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Florida makes millions selling drivers' info
The state of Florida made $63 million last year selling what many think is personal information. A Miami TV station has learned the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is selling people's names, addresses, dates of birth, a list of the vehicles they drive, and it's legal. "Per federal mandate, there are companies that are entitled to this information. Insurance companies, for example, are entitled to this information. Employers are entitled to this information," said Ann Howard of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The state is currently selling this information to companies including Lexus Nexus and Shadow Soft. Those companies gather data on people and then sell that data. [Source: Local 10 ]
It was the worst time on the worst day in the worst month for business, shop owners said. But there they were: dozens of people lined up at the crack of dawn, waiting to shop . . . in their pajamas.
Decked out in sleepwear for St. Petersburg's 38th annual Sunrise Sale & Pajama Party, early risers were treated to coffee, mimosas, bargains and balloons as they strolled up and down Beach Drive early this morning. The specials ran from 6:43 a.m. until noon.
Miami is America's cell phone loss/theft capital, Tampa not far behind
Ever experience that dreadful feeling of rifling through your purse or patting down your pockets only to realize that you're cell phone wasn't where you thought it was? Well Miamians, you're certainly not alone. Miami is in fact America's cell phone loss and theft capitol. Miami New Times
and see data and graphs from Lookout .Old movies still bring new money to First Coast video converters
In the years following World War II, millions of American families used home movies to record weddings, graduations, birthday parties and other special occasions. Florida Times-Union ] Florida lawmakers have rejected more than $50 million in federal child-abuse prevention money. The grants were tied to the Obama administration's health care reform package, which many lawmakers oppose on philosophical grounds. Miami Herald ]
Since Gov. Rick Scott took office in January, Florida's unemployment rate has fallen from 11.9 percent to 10.6 percent while nationally unemployment has gone up. The state's $3.8 billion gap in the fiscal 2012 budget has been closed. And Scott claims credit for creating about 77,000 private-sector jobs. The Fiscal Times in an exclusive interview. "My job is to make sure our state gets back to work, make sure this is the state that's most likely to succeed, and is the most efficient. And we're heading in that direction." The Fiscal Times ] Whether you are sitting in Bleau Bar enjoying a Black Raspberry Fizz, cracking open a two-pound Maine lobster at Gotham Steak or savoring the grilled eel at Hakkasan, your food at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach originates underground.
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About 1300 state workers are being laid off this July, according to Florida's Department of Managment Services. Florida's unemployment rate held steady at 10.6 percent for June. But Miami economist J. Antonio Villamil says he's concerned about the
Then there is Florida. Despite having the country's fourth-highest unemployment rate, its second-highest rate of people without insurance and a $3.7 billion budget gap this year, the state has turned away scores of millions of dollars in grants made
Rick Scott took office in January, Florida's unemployment rate has fallen from 11.9 percent to 10.6 percent while nationally unemployment has gone up. The state's $3.8 billion gap in the fiscal 2012 budget has been closed. And Scott claims credit for
The Chief Deputy Director of the state Employment Development Department called California's unemployment numbers "staggering." Beginning Aug. 1, several changes to Florida's unemployment compensation program that were signed into law last month will
The regional unemployment data show that the states hardest hit by the recession continue to have the toughest road to recovery. For instance, California, Florida and Nevada—among the states most battered by the housing bust—all had unemployment
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