Business Archive

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate remained flat for a third straight month, but that didn’t stop Gov. Rick Scott and Republicans from using the latest round of economic news as a way to criticize potential opponent Charlie Crist.

APALACHICOLA — Gov. Rick Scott, saying it’s time to fight for the economic future of the Apalachicola Bay region, announced Tuesday that Florida will file a lawsuit against Georgia over its consumption of freshwater in a river system that serves three Southeastern states.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater wants to know why homeowner insurance rates aren’t dropping.

The weather wasn’t the only thing heating up in June. Sales of area single-family homes were hot, jumping a lofty 42.9 percent, as compared to last year, according to statistics provided by the Navarre Area Board of Realtors (NABOR).

Gulf Power now has an additional method by which customers can pay their electricity bills.

Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce members welcomed Michael Ledger and his new business, Vine Wine Bar & Shop, at a ribbon-cutting on Thursday.

The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida recently moved to 9999 University Parkway in Pensacola. The new location is at the southwest corner of University Parkway and Hillview Drive – one half mile north of Nine Mile Road, just south of the UWF main entrance.  

What do Prozac, Dee Pak Chopra and The Celestine Prophecy have in common? They all served as inspiration for the new book “The Fifth Stage,” by local author Richard Stachler, M.D.

Lowe’s, Sonic Drive-In, Walmart and a number of other big-name corporations are following the trend of offering payroll cards, a prepaid card used as an alternative to a paycheck. However, according to local employees who have experience using the cards, the fees associated with them outweigh any convenience. For this reason, the fairness of their use has been examined nationally in recent months.