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Job growth predicted for defense industry
The U.S. aerospace and defense industry is poised to add 39,443 jobs in 2016, an increase of about 3.2 percent and the first job growth in the sector in five years, according to a study by Deloitte. More from Reuters and Politico.
Do Any Of The 2016 Presidential Candidates Understand What Small Business Owners Need?
The vast majority of U.S. businesses are small businesses—and many of the people who own and operate them believe the candidates in the 2016 presidential campaign are ignoring them. [Source: Fast Company]
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» Quarterly small business optimism survey takes January bounce
Ports are creating high-paying, high-growth jobs that help all of the Sunshine State
With four of Florida ports among the nation’s top 25 container ports and three among the top cruise ports in the world, the economic vitality of Florida’s ports should be an important focus of our state leaders. [Source: Florida TaxWatch]
'Small Business Saturday' tax holiday finds support in Florida Senate
With the proposal's sponsor pointing to benefits for consumers and businesspeople, a Senate committee Tuesday approved a bill that would create a tax "holiday" on the Saturday after Thanksgiving for small businesses. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
Many crucial business lessons are not taught in MBA programs
You learn a lot on the way to getting your MBA, but you can’t learn everything in school; there are plenty of men and women in business whose success came more from their ability to work with people and understanding how to adjust on the fly than anything they learned in a classroom. [Source: Business Insider]
› Staples, Office Depot to sell corporate assets to Illinois office supplier
Staples and Office Depot announced an agreement Tuesday to sell more than $550 million in large corporate contract business and related assets to office-supply wholesaler Es send ant.
› Disney World painters laid off amid other reports of cost controls
About 100 painters have been let go at Walt Disney World, according to a representative of the union that represents them.
› Israeli real estate firm buying Miami property
ASRR Capital, an Israeli real estate firm, told its shareholders on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that it signed a contract to purchase property in Miami for $33 million.
› Cruise lines throw in extras for 'Wave' season
Cruise lines are refocusing their Black Friday-es que "Wave" season, injecting it with extras such as drink packages and free Internet instead of the price discounts of years past.
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