DALE BRILL: FLORIDA’S INNOVATION MIX CAN’T COMPETE (YET)
GE announced on Jan. 13 that it had chosen Boston as the new destination for 800 employees who now work in its Connecticut headquarters.
Although pending tax increases had been blamed for...
Harris Corp.’s deal with Osceola’s high-tech facility is bigger than you think
It may not be such a daunting task to attract more national, well-known firms to sign on with Osceola County's planned high-tech manufacturing and research facility now that Harris Corp. has broken the...
Year in Review: New tech jobs, rocket launches among top 10 tech stories in...
Based on our data, Orlando Business Journal readers really loved knowing what places were hiring engineers and software developers.
Looking back, 2016 was filled with job growth and rocket launches when it came to...
Stay and fight! Orlando entreprenuers talk tech scene growth
Improving Orlando's tech scene is a hot topic as city and business leaders often review strategies to attract more talent and major companies.
While small startups have more than a few rough...
LESSON FROM AUSTIN: South Florida isn’t bragging enough
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance dispersed throughout Austin, Texas to engage in meetings with the city's key business and government leaders, and found that the ways Austin "keeps it weird" isn't strange at...
Tech Data HQ expansion is a first for Largo’s new economic development tool
Tech Data Corp. is the first company to take advantage of a new economic development initiative by the city of Largo.
Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) will get a property tax break each year...
Florida TaxWatch: Incentives boost Florida’s economy, create jobs
Florida TaxWatch released a study on Thursday, calling for the Florida Legislature to invest in the state's economic incentive programs in order to grow the economy and create jobs.
The research institute and...
Next state house speaker: Sanford Burnham should repay incentives
The incoming speaker for the Florida House said Wednesday he intends to hold Sanford Burnham Institute accountable for failing to create jobs it promised in order to get government funding.
Rep. Richard Corcoran described...
Invest in service workers, Richard Florida tells crowd in Orlando
Cashiers, cleaners, servers and other workers in Florida's gigantic service sector are a key to the state's economic future, several experts said Wednesday at the annual forum of Florida Chamber of...
State cuts off funding for S. Florida biotech center
The state has cut off incentive funding slated to go to a South Florida biotech center lured to the state a decade ago because of failure to meet job-creation goals over...
