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State Senate posts filled
Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla is the Florida Senate's new majority leader, and Sen. JD Alexander will be the chamber's budget chief. Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, appointed Diaz de la Portilla from Miami to lead the chamber's...Tags: Upper House, Government, Lake Wales, Alex Diaz de la Portilla, National Government
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With Florida in hole, lawmakers could fold on Indian casinos deal
Tallahassee BureauFlorida's multibillion-dollar budget deficit is forcing Republican legislative leaders to reconsider their opposition to a deal that Gov. Charlie Crist struck last year to expand tribal gambling. Officials for the Seminole Tribe of Florida have met...Tags: Republican Party, Executive Branch, Laws, Bill McCollum, Parliament
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4 strategies for protecting cash investments
Tribune Media ServicesUnder the mattress, in the cookie jar or buried in the backyard were common hiding places for cash in less sophisticated times. Today the sophistication level is higher, but the fear of losing money is every bit as real. Cash investments, also known...Tags: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Financial Markets, Stock Broking, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Deficit dampens opening of Legislature
Tallahassee BureauState legislators officially opened the 2008-10 Florida Legislature on Tuesday, a normally jovial occasion weighed down this year by a multibillion-dollar budget deficit and a worsening recession. The 35 new House members and seven rookie senators who...Tags: Republican Party, Values, Laws, Marco Rubio, Government
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State lawmakers cutting local 'pork' requests
Tallahassee BureauFlorida's budget slump is prompting state legislators to pull the plug on pork. Faced with a spiraling budget deficit, House and Senate leaders announced Wednesday they were scrapping the time-honored tradition of allowing lawmakers to submit community-...Tags: Laws, Government, Employees, University of Florida, National Government
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Question and answer: Money market funds and 'breaking the buck'
Q: I have heard the term "breaking the buck" in regard to money market funds. I know Reserve Primary Fund did this due to Lehman Brothers debt securities. Is this a problem for all money-market funds? - K.H., via the Internet A: "Breaking the buck,"...Tags: Finance, Mutual Funds, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Financial Markets, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Freshmen lawmakers angling to become speaker unintended consequence of term limits
Tallahassee BureauHouse Republicans are planning a lavish golf retreat at the lush Panhandle WaterColor Inn and Resort near Destin this week after their new leaders are sworn in at the Capitol. Given the austere economic climate, incoming House Speaker Ray Sansom, R-...Tags: Republican Party, Lake Mary, Dining and Drinking, Laws, Government
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South Floridians favor some kind of Big Three bailout
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs Congress mulls a $25 billion loan package for the troubled U.S. auto industry, South Florida auto dealers and drivers are hoping for relief to get more people buying cars. New vehicle sales in South Florida plunged roughly 30 percent in the past two...Tags: State Budgets, General Motors Corp., Fort Lauderdale, Government, AutoNation
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Economic downturn putting a hurt on eBay
QThe stock of eBay has really gone into the tank. What is the outlook? F.H., via the Internet AA slowing economy is taking a heavy toll, especially as eBay tries to reinvent itself because its online auction platform is slipping in popularity. Its...Tags: Mutual Funds, E-Commerce Industry, Auction Service, Internet, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Vistazo Noticioso
Los comisionados de la ciudad han rechasado la idea de que la ciudad ingrese al negocio de los bienes raíces. Pero, en lugar de eso, la ciudad piensa utilizar una subvención que recibió de $3.4 millones del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano...Tags: Marco Rubio, Boynton Beach, Florida, Delray Beach
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People on the Move
Nonprofits Marcelle May/national assistant director of marketing and communications, American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA), Israel's 911. J. Kevin Hertell, managing director, SPCA Wildlife Care Center, Fort Lauderdale. Harvey Rafofsky/...Tags: Advertising, Fort Lauderdale, Government, National Government, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Florida will fall more than $2 billion in the red this year
Tallahassee BureauState economists agreed Friday that Florida's state agencies, courts and classrooms will fall about $2.1 billion into the red this year. The reason: plummeting revenues caused by the global recession, the credit crunch and the collapse of investment and...Tags: State Budgets, Laws, Government, Key West, National Government
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