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Area jobless numbers continue to climb

DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia County has lost 3,100 jobs in the past year, the largest number in 17 years. The county's unemployment rate soared to 5.2 percent in March from 3.6 percent a year ago, as businesses axed jobs in construction, manufacturing, and ...

From MELISSA GRIGGS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  19 Apr 2008

Owner cleans up at local shop

ORMOND BEACH -- First-time customers to Paul Maisuria's dry cleaners probably wouldn't be surprised if he offered them a spot of tea instead of asking how much starch they want in their shirts. Indian by birth, English by manner and American by choice, ...

From MELISSA GRIGGS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  13 Apr 2008

Delta cancels Daytona flights to inspect planes

DAYTONA BEACH -- Passengers trying to fly out of Daytona Beach International Airport on Thursday scrambled to find other ways to get where they needed to go, as Delta Air Lines canceled flights nationwide to inspect its planes. Four flights to Atlanta ...

From MELISSA GRIGGS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  28 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Delta Air Lines,  American Airlines,  Southwest Airlines

Flagler County leads state in unemployment

Flagler County, once the fastest-growing county in the nation, now has the unwelcome distinction of being the county with the highest jobless rate in the state. The county's unemployment rate skyrocketed to 7.8 percent in January, up from 6.1 percent a ...

From MELISSA GRIGGS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  8 Mar 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Manpower Inc

After 10-year absence, US Airways back in Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH -- The plane may have been 45 minutes late, but for the crowd at the Daytona Beach International Airport, who had been waiting 10 years for US Airways to come back to town, what's a few more minutes? Fog, rain and snow in Charlotte, N.C., ...

From MELISSA GRIGGS, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  2 Feb 2008
Related Topics: US Airways,  Delta Air Lines

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