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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Entrepreneurship column: Profit is the basis for a market economy
It’s unfortunate that some view profit as a dirty word that is inextricably linked with greed. I’m not suggesting that every profit is earned ethically, but let’s not throw out the clean baby (markets and profit) with the dirty bathwater (unscrupulous individuals).
› Lockheed Orlando receives $71 million deal for anti-ship missile work
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control Orlando said Tuesday it has received a job from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, worth $71 million, to conduct flight tests and other development work related to a new naval-combat missile.
› Late season frost damages western Palm Beach County corn and bean crops to the tune of millions
Growers estimated 3,000 to 5,000 acres of sweet corn were damaged — up to 25 percent of the roughly 25,000 acres planted. Corn losses could be as high as $25 million. It has not been determined yet how many acres of green beans were also zapped, with about 5,000 acres in the ground.
› UF professor to be ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant
Jane Yellowlees Douglas has an eclectic resume. The University of Florida professor has done work with almost every college in the university and has published research in at least a dozen separate disciplines. “It’s easier for me to think of a college I haven’t worked with than to think of all the ones I have,” Douglas said. And now Douglas can add “Jeopardy!” contestant to her extensive list of experience.
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