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Logistics Management
April 4, 2018
With one of the world's most extensive multimodal transportation systems—featuring 20 commercial use airports, 15 deepwater seaports, and extensive highway and freight rail networks—Florida's geography is convenient to global markets and serves as the perfect conduit for Asia-focused container trade.
Holyoke Enterprise
April 4, 2018
Though new to the chamber, Heldenbrand is no stranger to Holyoke. Even when she's lived elsewhere, she's always considered Holyoke to be “home,” as it's where she was born and raised and has many family ties. Her parents are Bob and Brenda Heldenbrand of Holyoke and Matt and Michelle Finley, who live in Florida.
Florida Business Daily
April 4, 2018
Just across University Avenue from the campus of the University of Florida, this AC Hotel sits in lively Midtown Gainesville. Part of the brand new Standard at Gainesville, you'll find abundant dining and shopping options nearby. Less than a half mile from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, known throughout collegeÃâà...
Roll Call
April 4, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, under fire over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April .... he thought he only owned stock in McDonald's and suggested Roll Call was confusing him with his Florida colleague, Republican Francis Rooney.
Florida Trend
March 29, 2018
The state of Florida would be on “Florida” time for half the year and Eastern time for the other half of the year. Some agriculture experts think the law needs to be adopted nationwide for it to be effective in Florida. Interstate commerce could take a hit from permanent daylight saving time, said Josh McLendon,Ãâà...
News965
March 28, 2018
Gaby Ortigoni was regional vice president of Prospera (formerly HBIF, the Florida Hispanic Business Initiative Fund.) Before that, Ortigoni was director of marketing and sales from 2005 to 2009 for the Hispanic chamber . The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando currently has more than 1,700Ãâà...
Tampabay.com
March 28, 2018
Marco Rubio departed from his Miami colleagues Tuesday and said the decision by Commerce Secretary Ross on Monday to include a citizenship question in ... Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has said she fears that asking about citizenship could discourage an accurate count and rob South Florida, home to aboutÃâà...
AL.com (blog)
March 21, 2018
National Commerce Corporation (Nasdaq: NCOM) ("NCC"), the parent company of National Bank of Commerce ("NBC"), headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and Premier Community Bank of Florida ("Premier"), headquartered in Bradenton, Florida, today jointly announced the signing of a definitiveÃâà...
Birmingham Business Journal
March 21, 2018
The acquisition is the latest in a series of expansions for National Bank of Commerce, including the acquisitions of Jacksonville, Florida-based FirstAtlantic and Tampa-based Patriot Bank. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, each share of common stock of Premier – issued and outstandingÃâà...
American Banker
March 21, 2018
National Commerce in Birmingham, Ala., has agreed to buy Premier Community Bank of Florida in Bradenton. The $2.7 billion-asset National Commerce said in a press release Tuesday that it will pay $52 million in cash and stock for the $201 million-asset Premier. The deal is expected to close in the thirdÃâà...
Finance and Commerce
March 16, 2018
MIAMI — Authorities said Friday that cables supporting a pedestrian bridge under construction in Florida were being tightened following a “stress test” when the 950-ton concrete span collapsed over traffic, killing at least six people, injuring 10 others and flattening an untold number of cars. OfficialsÃâà...
NBC2 News
March 13, 2018
State lawmakers have already approved a bill to make it happen, but it still needs the approval of both the governor and Congress. While the tourist industry hails the idea of an extra hour of daylight each evening, some say it will cost their business in productivity. A lot of parents don't like the idea of daylightÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 13, 2018
Florida's number one Judicial Hellhole ranking for 2017 from the American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) is unlikely to be an achievement the state will .... the cost of doing business in Florida, including reducing workers' comp rates, this isn't good news,” Florida Chamber of Commerce's Wilson said.
Finance and Commerce
March 13, 2018
WASHINGTON — Consumer prices increased at a modest pace in February, underscoring that inflation pressures appear to be muted for now. The consumer price index increased 0.2 percent last month, after a sharp 0.5 percent gain in January, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Core prices — whichÃâà...
The Florida Times-Union
March 13, 2018
As the Florida Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Index shows, workforce quality continues to be a growing concern among businesses. A highly skilled workforce is key to ensuring Florida doesn't fall behind in global competitiveness. Additionally, we must continue to signal that Florida is open forÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
March 13, 2018
The Florida Chamber of Commerce wanted to see the cost of living for Floridians reduced this Session, but after lawmakers' focus turned to the Parkland school massacre, the measures passed by the Legislature did not impress the organization. “Rightly so, the last three weeks of session were focused onÃâà...
