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What you need to know about Florida today

| 1/14/2015

› Bitcoin conference returns to Miami Beach
This weekend, hundreds of entrepreneurs, technologists, regulators and marketers will gather in Miami Beach for the return of the North American Bitcoin Conference, which is aimed at helping to drive the growing but controversial digital currency bitcoin from speculation to the mainstream.

› Eco-friendly solution to rising seas in St. Petersburg? Fake islands
Consultants are proposing a big change of scenery for the downtown waterfront: islands. Man-made, eco-friendly barrier islands made of organic materials would protect the city against storm surges associated with higher sea levels.

› Credit Suisse names Ultimate Software a top tech stock
Credit Suisse analysts believe buying Ultimate Software stock is one of the best tech investments you can make in 2015. The Weston-based company will likely increase recurring revenue by 23 percent annually to reach $1 billion in revenue by 2018.

› Long-delayed Clearwater Beach megaresort to finally break ground
It has been called the most expensive parking lot in Florida. More than a decade ago, high-profile Tampa philanthropist Kiran Patel paid $40 million for 3 acres of prime property in the heart of Clearwater Beach's tourist district.

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