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From West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale to the Miami River, developers and merchants are opening new stores and restaurants to serve edgy consumers who don't want to mingle in crowded malls and streets any more.
- The $300 in U.S. unemployment money is likely to arrive in January after Congress approved the money as part of a supplemental COVID-19 relief bill. But speed has not been Florida’s forte in delivering jobless benefits during the pandemic.
- In hard financial times, many car owners who are unable to make their payments face reduced credit scores, or worse, having their cars towed away.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis' refusal to shut down businesses may be paying off, The latest evidence came with the announcement this week that sharply fewer Floridians filed for unemployment benefits.
- The state has regained 694,700 jobs since April, more than half of those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- First-time jobless filings in Florida rose along with other large states as people whose initial benefits expired sought federal aid that is set to expire at year's end.
- The powerhouse Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs is reported to be searching the Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County areas as a potential 比特币交易价格行情home for its $8 billion asset management division. Such a move would bring more jobs to the region.
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- Florida’s first-time unemployment claims took another sharp decline for the week ended Nov. 14, falling by 9,868 to 21,538.
- Carnival Cruise Line has opted to not sail from the U.S. until at least February next year as it ramps its efforts to adhere to stringent requirements from the CDC on how to resume safe cruising amid the coronavirus pandemic.
- Chick-fil-A, the national chain of fast food chicken restaurants, plans to open seven new restaurants in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, the company announced Tuesday.
- Holiday bookings in South Florida are expected to fall significantly this year, and it remains to be seen whether travelers will come in sufficient numbers for hotels and other tourist-related businesses to rehire more laid-off employees.
- Despite the declines, economists see a continued slowing in the national job market’s recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic remains out of control amid spikes of new cases in multiple states.
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