The Florida Communications Group on Monday laid off 53 employees and eliminated 12 open positions because of continuing declines in the local advertising market, executives said. ...more

March 31, 2009

The Florida Communications Group Monday laid off 53 employees and eliminated 12 open positions due to continuing declines in the local advertising market, executives said. ...more

March 30, 2009

The era of the consumer-driven economy may be over. After powering U.S. and global growth for more than a generation, the American consumer has run out of gas. Burdened by debt and no longer able to borrow against rising home and stock values, U.S. households have begun a retreat in spending that will require the nation and the world to find new economic drivers, economists say. ...more

March 24, 2009

LAKE PLACID — The bad news is that county residents are facing an economic downturn or recession, said a local economist, but the good news, it's only temporary, and will not last forever. William Pittenger, senior vice president and chief real estate economist, risk advisor with Seacoast National Bank, predicted an eventual economic upturn from a recession, which he said probably began in late 2007. Pittenger addressed more than 100 Greater Lake Placid Chamber members at last week's meeting at the Elks Club. ...more

June 18, 2008

Passengers bound from Tampa International Airport to New York on American Airlines Flight 1282 Sunday night were still waiting to leave the terminal in Tampa hours after they were scheduled to land at LaGuardia Airport in New York. ...more

September 15, 2007