International Business News - Florida http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The country's financial meltdown might stall Florida's economic recovery a year longer than state economists previously thought. In July, state economists pushed their forecast for recovery back six months to the end of 2009, but on Friday said it could take even longer--possibly until the end of 2010. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/florida-economists-push-back-recovery-estimate.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:49:40 EDT The mother of a missing 3-year-old Florida girl will have access to her car and forensic tests completed by authorities trying to figure out what happened to the child, a judge ruled Friday. But she'll have to wait to find out whether she can leave her home while on house arrest to help explain her version of events to her attorneys, because Ninth Circuit Judge Stan Strickland delayed ruling on that request. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149446-missing-florida-girl.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mom-of-missing-fla-girl-can-access-evidence.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mom-of-missing-fla-girl-can-access-evidence.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:14:33 EDT Floridians can still get home loans despite the national credit crunch, banking officials assured Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday. After a meeting at the Governor's Mansion, Crist encouraged people to see their banker whether they're interested in buying a new home or having problems paying their mortgages. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/bankers-floridians-can-still-get-home-loans.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:29:40 EDT The lawyer for the mother of a missing Florida girl won't say whether he expects her to be indicted on homicide charges. But attorney Jose Baez tells the "Today" show Thursday that he and 22-year-old Casey Anthony have been preparing for the worst. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/attorney-fla-girls-mom-prepared-for-the-worst.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:17:34 EDT Forecasters say a tornado has blown out windows and knocked down trees and power lines near a state park in the Florida Panhandle. According to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, a tornado was seen touching down just before 8:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday. It happened in a subdivision near St. Andrews State Park in Panama City. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/tornado-touches-down-near-fla-park-no-one-hurt.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:56:35 EDT Florida officials say an Orlando woman is now officially a suspect in her 3-year-old daughter's disappearance. The Orange County Sheriff's office says there's no new evidence linking 22-year-old Casey Anthony to Caylee Anthony vanishing. But they say she's been uncooperative and provided suspect information. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/fla-mom-now-suspect-in-daughters-disappearance.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:05:09 EDT THE POLL: Suffolk University presidential poll of 600 likely Florida voters. (27 electoral votes) THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama, 46 percent, John McCain, 42 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/poll-obama-takes-narrow-edge-in-florida.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:17:35 EDT The nation's credit crunch has frozen Florida's ability to borrow money, but that isn't yet causing problems for the state, a top state money manager said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/credit-crunch-makes-borrowing-harder-for-florida.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:53:35 EDT A top Florida money manager says the state can't borrow the money it needs for roads and schools due to the national credit crisis. But Ben Watkins, director of the state's Division of Bond Finance, says Florida can withstand a short term credit freeze. Watkins did warn Gov. Charlie Crist and members of the Florida Cabinet that if the credit crunch does not ease soon it could delay state projects. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/credit-crunch-makes-borrowing-harder-for-florida.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:29:50 EDT A Florida teenager told police Monday that he slashed a woman to death during a burglary and a witness said the teen used the $6 he stole during the burglary to buy beer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/fla-teen-accused-of-killing-woman-for-beer-money.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:20:58 EDT The ghosts of Tampa's old-time wiseguys awakened this summer when Mafia scion John "Junior" Gotti came to town in handcuffs, accused of pulling the strings in a bunch of classic mobster crimes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/gotti-arrest-recalls-fla-mob-history.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:27:04 EDT A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming a missing Florida girl's mother has accused her of kidnapping the child. Casey Anthony says she last saw her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee, in June with a baby sitter named Zenaida Gonzalez. Attorney John Morgan says he represents a woman with that name who says she has never met Casey Anthony. Gonzalez filed a defamation lawsuit against Anthony on Wednesday in Orlando http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/mother-of-missing-fla-toddler-sued-for-defamation.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:28 EDT A teenager who mental health experts say wanted to become a serial killer was convicted Wednesday of luring his 14-year-old friend to a middle school bathroom and stabbing him to death in 2004. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138087-student-slain.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/fla-jury-convicts-teen-in-killing-of-classmate.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/fla-jury-convicts-teen-in-killing-of-classmate.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:22:41 EDT Passers-by are being credited with pulling students from a school bus that caught fire after it was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in north Florida, killing one teenager, a school official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/bystanders-pull-students-from-burning-bus-in-fla.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:11:16 EDT Florida has executed a man convicted of shooting and killing two young sisters after he raped and shot their mother. Thirty-four-year-old Richard Henyard was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday. He had been condemned for the deaths of 7-year-old Jamilya Lewis and her 3-year-old sister, Jasmine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/florida-executes-man-who-killed-2-young-sisters.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:24:17 EDT Police say at least one student has died in north Florida after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus in Citra. Officials say there were about 20 people on the bus and they believe all students have been accounted for. The students were from North Marion middle and high schools. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/1-dead-in-fla-as-tractor-trailer-hits-school-bus.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:50:47 EDT Each night, a half dozen protesters plant lawn chairs across the street from the home of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, demanding a confession from her mother and grandparents. "Baby killer," one woman's sign reads. "My mommy did it!" reads another. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136435-missing-florida-girl.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/protesters-set-up-camp-outside-orlando-moms-home.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/protesters-set-up-camp-outside-orlando-moms-home.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:10:18 EDT THE POLL: The Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll, presidential race, registered Florida voters (27 electoral votes) THE NUMBERS: John McCain 47 percent, Barack Obama 45 percent http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/florida-polls-show-mccain-obama-nearly-tied.htm Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:55:50 EDT Florida's Attorney General's Office says it has received more than 2,800 complaints about gasoline price gouging. As of Friday afternoon, Duval County had the most with 273 complaints, followed by Hillsborough County with 256. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/fla-officials-get-2-800-gas-gouging-complaints.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:26:04 EDT Florida's unemployment rate climbed to 6.5 percent in August, its highest level in more than 13 years, state officials said Friday. That means 606,000 employable Floridians are jobless. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/florida-unemployment-keeps-rising-at-13-year-high.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:23:55 EDT