Visit Jacksonvilles Annual Event Invites More Businesses More Affordably For Marketing Packages
Florida Business News
Visit Jacksonville officials made it clear at their ?destination celebration? annual event Wednesday that they were cheerleading recent increases in tourism numbers.Officials at the event, which featured turquoise-blue lighting and a cresting wave framing a huge projection screen, also unveiled plans to get more local businesses to financially buy into the effort to lure more visitors here.
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Jimmy Johns Sandwich Shops Suffer Security Breach Two Jacksonville Shops Impacted
Florida Business News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ? Jimmy John?s sandwich chain said Wednesday that it believes customers? credit card data was stolen from 216 of its shops between June and September.The Champaign, Illinois-based chain said in a news release that stores in 37 states across the United States were affected. It did not say how many customers are affected.
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SBA To Award $1.6 Million To UNF Small Business Development
Florida Business News
The University of North Florida in Jacksonville is among eight institutions that supports small business development that will be targeted for funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration.The SBA announced Tuesday that the federal agency is starting a new program called ?ScaleUp America? designed to help companies grow and enhance local entrepreneurial ecosystems in communities.
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Shad Khans Decision To Pull Funding Puts Business Dreams On Hold
Florida Business News
While Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan is ending his funding for the One Spark-associated business accelerator group KYN, the launch of some new businesses is at least in limbo, if not in jeopardy.Danielle Calhoun was in the process of getting her startup business Black Sheep Bride off the ground and she said KYN was primarily responsible for taking the business plan from concept to near reality. She said when she found out KYN had ceased operations because of the end of funding from Khan, it was disturbing.
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Preservationist/Realtor Myrtice Craig: 1942-2014
Florida Business News
Myrtice Craig was passionate about historic preservation ? be it her own house, other people?s homes or promoting the restored Prime Osborn Convention Center. She was the first full-time executive director of Riverside Avondale Preservation?She helped launch this organization into one of the largest neighborhood preservation groups in the South,? said historian and RAP founder Wayne Wood.
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Its Your Money: Budgeting For Clothes With A Family And Seasons
Florida Business News
One of the great things about North Florida is that we actually have seasons. As someone who spent most of her life in Southern California, this proved to be quite a shock. When we were making plans to move, one of our biggest criteria was that there wouldn?t be any snow. I assumed that if we were living near the ocean and in a Southern state that the climates would be quite similar. But the temperature changes during the seasons are completely different.This becomes a budget issue when it comes to clothes.When the temperatures start to cool, our wardrobes have to change.
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Shipyard To Pay $1 Million To Settle Federal Suit
Florida Business News
North Florida Shipyards and its president will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit that said the company created a front business to get Coast Guard contracts intended for disabled veterans, the Justice Department said Wednesday.?Those who expect to do business with the government must do so fairly and honestly,? said Acting Assistant Attorney General Joyce R. Branda. ?We will not tolerate contractors who seek to profit at the expense of our veterans and taxpayers.?
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Stock Market Sets Another Record High On Heels Of Election
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NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks returned to record levels on Wednesday as a rebound in oil prices boosted energy stocks. The stock market also gained after the completion of midterm elections that saw Republicans take control of the Senate.The direction of the stock market has been dictated by swings in the price of oil this week. Energy stocks plunged on Monday and Tuesday on reports that Saudi Arabia was cutting prices for U.S.-bound crude. On Wednesday, oil rebounded on a smaller-than-expected increase in overall U.S. supplies.
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