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• Older workers must hone competitive edge

  Older workers can thrive in today's economy by realizing they have marketable skills that are attractive to employers.

• Movers

  High-level promotions and new hires in South Florida

• WORKPLACE

  Work to restore your reputation

  Q: A few months after I became a supervisor, my manager ``wrote me up'' because of conflicts with my employees. These people used to be my peers, and they were upset when I was promoted. Since then, my boss and I have bumped heads over several other issues. She says I can't take feedback, which is true. I'm currently working on that, because I really want to succeed in this job.

• Bankruptcies

  Recent bankruptcies for the Southern District of Florida

• In tough times, gifts mean more

  In such a precarious economy, some may wonder about the point of a corporate gifts at all.

  Who has spare change left in the 2009 budget to splurge on wrapped trinkets?

• Corporate Gift Guide Under $30

  1- It'd be tough to find a partridge in a pear tree. Or even a pear tree, for that matter. Try out Grey Goose's new flavor, Le Poire (that's French, for, well, you guessed it). This crisp 80-proof spirit makes a nice package all by itself, with the frosted glass bottle that's sealed with a cork stopper and elegant foil closure. Just throw on a bow. From $29.99 at liquor stores.

• Marketing to the masses, one at a time

  Two books look at ways to generate sales through online media.

• Agenda: Business happenings in South Florida

  MONDAY

  Broward County Property Appraiser's Community Outreach Program: Deputy appraisers assist with Homestead and other property tax exemption applications, answer questions on property taxes and accept applications for portability at the outreach events in the county; free. 954-357-6035 or www.bcpa.net:

• OPINION

  My view | Ignoring prisoners' health imperils community

  Meeting the health needs of some of the sickest and most complex patients in our community is theresponsibility and privilege of those who deliver healthcare in jails and prisons. Like those in uniform who also protect and serve, these healthcare providers must maintain professionalism, integrity, competency and ethics in challenging environments that are often ill-designed for healing and far from therapeutic. These healthcare providers advocate for and deliver services in the best interests of their inmate patients. The community ought to appreciate and support these efforts, even if only because the community's own health and safety ultimately benefit when proper care is given to inmates.

• Real estate listings from Michael Y. Cannon

  HOMESTEAD

  WAREHOUSE SELLS

  FOR $1.75 MILLION

  Location: 701 S. Homestead Blvd.

  Seller: American National Self Storage, represented by Edward Westpy, president.
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  ART COLLECTING

  Market bouncing back in time for Art Basel Miami Beach

  After getting hammered during the global economic crisis, art prices seem to be making a comeback.

• THE COLOR OF MONEY

  Do your due diligence when investing in charity

  There's no surprise that charitable giving is down this year.

  Fifty-one percent of charitable organizations responding to a poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals reported lower fundraising totals so far in 2009 compared to the same time period last year.

• ASK MEG

  So long as there are easy victims, there'll be scammers

  The ``buzz-question'' around town these days, as we watch the Madoff auctions and Rothstein repossessions with horrified fascination, is ``How can these scams keep happening? Don't people know that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is?''
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  Florida's citrus country producing new vodka

  Standing in the heart of citrus country, where the trees are just beginning to yield the baseball-sized fruit that is Florida's signature crop, it's natural to thirst for a cold glass of orange juice. But when Palm Beach Gardens entrepreneurs Chester Brandes and Timo Sutinen came to this Central Florida town, they had another beverage in mind. Namely, vodka. A Florida-made, orange-flavored vodka, to be exact. So, they set out to create just that spirit, hoping to capitalize on the sun-kissed fascination for all things Florida. Within about a year, 4 Orange Premium Vodka was born.

• UNEMPLOYMENT

  Temp labor may be bridge to recovery

  Florida's jobless rate ticked up to 11.2 percent last month. But employers are starting to hire more temps nationally, so they may start hiring more permanent workers in the months ahead.
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  THANKSGIVING

  You may have to skip pumpkin pie

  Because of problems with the harvest, there is a shortage of pumpkin pie filling on supermarket shelves this holiday season.
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  JOB LOSSES

  Boston Scientific to close Doral plant

  Even as Miami-Dade officials try to build the county's life sciences industry, Boston Scientific is planning to close a plant in Doral and send the jobs overseas.

• FEDERAL COURT

  Floridian gets 68 months in fraud scheme

  Men from Miami and Boca Raton were also involved in an outfit that was charged with using faxes to defraud small-business owners.

• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  Florida aims to boost credit to small businesses with `Economic Gardening'

  Florida's Economic Gardening Program -- designed to help high-growth companies with loans and training -- is now taking applications.

• TAXATION

  Study calls Florida tax system unfair

  Because Florida mainly depends on sales taxes and property taxes, a study says the tax system is unfair to people with low or moderate incomes.

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