Recently added articles from The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL):

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Pat Beall column.(Column)

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Pat Beall Oct. 8--You will not be hearing us add to the general grousing about no water for cooking and caffeine in West Palm. We will not talk about how Lois Frankel & Co. boosted retail sales of bottled water and wiped out personal reservoirs of ...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., business people column.(Column)

Oct 08, 2007 ... Oct. 8--ADVERTISING: Cotton & Co. in Stuart announced that Christine Salas has joined the agency from TMP Worldwide as an account executive; Charles Smith joins as Web developer working with client Web sites; Nancy Fickett joins from Bozell Kamstra as a senior copywriter; and Ryan Goss has ...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Moving Up column.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Thurwachter Oct. 8--NAME: Barry L. Moore DISTINCTION: Appointed dean of educational services at Palm Beach Community College's Belle Glade campus CITY: Belle Glade RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The folks at Palm Beach Community College ...

Old Florida ranching family faces New Florida challenges.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Salisbury Oct. 8--The Seminole Indians are their neighbors to the south, and cowboys still herd the 1,200 Brangus cattle that roam their property. That much hasn't changed since the 1930s, when the late J.W. McDaniel founded a family dynasty on an ...

Water troubles trickle down.

Oct 06, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Ostrowski Oct. 6--Gerry Novoa sells clothes, not cappuccino, but his business was suffering from the same water woes that shut four Starbucks and sent West Palm Beach restaurateurs scrambling for bottled water and untainted ice. Novoa, who owns Rhythm ...

Businesses left to simmer amid ongoing water woes.

Oct 04, 2007 ... Oct. 4--Ron DelSignore has spent these past few months worried about hurricanes shutting down his business. But it's the past few days that's got him cursing a new enemy: A boil-water order. "We didn't have a hurricane this year," DelSignore, the noticeably ...

Treasure Coast summit stokes fire for innovation.

Oct 04, 2007 ... Byline: Eve Samples Oct. 4--To promote regional economic development, instead of county-by-county business recruitment, Indian River Community College plans to head an "Innovation Council" for the Treasure Coast, modeling it after the public-private group Joint Venture in ...

Foreclosure rate still soaring.

Oct 04, 2007 ... Byline: Linda Rawls Oct. 4--Growing numbers of local homeowners were forced into foreclosure last month -- or chose to default -- as the worst housing crisis in 16 years continued to take its toll. In Palm Beach County, lenders foreclosed on 1,196 homes last month, ...

Report: Chronic diseases cost $1 trillion in lost productivity.

Oct 03, 2007 ... Byline: Larry Lipman Oct. 3--Chronic diseases cost the nation's economy more than $1 trillion a year in lost productivity, and the amount could jump to about $6 trillion by mid-century, according to a report released Tuesday. That is in addition to the nearly $300 ...

Piper asks for $36 million in incentives for Vero Beach, Calif., site.

Oct 03, 2007 ... Byline: Eve Samples Oct. 3--After months of fruitless negotiations with Piper Aircraft Inc., Indian River County leaders learned Tuesday what it will take to keep the airplane manufacturer in Vero Beach: $16 million from the local community and $20 million from the state. ...

Research institute plans to open complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Eve Samples Oct. 2--A company formed by entrepreneur and philanthropist Alfred E. Mann announced Monday that it plans to develop a "major life sciences complex" next to the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies' planned campus in southwest Port St. Lucie. ...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Eve Samples column.(Column)

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eve Samples Oct. 1--Indian River County is taking one more stab at keeping Piper Aircraft Inc. in town. County commissioners will meet Tuesday in Vero Beach to weigh a new package of incentives for the plane maker -- but the offer may not have a heftier price ...

As no-fault insurance ends in Florida, find out what's next.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Randy Diamond Oct. 1--Florida's no-fault auto insurance system has expired -- at least for now. Lawmakers are working to revive the system, and there are plenty of people who believe Personal Injury Protection -- known as PIP -- or some comparable system will ...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Pat Beall column.(Column)

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Pat Beall Oct. 1--ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STARBUCKS: The ubiquitous Seattle-based beanery (Nasdaq: SBUX, $26.20) plans to open another two Palm Beach County locations within the next three months. Greenacres is one site under consideration, but a spokeswoman says no lease ...

Studies call attention to boom and fade of Florida real estate, economy.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Ostrowski Oct. 1--Two studies released last week remind us just how superheated the Florida economy became at the height of the real estate boom and how much it has cooled since. First was the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' new snapshot of economic ...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Jeff Ostrowski column.(Column)

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Ostrowski Oct. 1--Office suite firm Crexent Business Centers has been on a building spree in Palm Beach County. In its latest project, Crexent is converting a former bowling alley at 2101 Vista Parkway in suburban West Palm Beach into office suites. The ...