Florida Business Daily
March 12, 2018
The Bay County Chamber of Commerce will hold their 6th Annual Block Party on Tuesday, March 13th from 5-7 p.m. in front of the Chamber building at 235 West 5th Street. This is the 4th year the Bed Races will be a part of the event. Hundreds of community businesses and residents are expected to attendÃâà...
Florida Business Daily
March 12, 2018
GREATER TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 2018 Active Shooter Preparedness and Response. by Florida Business Daily Reports | Mar 12, 2018. Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce recently issued the following announcement. Learn how to prepare for an active shooter situation: An Active Shooter is an individualÃâà...
Tallahassee.com
March 12, 2018
Samantha Schroeder is a graduate of Chiles High School currently in her second year at the University of South Florida, majoring in biomedical sciences, with an eye toward graduate studies. Robert Skrob is a 2017 graduate of Leon High School planning to major in business administration at theÃâà...
Daytona Beach News-Journal
March 10, 2018
Last fall, Putnam had the support of 26 percent of voters in the Florida Chamber of Commerce poll, with DeSantis second at 9 percent. A Dec. 22 tweet of support from President Trump and all those Fox News appearances later, DeSantis has cut the gap dramatically. A Mason-Dixon poll released earlier thisÃâà...
The Ledger
March 10, 2018
Stacy and Dan Tabb, owners of Boondock Studios, with the Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony from 4:30 to 5 p.m. March 15 at Boondock Studios, 811 N. Florida Ave., Lakeland. Stacy and Dan Tabb, the Lakeland-based husband and wife team of leather artisansÃâà...
The Durango Herald
March 10, 2018
Reid, who played two years at Florida Gulf Coast before he transferred to Texas A&M Commerce, has averaged 16.6 points, 4.3 assists and four rebounds per game. He's said to be faster than Adams State guard Brandon Sly, regarded as the fastest guard in the RMAC. Because of his speed and ability,Ãâà...
Law.com
March 9, 2018
That isn't the case in South Florida, however, according to a recent Berger Singerman survey. Results from the firm's fourth annual South Florida real estate survey reveal that, thanks to e-commerce advancements, continued foreign investment and the newly signed tax bill, professionals expect SouthÃâà...
Charlotte Observer
March 9, 2018
Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan says that after the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, she has started getting questions about what can be done ... Among the things that make the cancellation illegal: The city is trying to regulate gun commerce more stringently than other types of commerce, theÃâà...
News Chief
March 9, 2018
Stacy and Dan Tabb, owners of Boondock Studios, with the Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony from 4:30 to 5 p.m. March 15 at Boondock Studios, 811 N. Florida Ave., Lakeland. Stacy and Dan Tabb, the Lakeland-based husband and wife team of leather artisansÃâà...
Bisnow
March 9, 2018
1) With so many online retailers, how are developers keeping up with the demand for industrial space? 2) What do the e-commerce/supply chain and logistics industry look like over the next 5, 10, and 20 years? 3) What are the environmental impacts of South Florida's growing e-commerce market? What are SFL's largestÃâà...
Florida Weekly
March 8, 2018
A Job Search Support Group meets from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays at the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Contact Karen Klukiewicz at kluk77@comcast.net or visit www.napleschamber.org. Ãâæ Consultants from the Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University are available atÃâà...
The Packer
March 7, 2018
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is urging the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to immediately release the disaster funding to citrus ... been about a month since we passed the most recent disaster supplemental appropriations bill, and that finally included money for Florida's fisheries,Ãâà...
Finance and Commerce
March 7, 2018
Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday proposed $21 million in new funding for security enhancements and mental health improvements in Minnesota schools, the latest response to renewed concern about student safety after the deadly Florida school shooting. Dayton, a Democrat, said the money could helpÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 7, 2018
As the regular session of the 2018 Legislature heads toward a close in Tallahassee, the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board sought out Mark Wilson, the president and chief executive officer of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, to ask what legislation the chamber would still like to see advance. Q: The FloridaÃâà...
Florida Times-Union
March 6, 2018
But Florida's House of Representatives has approved a bill (H.B. 7043) allowing the state agency to take over that job, and a bill in the Senate (S.B. 1402) ... Groups ranging from the state chamber of commerce to the Florida League of Cities and Associated Industries of Florida have backed the legislation,Ãâà...
Wink News
March 6, 2018
A Parkland shooting survivor suggested tourists should not choose Florida as a destination for spring break until the state passes gun control legislation. ... Despite 170 thousand likes and 60 thousand retweets, the chamber of commerce said almost every room is booked on and around the island. “It was aÃâà...
