In a unanimous vote, the Florida Building Commission recently moved to change the new 2004 Florida Building Code to meet the existing level of wind requirements in the 2001 code. The commission's

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The Jacobson Group staffing firm said it has opened an office in the Bellevue, Wash., suburb of Seattle to provide professional services to its insurance, health care and financial service clients in

Three in five privately held companies report that it is likely that an employee will steal company funds or equipment this year, according to the Chubb 2004 Private Company Risk Survey, sponsored by

Many Americans feel stressed and overworked, according to a recent Harris Interactive study, sponsored by Kronos Inc. Among those surveyed, 62 percent report having experienced an increase in job