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Special Report: South Florida Economic Forecast
Monday, April 12, 2010
As the Daily Business Review’s Business Advisory Board convened for its first-quarter discussion of the South Florida economy, Congress had just passed the contentious national health care reform bill and the Florida Legislature’s annual session was about to be gaveled to order with a heavy jobs agenda confronting lawmakers. The task before the DBR panel
 
S. Fla. seventh-best place to start a business
Monday, January 18, 2010
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area moved up five spots to rank as the seventh-best place to launch a new business in 2010, according to a new Portfolio.com/bizjournals study. Miami-Fort Lauderdale placed 12th last year. Rankings were calculated through a formula that took account of population, employment and small-business growth. Austin, Texas,
 
Chamber's economic scorecard shows Florida is getting pummeled
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation released today a new assessment of the state's economy, and the view -- unlike the web site -- ain't pretty. The "Florida Scorecard" considers more than 200 different measures, looking at everything from employment to birth weights to graduation rates. It then pulls them all together to provide
 
Economic Forecast
Monday, October 5, 2009
There are about 100 municipalities scattered across South Florida, and this fragmented environment hinders the region's economic development efforts as it seeks to emerge from the recession, members of the Daily Business Review's Business Advisory Board contend. "If somebody calls me up and says, ‘I can bring 500 jobs to Miami-Dade, I'd
 
Non-Hispanic whites leaving Broward, Palm Beach County in large numbers
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Non-Hispanic whites are leaving Broward and Palm Beach counties in droves. Meanwhile, the dramatic growth of Hispanics and other minority groups has slowed to a trickle. The latest U.S. census estimates, released today, show that the number of non-Hispanic whites in Broward County went down by more than 24,000 between 2006 and 2007, single-handedly
 
Palm Beach County officials aren't cutting spending in tough times
Thursday, June 26, 2008
In a year of cutbacks, one corner of Palm Beach County's budget sticks out: The five countywide constitutional officers haven't reduced a single job position, and they in large part are preparing to spend as much or more than they do now in property taxes. As the county's operating budget dwindles amid a crumbling economy, these officials are