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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
DIPS TO 3.4 PERCENT
Florida’s
unemployment
rate
dropped slightly from March to April,
according to numbers released
Friday by the state Department
of Economic Opportunity. The 3.4
percent April rate, down from 3.5
percent in March, represented
357,000 Floridians out of work
from a workforce of 10.3 million..
BUSINESS TIP
Focus your attention fully
on the matter at hand. You
will actually complete
each task faster and more
effectively than when
you constantly break
your chain of thought
trying to “multitask.”
MAY 2019 • DITCHMEN
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