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Buyers finding more homes on the market
Real estate agents and analysts say more homeowners are testing the market because higher home values have restored the equity they lost during the housing bust. The changing landscape is giving a boost to the traditional spring selling season. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
See also:
» Office Depot-Staples merger could affect real estate market
» 3D, mobile tech enhancing real estate market
» Despite decrease, Florida is No. 3 in foreclosures
Hybrid businesses merge food, drinks and shopping
In recent years retailers have been expanding their horizons, with grocers moving into prepared foods and electronics stores stepping into technology repairs. But some shops are finding common customers in seemingly unrelated fields. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
Column: Why grow jobs when you can steal them?
Forget the charm offensive. In Gov. Rick Scott’s war against other states for jobs, his strategy is more akin to the taunt offensive. As the nation is emerging from the deep recession and jobs are being created, governors have determined that luring jobs from other states is a legitimate economic development tool. [Source: Tallahassee Democrat]
Gov. Rick Scott’s tax cuts, education spending at risk
Less than two months ago, an enthusiastic Gov. Rick Scott, fresh off his re-election victory, unveiled his plan to spend Florida's $1 billion surplus. But as the release of the House and Senate budgets showed on Friday, Florida's financial picture has changed dramatically since then. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
Artificial intelligence is almost ready for business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an idea that has oscillated through many hype cycles over many years, as scientists and sci-fi visionaries have declared the imminent arrival of thinking machines. But it seems we’re now at an actual tipping point. [Source: Harvard Business Review]
ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
› Generation W speakers look at where women will be in the next decade
In the next decade, expect to see more women in the boardroom, in congressional chambers, in decision-making roles and navigating the corporate jungle gym. At the same time, you may see a downturn in the degree of violence toward women.
› In Florida's "beer war," the growler appears to be winning
The Florida Legislature appears poised to pass a bill that would legalize 64-ounce refillable beer jugs or "growlers," which are legal in every other state. Florida already allows quart and gallon growlers, but the popular half-gallon became a pawn in a battle over the complex laws regulating brewing and sale of beer.
› Taxation meets Chinese drywall contamination
The organization hired to oversee the distribution of checks in at least one of the Chinese drywall lawsuits has sent 1099 tax forms to thousands of homeowners across the Southeast.
› Tampa's Hard Rock casino wants to go global — but can it?
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has declared that the fate of its plan to build the biggest hotel in Hillsborough County hinges on the fate of the deal that lets it offer baccarat and blackjack in Florida.
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