Florida Trend Daily Pulse Newsletter

FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Friday's Top Stories
"What You Need to Know About Florida Today"

Friday's Daily Pulse

Florida banks lose $175M in 2011
Florida’s commercial banks lost a combined $175 million in 2011. Despite the overall trend, however, two of the state’s subregions managed to be profitable.

Dalton Agency gets Atlanta link
Jacksonville's Dalton Agency is spreading north as it merges with the Atlanta advertising firm Kilgannon.

National unemployment number much prettier than Miami-Dade’s
Today’s national jobs report will undoubtedly remind Miami-Dade how much worse the hiring market is compared to the rest of the country.

» FRIDAY PREVIEW: Coming next week to FloridaTrend.com:

Small business profile Consult A Doctor makes bottom lines healthier
Restaurants in Florida 'Eat Here' is new to Holmes Beach
Fresh Diet is a 'promising company' The North Miami company makes prestigious Forbes list.
Timing is everything at Certified Manufacturing The economic downturn was beneficial for the Okaloosa County manufacturing plant.

You'll find all these stories first on the Daily and Afternoon Pulse e-mails.

Earlier:
- Legislative showdown set on casino plan
- Florida's business courts
- Lawmakers weigh bills to create online sales tax
- Hospitals dodge budget cuts | More news ...

Who said that?

	I don't think there's a plain in Africa to hold all the white elephants the council has produced over the years.

Datamine

Women comprise 34% of Florida Bar membership. Thirty years ago, women accounted for only 8% of membership; 20 years ago, 20%; 10 years ago, 27%. More...

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