By ARTHUR D. POSTAL Published 7/31/2009 NU Online News Service, July 31, 10:55 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON–Controversial legislation that would bar foreign-owned insurers from moving their U.S. earnings into tax havens...
The investigation into whether former House Speaker Ray Sansom inappropriately funneled money to a northwest Florida college heads to the committee room next week. On Wednesday, Rep. Bill Galvano, the head of the committee...
New York Times–July 26, 2009 By DAVID LEONHARDT Every fight over health care reform is different, and every fight over health care reform is the same. In 1929, Michael Shadid, a doctor in western Oklahoma, proposed an...
The News Service of Florida An every five-year discussion of state energy efficiency standards devolved Wednesday into an frenetic debate about the effectiveness of the Florida Energy & Climate Commission. Eager to do its...
A lawsuit filed in Miami federal court accused a major insurance firm of encouraging people to invest money with accused swindler Allen Stanford. Miami Herald Staff A Venezuelan investor is accusing a global insurance broker...
July 19, 2009 By DAVID SEGAL THERE will be admirers of Floyd Abrams, the most famous First Amendment lawyer in the country, who are surprised to learn that he represents a corporation widely regarded as Part of the Problem...
Gov. Charlie Crist keeps hailing the federal stimulus package as a magic job-saver — on Wednesday he pointed to $2 billion of the money helping 26,000 teachers stay employed in Florida. The governor’s...
BY AMY SHERMAN THE MIAMI HERALD Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry has proposed laying off 250 workers and is trying to find money to prevent Sheriff Al Lamberti from closing a jail. Henry released her $3.4 billion...
BY SCOTT ANDRON The Miami Herald Florida’s economy needs less onerous regulation of international banking and more investment in education, local business leaders told the state economic development agency Tuesday...
Bloomberg News Insurance regulators are too dependent on ratings firms and need alternatives to companies like Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service, said New York’s chief industry watchdog,...