...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Finance, Jamie Dimon, Financial Markets
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ghosts of Tom Joad
The New America of George Packer's ambitious history, "The Unwinding" is a morally compromised patchwork of failed institutions, Ponzi schemes, bankruptcies, foreclosures, ignorance and fear. But it is also a country where idealism still exists, and...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Petroleum Industry, Media Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mitt Romney
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Gov. Rick Scott's choice: to veto or not to veto?
Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott must soon sign the new state budget, and he's getting intense feedback on all sides: from lawmakers protecting hometown projects, hospitals worried about losing money and a business-backed group criticizing pork-barrel spending. Scott,...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Museum of Science and Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regional Authority
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