April 25, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/10/2014

› Florida Hospital North Pinellas fundraising for mission to India
Florida Hospital North Pinellas is promoting a pair of fundraising efforts that will finance an international outreach program it is inaugurating.

› Wells Fargo honored for its support of an inclusive workforce
Wells Fargo, the third largest bank in Northeast Florida, is among the 2014 honorees at the annual Ability Awards ceremony held in Tallahassee.

› Tampa's last cigar factory says new regulations would kill 119-year-old business
Proposed new requirements by the Food and Drug Administration on tobacco products that would treat cigar manufacturers like cigarette makers threatens the J.C. Newman Cigar Company, the last surviving cigar company in Tampa, which used to be known as the Cigar City.

› Knight funds Miami hub for apprenticeship program
Enstitute, an apprenticeship program for the new economy, is launching its fourth hub, which aims to place 70 millennials in Miami-area companies during its first year of programming. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $248,400 to bring Enstitute to Miami.

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