May 8, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/23/2014

› For Tampa satellite firm, business is looking down
DigitalGlobe, which gained international fame with technology allowing users around the world to help search for a missing airliner, has been able to do what is increasingly difficult for defense contractors these days: increase business and staff.

› Editorial: Jackson Memorial’s comeback story
Miami-Dade residents who haven’t kept up with the new, improved Jackson Health System may have blinked and rubbed their eyes in shock when they read the news last week that the county’s only public hospital is planning a billion-dollar-plus upgrade. Say what?

› Port expansions may not pay off with increased cargo
Ports in Florida and along the East Coast are racing to dredge their harbors deeply enough to attract super-sized ships expected to pass through a widened Panama Canal. The dredging projects, most at taxpayer expense, are expected to set off a wave of jobs and economic benefits that will ripple across Florida, home to 15 deepwater seaports.

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