PHOTO: Rosa Navejar, President of The Rios Group, and Robert Martinez, Founder and CEO of the Braven Agency.
Chambers

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Selects Three Small Business Leaders to National Board of Directors

Auto worker Imani Long assembles parts that will be welded by a robot for the Dodge Dart rear wheel house at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Warren Stamping Plant in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. | Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg Finance LP
United States

US factories grew more slowly last month; index dips to 57.5

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Construction

More Contractors Report Canceled Projects Than Starts, Survey Finds

This rendering shows the new building the Ryan Companies is constructing as the future JEA headquarters in downtown Jacsonville. | Photo: Ryan Companies.
Construction

Construction starts on once-doubted JEA headquarters in downtown Jacksonville

A passer-by walks past a store closing sign, right, in the window of a department store, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Boston. Americans may feel whiplashed by a report Thursday, Oct. 29, on the economy's growth this summer, when an explosive rebound followed an epic collapse. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Money

Blowout US economic growth in summer is already fading

FILE- In this April 23, 2018, file photo, the logo for Visa appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Visa Inc. said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, that its fiscal fourth quarter profits dropped 29% due to fewer dollars crossing on its namesake payment network while the world was in the grips of a pandemic-caused recession. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Money

Visa 4Q profits plunge as pandemic slows payments worldwide

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, cargo cranes are used to take containers off of a Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation boat at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash. The U.S. trade deficit rose in August to the highest level in 14 years. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Global Trade

US trade deficit up to $67.1 billion in August, 14-year high

Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in New York. Stocks are rising on Wall Street Friday as talks appear to be continuing in the start-and-stop drive on Capitol Hill to deliver more aid to the ailing economy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Stock Market

Stocks climb, closing out biggest weekly gain in 3 months

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2020 file photo, shoppers walk through the Valley Mall in Halfway, Md. U.S. consumer confidence fell for second straight month in August as a resurgence of virus cases in many parts of the country heightened pessimism about the economy. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP, File)
Money

US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.9% in July

FILE - In this June 25, 2020 file photo, a price sign is displayed at a retail store as a store employee wears a mask while working in Niles, Ill. Small businesses are in limbo again as the coronavirus outbreak rages and the government’s $659 billion relief program draws to a close. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Money

US retail sales rise for 3rd month but slowdown expected

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Real Estate

Business As Possible: Florida Realtors® 2020 Convention Goes Virtual, Offers Strategies for Success

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