http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss Jacksonville Business Journal : breaking news from Jacksonville http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily30.html?ana=from_rss Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. said Thursday it plans to eliminate 12,000 jobs, or approximately 4 percent of its total work force. It will take a severance charge in the fourth quarter of about $600 million. (T) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:03:16 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily29.html?ana=from_rss Design imaging company a21 Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday along with its two subsidiaries. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:56:13 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily28.html?ana=from_rss The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency touted an enforcement program that it says cut pollution in the Southeast by 1.2 billion pounds in fiscal 2008. (GGC) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:31:17 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily27.html?ana=from_rss High incidence of infectious disease and a high rate of uninsured people caused Florida to drop to near the bottom of the list in a state-by-state analysis of the nation’s health. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:24:38 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily26.html?ana=from_rss Deteriorating retail spending, declines in the housing market and the national economic woes helped drag the Southeast economy into deeper weakness in October through mid-November, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book report published Dec. 3. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:54:20 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily25.html?ana=from_rss Various officials involved in transportation issues around the Port of Jacksonville fielded questions ranging from funding concerns to the role rail will play. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:54:28 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily24.html?ana=from_rss More than half of the chief financial officers at oil and gas exploration and production companies say the credit squeeze presents their biggest challenge in 2009, according to a national survey. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:30:21 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily23.html?ana=from_rss Single-family home prices fell at a faster pace in the third quarter after moderating earlier in the year and are now 6.5 percent below their 2007 peak, according to a new report by IHS Global Insight. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:19:44 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily22.html?ana=from_rss Credit card and bank account criminals have ready access to $8 billion worth of fraud value in the global underground marketplace, according to a new report on the underground economy by Symantec, a California-based data security company. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:36:40 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily21.html?ana=from_rss Gov. Charlie Crist sent President-elect Barack Obama a letter today outlining Florida’s economic priorities in the event of a federal recovery package. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:27:03 GMT Jacksonville Business Journal