As Miami-Dade waits to hear if it made the short list of contenders for Amazon’s second headquarters, the county’s senior lawmaker gave a blunt thumbs down to the prospects Tuesday over transit woes.
Miami-Dade County’s October unemployment rate decreased to 4.5%, a full 1% lower than the previous year due in large part to the County’s 27,900 new nonagricultural payroll jobs from October 2016 to October 2017. This is the third largest increase of new jobs among counties in Florida. Additionally, the County saw wages increase from $50,596 in the first quarter of 2016 to $54,732 one year later.
Italy’s renowned Istituto Marangoni will open its 10th location, its first in the United States, in the Design District, at 3700 NE Second Ave., in January.
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The Beacon Council’s annual meeting and key ceremony marked the official start of the term of Nelson Lazo, CEO of Doctors Hospital, (right) as chair of the Beacon Council.
Invest Hong Kong has been named the best investment promotion agency of the year in fDi’s 2017 Strategy Awards, with organisations from Chicago and Colorado Springs to Karachi and Krosno also winning accolades for their economic development efforts. Cathy Mullan reports.
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