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Associated PressJanuary 8, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump pledged to step away from his family-owned international real estate development, property management and licensing business before taking office Jan. 20. With less than two weeks until his inauguration, he hasn’t stepped very far. Trump has canceled a handful of international deals and dissolved a few shell companies created for prospective investments. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2016

On June 23, Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy of Florida’s 18th Congressional District walked onto the pitcher’s mound at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. for the Congressional Baseball Game with hopes of beating the Republicans for the eighth year in a row. In fact, all he needed to do was hold the Democrats’ 7-6 lead for one more […]

Blake DowlingApril 17, 2016

This battle between Apple and the FBI is one of the most controversial technology stories of the year. The FBI, while trying to get into the phone of the two San Bernardino terrorists, took Apple to court. The agency demanded that Apple help the agency get data off the locked phone and then said “never […]

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2016

Nothing said summer in the old South like the taste of boiled peanuts, the smell of tobacco drying in the barns and a big, ol’ cloud of DDT wafting on the evening breeze. I was one of the mid-century modern barefoot kids running down the dusty North Carolina street behind the mosquito truck. Every night […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 2015

Do people truly understand the power of the middle class? I think they’re starting to overseas. We may not have invented the concept of a middle class, but we perfected it and everyone wants to emulate it. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, countries around the world have been reconfiguring their economic policies to […]

Associated PressJanuary 12, 2015

Orlando is submitting a bid to be the host city for the Copa America Centenario USA tournament in 2016. Orlando City Soccer Club, the Central Florida Sports Commission and Orlando Venues are partnering in the effort to bring the popular Latin American championship to the Orlando Citrus Bowl, and to central Florida for the first […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2014

Yesterday in Nashville, Republican Governor Bill Haslam announced the new Insure Tennessee plan, a two-year pilot program that would provide health care coverage to tens of thousands of Tennesseans who currently don’t have access to health insurance or have limited options. The plan would be leveraged with federal dollars available through the traditional Medicaid expansion […]

Mitch PerryDecember 15, 2014

Business and political leaders in Tampa Bay have been putting an intense focus on establishing trade relations in Central and South America in recent years, making excursions to Columbia, Panama and most recently, Chile. Now they’re targeting Brazil. On Monday morning, the Florida Chamber of Commerce presented a two-hour discussion on creating business opportunities with the largest country […]

Guest AuthorJuly 9, 2014

Maybe columnist Ann Coulter was on to something when she wrote: “No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer.” Maybe the Molly Pitcher of the Extreme Right had a notion of what she was talking about when she sought to rain on the red, white and blue FIFA soccer World Cup love-fest of […]

Guest AuthorMay 28, 2014

A great thing about my job is I spend time working with Florida’s higher education institutions. Our colleges and universities create graduates and spur economic vitality. Florida has an excellent balance of both private and public institutions working in service for the people of Florida. Higher education is the springboard for many Floridians to success. […]

Tag: Brazil

Days from inauguration, Donald Trump still owns/controls 500 companies that make up the Trump Organization

Richard El-Rassy: Keep Patrick Murphy on the bench

Blake Dowling: Apple vs. FBI and the bounties for ‘bug hunters’

Linda Cunningham: Halting Zika virus creates conundrum in the Keys

Tim Bryce: An argument for capitalism

Orlando bidding to host international soccer tournament

Mitch Perry Report for 12.16.14 – Yet another GOP governor works to expand Medicaid

Tampa Bay business officials target Brazil for more trade opportunities

Andrew Skerritt: World Cup links us to a piece of our immigration heritage

Ed Moore: Young workers, entrepreneurs need pro-growth reform