Finance and Commerce
March 6, 2018
As President Donald Trump prepares to impose a 25 percent tax on imported steel, America's steelmakers are actually faring pretty well: The U.S. steel industry last year earned more than $2.8 billion, up from $714 million in 2016 and a loss in 2015, according to the Commerce Department. And the industryÃâà...
FL Keys News
March 6, 2018
The 360 miles of the Florida Reef Tract has been stricken by “an unprecedented disease outbreak — the most serious coral-disease epidemic on ... Bill Nelson alerted federal agency leaders last Tuesday in a letter to the federal departments of Agriculture, Commerce and Health and Human Services.
WLRN
March 6, 2018
The proposed has the backing of groups such as the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Florida, Florida TaxWatch and the National Federation of Independent Business/Florida. A supermajority requirement isn't new to the Legislature. For example, a three-fifths margin is alreadyÃâà...
Florida Business Daily
March 5, 2018
DESTIN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 21st Annual Destin Cobia Tournament. by Florida Business Daily Reports | Mar 5, 2018. Destin Area Chamber of Commerce recently issued the ... Next time we write about Destin Area Chamber of Commerce, we'll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings orÃâà...
Florida Business Daily
March 5, 2018
This group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday mornings at 8:00am at the Weston Town Center Executive Suites, 1792 Bell Tower Lane, Weston. This group is comprised of small business owners generally located on the west side of the county, and typically represents businesses in the Weston, Miramar,Ãâà...
South Florida Business Journal
March 5, 2018
The Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce is the largest business chamber in Palm Beach County, and some of the largest companies in South Florida are involved with the organization. It has a membership of more than 1,400 companies representing more than 55,000 employees in Boca Raton.
AOL
March 4, 2018
Flanked by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) U.S. President Donald Trump meets with bi-partisan members of Congress to discuss school and community safety in the wake of the Florida school shootings at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018.
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 4, 2018
NAVARRE — After occupying the same space for 25 years, the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has moved out of its office in the Navarre Visitor's Center. Last July, Santa Rosa County commissioners discussed terminating the chamber's lease for the office space inside the visitor's center atÃâà...
Miami's Community Newspapers
March 2, 2018
The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce recently honored Brian E. Keeley, president and CEO of Baptist Health South Florida, with the 2018 Sand In My Shoes AwardÃâî during the annual ceremony, presented by Florida Blue. Hundreds gathered at Jungle Island to celebrate Keeley and his incredibleÃâà...
Florida Times-Union
March 2, 2018
“Enough is enough. We have to start holding the credit reporting industry accountable.” The Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, said Thursday that despite “repeated” requests for documents from Equifax as a part of the committee's own probe,Ãâà...
Sun Sentinel
March 2, 2018
“It's just an incredible undertaking,” said Finney, the newest economic development leader in South Florida, having joined the Miami-Dade group about eight months ago. Appearing before the local chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, known as NAIOP, Finney, along with PalmÃâà...
The Ledger
March 2, 2018
The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida, the Florida Justice Reform Institute and the Institute for Legal Reform, an offshoot of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are among those that have sought to address changes in bad-faith laws as part of a no-fault repeal. The House effort has avoided the bad-faithÃâà...
TravelPulse
March 1, 2018
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, Sixt officially opened for business at the Fort Myers International Airport in Florida.
Finance and Commerce
March 1, 2018
But in the wake of the latest deadly school shooting in Florida this month, both Dayton and Republicans made clear that funding school safety improvements would be a top priority. Senate Republicans have suggested creating a dedicated state account that school districts can use to fortify their schools,Ãâà...
Patch.com
February 28, 2018
BRANDON, FL – The man responsible for helping countless Brandon area boys surmount the hurdles to obtaining Boy Scouting's highest honor, the ... who mentored 146 Scouts to achieve Eagle, chairman of the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce or leader of countless other causes, Steve excelled.
Casino Games Pro
February 28, 2018
A gambling bill including the ratification of a local Seminole Tribe agreement was approved yesterday by the Commerce Committee of Florida's House. With only a few days left until the end of the legislative session, some experts doubt that the proposed piece of legislation would get further motion.
Ormond Beach Observer
February 28, 2018
The Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the near-future unveiling of Remembering Vets' Invisible Wounds Memorial in Volusia County on Thursday, Feb. 22. This will be the second memorial by the support organization created to raise awareness of PTSD andÃâà...
Florida Trend
February 27, 2018
Ports along the Atlantic Coast of Florida are continuing to meet demands of growing commerce by advancing a bevy of infrastructure enhancements, including ... to boost industries such as manufacturing and housing, Nancy Keefer, president and CEO of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, says.
