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Speaker points out U.S. problems in Mideast

DAYTONA BEACH -- There are four major problems the United States faces in the Middle East and South Asia, and Americans need to support the new president's diplomacy-first path laid out to address those issues, a retired U.S. Army general told members ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  29 Jan 2009
Related Topics: John Abizaid,  Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

Weak dollar no magnet for international visitors

DAYTONA BEACH -- Europeans may not have poured into town for this weekend's sportscar endurance race, but those who came could still find a favorable exchange rate for their euros and pounds. The euro dropped in value against the U.S. dollar Friday, ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  25 Jan 2009
Related Topics: NASCAR

Volusia, Flagler jobless rate 8.9%

DAYTONA BEACH -- Jarriel Watkins has been looking for an automotive-repair job for the past six months. It's been a tough time. "Yeah, it is," Watkins said Friday as he looked through job listings at the One-Stop Employment Center in Daytona Beach. "I ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  24 Jan 2009

Beyond the Bailout

ORANGE CITY -- Smaller banks seem to be doing well, even as national banks are flooded in red ink or tightening their lending policies. And some of the community and regional banks are getting new customers as a result of public anxiety about the ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  18 Nov 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush

Area Wachovia customers mixed on sale of bank

HOLLY HILL -- Customers outside a Wachovia branch office on Ridgewood Avenue on Monday had mixed reactions to the news their bank was bought by Citigroup. Sentiments ran the gamut from elation to vows of switching banks. Danny Seaman is among those ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  30 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Citigroup,  Wachovia Corporation

Local bankers stuck in waiting

DAYTONA BEACH -- Although a tentative agreement in principle has been struck on a $700 billion government bailout plan for Wall Street, local bankers say it's still too early to know how it will affect their customers. "On the local level, it does ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  26 Sep 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Local workers losing jobs

Omaira Ballester of Deltona has been looking for a job since April. "I'm looking for customer-service or data-entry jobs, but there's no work in there," Ballester said Friday morning, gesturing to the One-Stop Employment Center in DeLand she had just ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  16 Aug 2008
Related Topics: John Butler

Financial advisers offer tips for tough times

With bad financial news flooding the media, consumers can't help but get jittery. Deciding what to do with your money is always tricky, but especially difficult in poor economic times. There are no one-size-fits-all plans you should blindly follow, ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  16 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Opening scheduled for S.R. 44 span over I-4

DELAND -- Motorists on State Road 44 should no longer have a bottleneck as they cross over Interstate 4, if transportation officials opened a second two-lane span Friday night as planned. The westbound span was slated to open in time for Friday's ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Jun 2008

Fundraisers planned for critically injured DeLand girl

DELAND -- West Volusia is stepping up to help a 7-year-old DeLand girl critically injured in a car crash last month. A number of events in the near future have been set up to raise funds to help Jazmin Steeprock and her family. "The family just cannot ...

From JOE CREWS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Arnold Palmer

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