SHARE:
Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
Workplace fright grips Florida workers
Workplace fright has gripped everyone from top executives to desk clerks. It ranges from fear of being fired to concerns about hitting performance goals or losing business to a competitor. Read what scares them the most about the workplace and what experts say about how to manage those fears. [Source: Miami Herald]
Florida Trend Business Profile
Main Street to Wall Street
 ADT headquarter's "Main Street" |
Inside an otherwise standard suburban office building in Boca Raton runs a “Main Street” with a salon/barber shop, fitness center, doctor’s office, massage therapy, chiropractor, Starbucks and a cafeteria. On a weekday morning in August, it was abuzz with the hundreds of employees who filled the building as they readied the debut of south Florida’s latest public company, residential and small-business security monitoring firm ADT. Full story...
Florida economy forecast to build steam in 2013
Florida's economy will finally build some steam in 2013, according to a new forecast released Tuesday by University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith. South Florida's fastest-growing sector will be construction at 5.5 percent annually, followed by business and professional services at 4.3 percent. The education and healthcare sectors will grow at 2.1 percent, according to the forecast. Read more from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Institute for Economic Competitiveness.
Insurers say losses from Sandy won't hit Florida
Insurance experts said Tuesday that home and business owners in Florida should not be affected by insured losses suffered when super storm Sandy ripped through much of the Atlantic seaboard and the Northeast. [Source: AP]
Related:
» Business travelers wait out storm in New York
U.S. newspaper circulation is flat, online share up
Online news continues to account for a bigger chunk of newspaper circulation, according to the semi-annual readership snapshot released Tuesday. On average, digital circulation now accounts for more than 15 percent of newspapers' total circulation, up from just under 10 percent a year ago. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
› International Space Station has Halloween treat for Brevard
Heads up, folks. Look skyward while you are trick-or-treating Wednesday and see a six-minute space station spectacular. At 7:21 p.m., the International Space Station will begin a soaring pass over the Space Coast, and if skies are clear, it should be quite a sight.
› Billionaire puts name, money on hospital expansion
With billionaire B. Thomas Golisano’s money, and now name, behind the planned $250 million Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida expansion, project fundraisers say they have a powerful new marketing tool to attract big-spending donors.
› Workplace bullying is all too real, victims say
Bullying has been around since the first schoolyard. But its fledgling cousin, workplace bullying, is a work in progress with legal and academic experts seeking to define it, even as employee complaints of “bullying” grow. Employers have been left flat-footed by the new species of worker grievance.
› Decision on nuclear plant repair likely delayed again
Those hoping for an answer by the end of the year on whether the busted Crystal River nuclear plant will be mothballed or repaired will just have to wait some more.
Go to page 2 for more stories ...
In case you missed it:
