Many of Florida's largest corporations continue to grow like wildfires before the summer rains. Tech Data Corp. just grabbed the 109th spot on the 2007 Fortune 500, only two spots behind Publix Super Markets, which held the No. 1 spot as the largest corporation in the state.Florida's current unemployment rate is now so low that based on a new study of online job vacancies, just about anyone in the Sunshine State who wants to work, can work. The Conference Board, a New York-based business research agency, reports that the number of unemployed in Florida as compared to online job vacancies is 1.1 to 1 - a virtual full employment that many Coffee Talk readers likely know all too well.The Tampa Bay area got the kind of economic report card last week that you don't want to crow about.A scorecard, released April 17 by the Tampa Bay Partnership, shows the seven-county region dropped to fourth place from third, when compared to five similar metro areas of Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Dallas. Only Jacksonville performed more poorly.. This year marks the 10th straight year that NRT was ranked as the top residential real estate firm in RIS Media's annual Power Broker report.Maybe executives fighting the hiring wars (see above item) can look to Florida's plethora of retirees.
