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Women make better corporate leaders than men, study finds
Women make better corporate leaders than men because they are more likely to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake, a new study has found. The study, published this week in the International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, was based on a survey of 600 board directors. [Source: Miami Herald]
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» Advice for women running a business: 'think, eat and breathe your company'
 Dave Barry's interview is here [Photo: Daniel Portnoy] |
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Dave Barry is a 'Florida Icon'
» Apparently, you’ve run down all the real icons there ever were in Florida. It’s a sad commentary on the state that I would be iconic. I can see myself being iconic in Delaware. There’s Joe Biden and then who?
» A lot of the time, when I ended up writing a humor column about something, the thing that initially spurred it was not funny to me at all. It was like horrible when it happened, but then later on you can go, ‘Oh, OK, I can write about that.’ A good example is colonoscopies.
» Full conversation with Dave Barry
Florida a national hot spot for restaurants
OpenTable has announced the 2013 Diners’ Choice Award winners for Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants in the United States. Winning restaurants are scattered throughout 21 states. California topped the list, taking 26 places on the list of winners. Florida follows with 18 winning restaurants. Read more from OpenTable and see our Golden Spoon Awards.
Report shows $20 million incentive giveaway could happen again
An internal investigation has turned up evidence that former Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders were personally involved in pushing a failed, $20 million economic-development project that bypassed the normal review process for incentives. Read more from the Orlando Sentinel and the Florida Times-Union.
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» Digital Domain CEO hits back at damning IG report
Homeowners rankled by foreclosure money going to dorms and developers
Struggling Florida homeowners and consumer advocates are questioning how plans by state lawmakers to spend $200 million in bank foreclosure reparations will stave off foreclosures. The plans, which in the Florida House’s version include paying for college dorm rooms, domestic abuse shelters and mortgage down payments for assistant state attorneys, are being pitched as ways to spend part of the state’s take from the National Mortgage Settlement. [Source: Palm Beach Post]
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» Florida leads U.S. in number of 'zombies' foreclosures
» 'Shadow inventory' is growing
ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
› Gainesville Compost turns food scraps into black gold
Chris Cano and Steven Kanner cycle through Gainesville regularly, collecting garbage that they turn into gold. Gainesville Compost Black gold, that is.
› Delray Beach is looking for new marketing leader
If it has to do with selling Delray Beach to the world, then Sarah Martin has had her hand in it. But not for much longer. The Executive Director of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative – a multi-agency partnership in charge of selling Delray as a hot spot – is resigning effective April 7.
› Jim Greer, Florida ex-GOP chairman, gets 18 months in prison
An Orlando judge on Wednesday sentenced Jim Greer, former high-flying chairman of the Florida GOP, to 18 months in prison for stealing $125,000 from the party. It was a humbling end for a man who, until four years ago, wielded enormous political power in Florida and was part of then-Gov. Charlie Crist's inner circle.
› St. Petersburg Pier lawsuit in the hands of judge
The lawsuit filed by a former City Council member to save the Pier is now in the hands of a judge. After listening to arguments for three hours Wednesday, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Jack Day told former council member Kathleen Ford and city lawyers that he will soon rule on the case.
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