Friday's Daily Pulse

› AT&T looks to hire 450 in Florida [Miami Herald]
AT&T said this week it is looking to hire about 200 people in South Florida and another 250 elsewhere in the state. Positions range from retail and consumer sales to corporate support and technicians.

› Sarasota hopes to lure medical tourism [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
The slow-cooking idea to supplement Florida’s healthy flow of vacation travelers by promoting “medical tourism” could get some extra heat from a bill Florida lawmakers are considering.

› Disney, unions extend contract until July [Orlando Sentinel]
Walt Disney World and its largest union group have extended their current contract for another three-and-a-half months while they try to negotiate a new pact.

› eMerge Americas opens Launch competition [Miami Herald]
eMerge Americas opened registration on Thursday for early-stage and later-stage companies across the Americas to apply to compete at the inaugural eMerge Techweek Launch competition during eMerge Americas Techweek.

Tags: Daily Pulse

In case you missed it:

• Wednesday's Afternoon Update
• Wednesday's Daily Pulse
• Tuesday's Afternoon Update
• Tuesday's Daily Pulse
• Monday's Afternoon Update
• Monday's Daily Pulse
• Friday's Afternoon Update
• Friday's Daily Pulse
• Thursday's Afternoon Update
• Thursday's Daily Pulse