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  • Jacksonville happy city for college grads
    Happiness is liking your job, your coworkers and a decent salary, said online career website CareerBliss. CareerBliss, an online career website, has ranked Jacksonville number three in its list of the “happiest cities for job-seeking college grads.” That’s good news for local college graduates hitting the streets this month in search of their first job. Forbes magazine, which did a more in-depth look at the rankings, said the online website analyzed the average cost-of-living-adjusted salary,...


  • Jax Chamber endorses anti-discrimination ordinance
    The Jax Chamber passed a resolution Friday encouraging the City Council to pass legislation that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. The chamber’s resolution reaffirmed the organization's 1992 Declaration of Human Values. The city has an ordinance that bans discrimination based on factors such as race, nationality and gender, but not sexual orientation. The Jacksonville City Council is considering a ban on sexual orientation-based discrimination. “This issue impacts our city and...


  • Florida docs losing licenses rise 52 percent - slideshow
    The number of doctors who lost their license in Florida jumped 52 percent from 2010 to 2011, from 95 to 144, according to data released May 17 by the Federation of State Medical Boards. Nationwide, the number of doctors who lost their license to revocation, suspensions, surrender or mandatory retirement jumped 5 percent, from 1,815 in 2010 to 1,905 in 2011. The total number of actions — including revocations, restrictions, other prejudicial actions and non-prejudicial actions — jumped about...


  • Mayor Brown launches training program to prepare local college students for careers
    Mayor Alvin Brown has formed yet another public-private partnership, this time teaming up with a number of colleges and businesses to establish the Mayor Brown’s Leaders in Training program. The city partnered up with CSX, the Jax Chamber, WorkSource, Edward Waters College, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville University, Nova Southeastern University, the University of North Florida, Keiser University and the University of Phoenix to create this new public-private partnership for...


  • Rep. Brown passes amendment clearing way for state and local funds in Mile Point project
    Rep. Corrine Brown passed an amendment Friday to H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013, to authorize funding for the Mile Point project. “As a senior member on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Corps of Engineers, I have served as one of the biggest advocates for the Port of Jacksonville,” Brown said in a news release. “I have also worked closely with the U.S. Corps of Engineers for several years to secure authorizing language...

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  • Yahoo sells back half of Alibaba stake for $7.1B
    Interim Yahoo Inc. CEO Ross Levinsohn is going to get billions of dollars to help his turnaround efforts. Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) on Sunday night announced a deal to sell half its stake in Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for 6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in new stock. Alibaba also agreed to buy back another quarter of Yahoo's stake at the price of a planned initial public offering or let the Sunnyvale-based content hub sell the sell the shares in the IPO. Alibaba chief Jack...
  • Puget Sound Business Journal wins six regional journalism awards
    Puget Sound Business Journal staffers and a contributing writer won six awards May 19 in the Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Staff Writer Greg Lamm and Assistant Managing Editor Steve Goldsmith won first place in the category of general news reporting for "Other people’s money," a three-part series on fallen Seattle financier Darren Berg. The installments were: - Frat brothers, investors, partners -- all of them trusted Darren...
  • Milwaukee apartments sell for $11M in Chapter 11 reorganization
    Fox Point landlord Daniel Bruckner sold two Milwaukee sites to Jomela Properties for $11.1 million and will use the money to pay off debts in his Chapter 11 reorganization. Bruckner in January filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, listing more than 30 different properties under his ownership in Milwaukee and surrounding communities. They had a combined value of nearly $54.4 million. Major mortgage holders on his properties include Fannie Mae, Waterstone Bank, North Shore Bank and Westbury Bank, according...
  • Preakness 2012 photo gallery
    A record crowd of 121,309 packed sun-soaked Pimlico Race Course on Saturday for the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes, a race ending with Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another edging out Bodemeister for a thrilling victory. With the win, I'll Have Another now has a chance to capture horse racing's Triple Crown with a win at the Belmont on June 9. The Preakness crowd, up from 107,000 a year ago, surpassed expectations by the Maryland Jockey Club. In the early afternoon Saturday, Jockey Club...
  • Business Journal wins 12 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards
    The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal won 12 awards at the 35th annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards given by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club Saturday night. The Business Journal awards were in the non-daily newspaper category and the broadband category. The paper won were five First Place awards, four Second Place awards and three Third Place awards. The paper won one of only two overall excellence awards for broadband journalism in a competition in which all media —...