Jax Federal Credit Union to expand into Mandarin
The Jax Federal Credit Union is expanding into Mandarin in the new year. A news release from the financial institution announced Monday that the credit union will open a new branch at the intersection...
View ArticleFlorida to dodge significant job cuts in Citigroup workforce reductions that...
Although Citigroup announced Wednesday that 11,000 jobs will be cut from the worldwide corporation that owns CitiBank, very few of those cuts will come the company’s Florida workforce. In a news...
View ArticleRailAmerica Jacksonville facility to be shuttered, jobs to be cut in wake of...
The sale of Jacksonville-based RailAmerica rail service to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. will cost at least 50 jobs, though the details are still being finalized. G&W officials filed a federal Worker...
View ArticleComing Sunday in Parade Magazine - How to Bank a Bundle in 2013
Want to know what $10,000 looks like? Then check out the cover of Sunday’s PARADE—which includes savings tips that could be worth that much over the next 12 months! In this year-round savings guide,...
View ArticleMad at websites with no phone numbers? We want to hear from you
You know the feeling: You go to a business's Internet site, you click on web page after web page looking for a telephone number to reach a live human being and you can't find it. It can be pretty...
View ArticleJacksonville's Brightway Insurance reports big boost in finances for 2012,...
Jacksonville-based Brightway Insurance is on the financial upswing and will be adding more offices and more personnel at its First Coast headquarters. Company officials announced this week that sales...
View ArticleUnitedHealth Group gets more than 1,500 applicants this week for planned...
The job fair this week for a health insurance company’s planned expansion in Jacksonville drew more than 1,000 people. read more
View ArticleJacksonville's Synovus Bank nabs awards for customer service
Jacksonville-based Synovus Bank has claimed 21 customer service awards acknowledging the company’s assistance to the people who use the bank. A Jan. 31 news release said the bank received 17 national...
View ArticleFoundation Financial Group to add 20 jobs in downtown Jacksonville
Foundation Financial Group is expanding its regional sales center and mortgage division which will bring more jobs to downtown Jacksonville. The company is adding its third division of regional sales...
View ArticleGot bullets? Or are you finding a shortage?
Guns don’t fire unless you have ammunition. We're interested in what gun owners think about the supplies of ammo to local retailers on the First Coast. Are you having trouble getting hold of ammo or...
View ArticleJacksonville's Stein Mart posts 11.3 percent jump in quarterly sales
Jacksonville-based Stein Mart posted an 11.3 percent increase in fiscal quarterly sales over the same period last year. According to a news release issued by the company Thursday, Stein Mart’s sales...
View ArticleMortgage rates remain near all-time lows
From the Associated Press: The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage was unchanged this week near historic lows, while the average rate on the 15-year loan fell. Low mortgage rates could help...
View ArticleJacksonville's web.com sees big boost in customers, revenue
Jacksonville-based web.com’s quarterly fiscal report saw nearly a $40 million increase in revenues for the period that ended Feb. 2. In a news release issued Thursday, officials with the company that...
View ArticleJacksonville's Fighter Energy drink to be given to Hollywood stars during...
A Jacksonville-based energy drink company will be part of the red carpet treatment Saturday at the events surrounding the 2013 Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif. Fighter Energy will be part of the...
View ArticleJacksonville Business Exchange hosts networking happy hour Thursday
Small and medium-sized business owners and workers have a shot at expanding their networking capabilities at a Jacksonville Business Exchange mixer set for Thursday. The Business Exchange, with over...
View ArticleWorld Golf Village opens kiosk at JIA hoping to lure golfers to complex
A new promotional kiosk opened this week at Jacksonville International Airport that’s designed to get golfers a round on the links at World Golf Village. The kiosk, near the PGA Tour stop and serviced...
View ArticleJacksonville Business Exchange hosts business expo at UNF Tuesday
A business expo designed to help entrepreneurs develop their own businesses is set for Tuesday at the University of North Florida. The Jacksonville Business Exchange is holding the Business Expo North...
View ArticleGate launches mobile app for convenience stores
Is there some stuff you want to get from a Gate station? There’s an app for that. No, really. Jacksonville-based Gate petroleum and convenience stores has developed a wireless application for that can...
View ArticleJacksonville's Interline lures top executive to join company
Jacksonville-based Interline Brands, Inc., has lured a high-level executive from another corporation to serve in a top slot of the company that distributes and markets maintenance, repair and...
View ArticleSouthwest to offer nonstop flights from JIA to Chicago's Midway airport
A needed boost in airline flights will be coming to Jacksonville International Airport. The Jacksonville Aviation Authority announced Monday that Southwest Airlines will begin nonstop service from JIA...
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