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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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]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Staples, Office Depot to sell corporate assets to Illinois office supplier [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
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 [Orlando Sentinel]
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 [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
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 [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
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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› Learning why some philanthropic programs work [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Philanthropists have poured millions of dollars into improving education in the United States — paying for new buildings, buying new computers and even creating new charter schools.

› Florida Citrus Industry Proposes Dramatic Changes for FDOC [Southeast A Net]
A group of growers, processors and fresh fruit packers who share a deep concern about the grave economic situation facing the Florida citrus industry have submitted a formal request to Florida Citrus Commission Chairman G. Ellis Hunt Jr..

› Cissy Proctor 'fast-tracked' for Florida DEO, official says [Orlando Sentinel]
Cissy Proctor, Gov. Rick Scott's new jobs chief, got unanimous backing Tuesday from a second Senate panel as she moves through her confirmation process.

› Survey Reveals Business Is Trusted More Than Government Around The World [Forbes]
Ed elm an’s 2016 Trust Barometer has revealed that people in most countries around the world trust the business sector more than their governments.