Unemployment compensation taxes paid by Florida businesses will skyrocket next year because of the state's high jobless rate that hit 11 percent in September, revenue officials said Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2009

Unemployment compensation taxes paid by Florida businesses will skyrocket next year due to the state's high jobless rate that hit 11 percent in September, revenue officials said today. ...more

November 18, 2009

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says his office and the Hartford Financial Services Group will refund or issue credits totaling more than $48 million to Florida businesses. ...more

August 14, 2009

Some small and midsize businesses lately are ready to strangle their bankers, who they say have cut off lines of credit and called in loans. ...more

March 28, 2009

Some small and midsize businesses lately are ready to strangle their bankers, saying they've cut off lines of credit and called in loans. But bankers are in good company among growingly tight-fisted financiers. Behind the scenes, lesser-known "commercial finance" firms often are the ones actually cutting off money to Bay area and Florida businesses. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Florida Wildlife Commission is tweaking its requirements for those who own exotic species, and Susan Williams is among a group pushing for neighborhood notification when people have exotic and dangerous species. ...more

March 13, 2009

No one wants to see the return of the day when Florida businesses were bombarded by crippling workers' compensation claims. But reforms adopted by the Legislature in 2003, as the state Supreme Court found, went too far. ...more

March 4, 2009

At least 34 Florida businesses would be eligible to obtain low-interest loans from the state to help them expand under a bill lawmakers passed Wednesday. ...more

January 15, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist is asking economic development leaders to help him persuade lawmakers to create a pilot program that would provide loans to growing businesses. ...more

January 7, 2009

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement unveiled a new system Wednesday to notify businesses of domestic security issues that affect them. ...more

May 8, 2008