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Banking & Finance
Stronger International Markets Buoying Florida
Still, challenges remain.
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Published on 11/1/2009
Rising Young Professionals
Florida's young professionals are making their presence felt in government, non-profits and business.
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Published on 10/1/2009
Passing the Torch at Raymond James
Leadership transitions are high-stakes affairs. In hiring his own replacement, Tom James has adopted a phased-in succession.
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Published on 10/1/2009
Ocala's 'Economic Catastrophe'
These days, talking to Pete Tesch, president and CEO of the Ocala/Marion County EDC, is a lot like talking to an emergency-management official in the wake of a hurricane.
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Published on 10/1/2009
Focusing On Accounts Receivable
So many entrepreneurs are having problems with cash flows, that paying late just seems to be becoming more and more pervasive.
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Published on 9/28/2009
This Accountant Keeps Candidates Squeaky Clean
Nancy Watkins is the GOP's go-to accountant.
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Published on 9/1/2009
Report: Net Worth of Your Politicians
For the most part, Florida's elected officials suffered through the economic downturn like the rest of us. But some fared better.
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Published on 9/1/2009
World's Largest Junior Financial Achievement Center Opens
This month, buses will arrive in Coconut Creek at the world’s largest Junior Achievement “world” center to deposit the first of an estimated 50,000 students who will visit annually for an education in hands-on financial decision-making.
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Published on 9/1/2009
Trendsetters: Investing
Last year, when many banks were desperate to meet liquidity requirements, they began selling prized assets. GenSpring Family Offices’s Andrew Mehalko was there to snap up the good stuff.
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Published on 9/1/2009
Imagine Barney Frank Barking at You
Be careful with those TARP funds.
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Published on 8/1/2009
These Workers Saved Government Millions
The Prudential-Davis Productivity Awards.
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Published on 8/1/2009
Bosses Take Pay Cuts to Keep Others Working
At companies throughout the state, business leaders and senior managers are opting to take large pay cuts themselves in order to avoid cutting the salaries of rank-and-file employees or eliminating jobs altogether.
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Published on 8/1/2009
Growing Interest in BankUnited
Federal regulators took over and sold BankUnited in May, but the bank won’t disappear, and in fact will likely get bigger.
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Published on 8/1/2009
We're Too Dependent on Debt
But having bumped along at 1% or less for most of 2006 and 2007, the savings rate began climbing as the recession took hold and climbed above 5% in April.
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Published on 7/1/2009
Citizenship for Sale
A visa program that lets foreigners invest their way into permanent residency is getting a new lease on life, thanks to the recession and tight credit.
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Published on 7/1/2009
Report: Florida's Banks and TARP
Time will tell which banks made the right choice in seeking TARP funds -- or avoiding them.
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Published on 7/1/2009
Public Companies in Deep Debt
Out of Trend's 350 list, Moody’s Investors say 283 of them are debt-troubled.
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Published on 6/1/2009
Private Companies in Deep Debt
Following is a rundown of Florida private companies on
Moody’s debt-troubled list for the first quarter of 2009. Read more »
Moody’s debt-troubled list for the first quarter of 2009. Read more »
Published on 6/1/2009
Pressure Is On for Company Boards
"2009 is a year of unprecedented challenge for the boards," says business attorney David Bates of Gunster in West Palm Beach.
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Published on 6/1/2009
Even Microlenders Are Tightening Requirements
After suffering a major loss in its loan portfolio last year, the Miami-Dade office of Acción USA, a non-profit that makes small-business loans of between $500 and $50,000, is — for the first time — requiring FICO scores from loan appli
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Published on 6/1/2009
Timing Was Right to Buy This Florida Newspaper
As editor of the High Springs Herald, Ron Dupont has tried to buy the Herald for years. He finally got the chance.
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Published on 5/1/2009
First Green Banking on a Niche
Longtime banker Ken LaRoe wasn’t sure how potential investors would react to his idea of combining his passion for banking with his environmental zeal to create a “green” bank. They liked it.
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Published on 5/1/2009
Two Legislators Crack Down on Ponzi Schemes
Richard L. Barrett, an Orlando attorney who helped represent Thunder Cross, says the court’s decision will likely "cripple" the state’s motocross industry.
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Published on 4/1/2009
