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    August 3, 2012

    Obama Buys $13 Million in Florida TV Time, Romney Citing Florida Woes

    We've already the political ads flowing in, but there are about to be a lot more: As part of a huge $77 million ad buy, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama has allocated about $13.3 million to Florida ads that are set to start running today, according to CNN. His total media spending i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2012

    Romney Campaign Does Impossible: Gets Obama to Brag About Rick Scott

    Bloomberg had an interesting scoop yesterday: The Mitt Romney campaign asked Gov. Rick Scott to tone down his bragging about Florida's economy because it was interfering with Romney's message of economic apocalypse under Barack Obama. The report also said Scott "was asked to say that the state's job ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Rick Scott Now Doing Damage Control for American Airlines After Bankruptcy Filing

    movies.ign.comCaptain Mack of Nashawn Wade Airlines.​When you're the self-proclaimed "jobs governor," it's a little awkward when a major employer in your state files for bankruptcy.Recently, Gov. Rick Scott has either touted "new" jobs coming to the state or blamed jobs losses on other people, typ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Florida Back to Second Place Nationwide for the Most Mass Layoffs

    yankeesdaily.com​After a pretty good September for not getting laid off in Florida -- only the fourth-most mass layoffs in the nation for that month -- the state is back to its usual position of second-most for October.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted for 91 of the na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Rick Scott's Newest Jobs Stance: "I Could Argue That I Don't Have to Create Any Jobs"

    worstgovernorever.com​Well, here's what everyone wanted to hear from Gov. Rick Scott, the chief executive of the state with the fifth-highest unemployment rate of the 50 states: Not only as he already retracted his campaign promise to create 700,000 extra jobs but he now says he doesn't have to cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Job Anxiety? You Must Work at the Palm Beach Post

    Photo by Lisa RabYes, Post employees are very anxious.​Someone in the Palm Beach Post marketing department has a cruel sense of irony. The paper's latest ad campaign -- now popping up in the paper, online, and on billboards around town -- strikes very close to home for Post staffers."Anxious About ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Tribune Lawyer: More Layoffs Coming To Newspapers

    Well, I posted my thoughts on it Saturday and today we get confirmation: More layoffs coming to Tribune. From today's AP article: [Tribune attorney Kevin] Lantry said the company anticipates "a number of layoffs" this year, but he did not provide a figure, or details on how much money the sev ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    United They Fall

    The effort to unionize Kitchens of the Oceans drove the company out of town and Haitian employees into unemployment lines

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