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The St. Joe Company on Wednesday announced its income numbers — and the news is improving for investors in the company that remains the largest landowner in Northwest Florida. Company officials also announced they plan to unveil a new project…

The St. Joe Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) — after the market closes — to review the company’s results for the second quarter ending June 30. St. Joe’s earnings press release…

Former Pensacola Mayor Jerry Maygarden has been named interim president and CEO of the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce. A Pensacola native, Maygarden is a former city councilman who also served in the Florida House of Representatives, including a stint…

The U.S. Small Business Administration has scheduled seminars in Fort Walton Beach over the next couple of months to help small business owners get the answers they need to be successful in getting financing and starting a small business. Below…

Rowland Publishing wins two prestigious Sunshine State first-place awards from the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

First Commerce Credit Union will help businesses learn how to access capital at a free SBA breakfast seminar on Thursday, June 15. Discussion will center on lending options, including the SBA’s 7A and 504 programs. Speakers will include: Sherwood Brown,…

Florida’s Department of Financial Services is hosting a series of free disaster preparedness webinars for small business owners ahead of the start of the 2013 Hurricane Season. The webinars are part the “Protect Your Home Base” initiative aimed at helping…

Florida’s unemployment rate for April 2013 was 7.2 percent, the lowest since September 2008 and down 0.3 percentage points from March’s rate of 7.5 percent. Over the month, Florida added 16,700 private sectors jobs. The state’s jobless rate continues to…