March 19, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 5/19/2015

Worried about your job? Get used to it

A global shift to more insecure jobs since the financial crisis is fuelling growing inequality and higher rates of poverty, according to a new report that estimates only a quarter of the world’s workers are on permanent contracts. More from CNN Money, the Guardian, RTT News and AFP.

» Quick poll: How secure do you feel in your job?


Dot-com to .pizza: Welcome to the Web domain rush

Hundreds of new so-called top-level domains (TLDs) like .photography, .expert and .pizza are available now that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the domain name system, has expanded access to suffixes. [Source: CNBC]


Commentary: A trillion-dollar tax-exempt cash cow

From Alex Sanchez, president and CEO of the Florida Bankers Association:
For almost a century credit unions have been allowed to parade themselves as banks, offering identical services. Unlike banks, they pay no federal or state corporate income taxes. This loophole should be closed. [Source: Wall Street Journal]


Farmers thrive in the rebounding economy

You've heard that the South Florida economy is rebounding, with overflowing bistros, expanding marinas and new multimillion-dollar homes. Now there's evidence that rural areas are doing well, too. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]


Business slowdown: Traffic jams up South Florida’s economy

Fix it! That’s the cry from South Florida business owners as backed-up roads take their toll on companies from Palm Beach County to the Keys. [Source: Miami Herald]


ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Office market starting to gain traction in Southwest Florida
The office market, typically one of the last in real estate to rebound from an economic downturn, is warming up again in Southwest Florida. While it has yet to reach the fevered pitch of residential sales, office buildings are again attracting investors who are pumping millions of dollars into the region’s recovery.

› Between sessions, a peek inside Florida lawmakers' Medicaid mailbag
Floridians are writing to their legislators to tell them how they blew it by ending a regular session with no budget, and without addressing the state's long-term health care needs. Their clicking keyboards reflect their frustration.

› How a Florida shopping mall ended up in the hands of a Chinese fugitive
The Fashion Mall hasn’t much lived up to its name. Already faltering a decade ago, the South Florida shopping mall has since been hammered by a hurricane, vacated by its tenants and put into bankruptcy, all the time, it turns out, being partially owned by a fugitive from China.

› Tampa Bay a hot market for nonprofit CEOs
Tampa Bay is a new hot spot for aspiring nonprofit leaders. More than a half-dozen nonprofits in the area, ranging from museums to zoos to economic development centers, are searching for chief executive officers.

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