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What you need to know about Florida today
Holiday travel to hit record numbers
Holiday travelers will have plenty of company this season as 98.6 million Americans take to the skyways and highways to celebrate with friends and family. That’s the most since AAA started tracking seasonal trends in 2001, up 4 percent from last year. [Source: Miami Herald]
Enrollment in Florida commercial health insurance markets declines
Total enrollment in Florida's commercial health insurance marketplaces steadily declined in the five years leading up to 2013. Between 2012 and 2013, enrollment fell 5.9 percent to 3.1 million, according to an annual report from regulators. [Source: South Florida Business Journal]
Freight industry data points to stronger U.S. economy
Two national freight reports suggest that 2014 may be one of the best years for shippers since the end of the Great Recession, and that tonnage is up and moving despite “costly freight bottlenecks” at the nation’s largest port resulting from on again, off again union contract negotiations. [Source: The City Wire]
Quality Job Outlook Back at Pre-Recession Levels
The percentage of Americans saying now is a good time to find a quality job jumped to 36% in December, up six percentage points from November. This is by one point the highest percentage found since November 2007, prior to the start of the Great Recession. [Source: Gallup]
Florida home prices hit milestone in November
Sales of existing single-family Florida homes last month were up 10.7 percent from the same time last year, but a pricing milestone was the most notable part of a market report released Monday. [Source: Palm Beach Post]
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See also:
» Tampa area housing sales jump 21 percent from last year
» U.S. existing home sales hit six-month low, inventories low
ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:
› Aficionados eager for return to U.S. of Cuban rum
U.S. rum aficionados are abuzz over the possibility of mixing a Cuba Libre with authentic Cuban rum, now that they will be able to bring home liquor distilled in the communist nation.
› Anthem buys Coral Gables-based Simply Healthcare for estimated $1 billion
Simply Healthcare Holdings, a Coral Gables-based managed care company, has sold to Anthem, Inc., a publicly traded health insurer with headquarters in Indianapolis, for an estimated $1 billion. The two companies confirmed the deal but would not release the final sales price.
› Green Cove Springs company a key player in building Mozambique's fishing industry
A First Coast commercial fishing gear and supply company landed a $1 million contract with the government of Mozambique that the coastal African nation hopes can alter its harvest from the sea.
› From around the world, Venture Hive brings startups to Miami
From Barcelona to Sarajevo, from Buenos Aires to Bangladore, the startups accepted this week into Venture Hive’s next accelerator class once again represent a United Nations of innovation.
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