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Wednesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 10/8/2014

› Massive MiamiCentral train station would be a new urban hub downtown
It might be the biggest thing to happen in downtown Miami since Henry Flagler brought his railroad south and created downtown Miami. And it’s happening sooner than you might think, on the same long-vacant acreage where Flagler built his little Miami train depot more than a century ago.

› Software company acquires Fort Lauderdale firm
Software company Mi9 Retail acquired the data aggregation platform Gyes, the firm announced Tuesday. Gyes is part of Fort Lauderdale-based firm Infinitithread.

› Jacksonville among most generous of large U.S. cities
Among 50 large U.S. cities, Jacksonville was the sixth most generous in charitable giving from 2006 to 2012, according to a report issued by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

› Florida-Friendly Landscaping Saves Water And Fertilizer
Floridians are willing to do their part in conserving water, according to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ Center for Public Issues Education (PIE) website.

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