Jacksonville Business News

Jobless rates continue to grow in Lee and Collier counties In September, Collier's unemployment rate rose to 13.1 percent, up from 12.7 percent in August and 8.4 percent a year ago. Meanwhile, Lee's rate increased to 13.9 percent, up from...

Drought, freezing weather and a fatal disease have savaged Florida's $9 billion citrus industry, causing output to drop to its lowest level in three years, the government and industry analysts said Friday. The U.S. Agriculture Department forecast Florida's 2009/10 citrus...

The New York Times News Service, which repackages Times stories for other media outlets, is laying off at least 25 employees. Those cuts are in addition to the 100 newsroom jobs the Times plans to eliminate by the end of...

On top of last year's 39,000 non-renewals of Florida homeowner policies, Nationwide will start cutting another 60,000 in 2010...In Sarasota and Manatee counties, 3,500 will get cut while 2,950 will be left alone. Nationwide says it will help policyholders find...

The consortium is led by Starwood, a real estate investment firm, and TPG, one of the world's largest private equity firms which has investments in firms such as Harrah's Entertainment. The two will each have a 40 percent stake in...

Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 1:08PM EST H ome Depot, the second largest US retailer by sales, expressed guarded optimism on Tuesday over the stabilization of the U.S. housing market, but cautioned that its store sales results were...

The pace of construction was still below last year's level but the 1,108 houses started in the third quarter surpassed the 900 that were started in the previous three quarters combined with the most activity in Orange and Seminole counties,...

So far this year, 33,547 workers found or kept jobs in Florida due to stimulus funds flowing through state agencies, Gov. Crist 's advisor on the stimulus reported on Friday. State agencies were required to report jobs to the federal...

Unemployment in Florida crept up to 11 percent last month, according to new state figures, rising by two-tenths of percent from August's revised rate of 10.8 percent. Metro Orlando, meanwhile, saw its jobless rate jump to 11.5 percent, up almost...