March 19, 2024

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| 9/22/2014

Existing home sales fall in August

Fewer Americans bought homes in August, as investors retreated from real estate and first-time buyers remained scarce. Sales of existing homes fell 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.05 million, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. More at the AP.

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» Cities Where Buyers Still Paying with Cash
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Business Profile
Pacesetter Personnel Services

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Mario Castillo is the general manager of Pacesetter Personnel Services, a company that sends out workers for day labor. Many of the jobs are in construction or warehouses and workers can be placed anywhere as far North as Palmetto to as far South as North Port.

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Sales and Marketing Advice for Florida Business
What a square pizza will teach you about marketing

It’s the crucial one-two punch for your online marketing. You can’t have one without the other -- like spaghetti and meatballs, peanut butter and jelly, or rock and roll. Amazing content coupled with an outstanding call to action will generate leads. Read Ron Stein's full column.


Orlando area sees surge in women technology entrepreneurs

Beth Caffera is part of a surge of women entrepreneurs in Central Florida technology industries in recent years, local experts say. Their products run the gamut, from gaming software and nano-medicine to sensor technology and GPS analysis software. More at the Orlando Sentinel.


Parkway to buy 22 office properties for $475 million

Orlando-based Parkway Properties Inc. is under contract to acquire some of the most premiere suburban office real estate in Tampa Bay along with 19 other properties in six states. More at the Tampa Bay Business Journal and Bloomberg.


Identify problems before they impact your customers

Every organization will have to deal with customer issues at one time or another since no one and nothing is perfect. These product or service problems can be caused by anything from computer malfunctions to failure by a supplier to deliver. More from Jerry Osteryoung.

Statistics
Hispanics only group to see its poverty rate decline and incomes rise

hispanic poverty Hispanics are the only major racial or ethnic group to see a statistically significant decline in its poverty rate, according to 2013 Census Bureau figures. The drop in the poverty rate among Hispanics – from 25.6% in 2012 to 23.5% in 2013 – contributed to the first decline in the nation’s overall poverty rate since 2006. Read more from the Pew Research Center and the U.S. Census.


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