March 19, 2024

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| 2/27/2015

Florida exports reached nearly $59 billion in 2014

Goods exports from Florida reached $58.6 billion last year, helping the U.S. set a record with $2.35 trillion in good and services exports, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported. Officials said the state's exports helped support about 275,000 jobs. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

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Gov. Scott faces big hurdles to push his legislative agenda

Scott faces an emboldened Legislature that threatens to challenge him on an array of fronts from water to prisons to tax cuts. With a solid Republican majority of battle-tested senators and a new, veto-proof supermajority in the House, the GOP-controlled Legislature is the elephant in the room in Tallahassee. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]


Landmark net neutrality rules win FCC approval

In a landmark decision for the future of the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved tough net neutrality regulations to oversee online traffic. The new rules prohibit Internet service providers from discriminating against legal content flowing through their wired or wireless networks. More from the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald.


Eugenie Clark, Sarasota's 'Shark Lady,' dies

Eugenie Clark, whose childhood rapture with fish in a New York City aquarium led to a life of scholarly adventure in the littorals and depths of the Seven Seas and to a global reputation as a marine biologist and expert on sharks, died on Wednesday at her home in Sarasota. Read more from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the New York Times, and National Geographic.

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Are your executives "neglected middle children"?

With all the conversation about Millennials, there's an important section of your management team you may be overlooking. The Pew Research Center recently referred to Generation X, those born between 1964 and 1980, as the "neglected middle child," sandiwched between Baby Boomers and Millennials [Source: Inc.]


ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› How Tampa Bay became a "foodie" paradise
Do the words "locally sourced produce" make your pulse quicken? Is your Instagram page chockful of sexy snaps of you shopping for dry-aged beef in the hippest, selfie-coolest new market? If you're from the Tampa Bay region, there's a good chance you excitably answered yes and #heckyes.

› Florida-based Chico's to close 35 stores this year, 120 locations by 2017
Chico's will close dozens of stores this year, accelerate the shuttering of others and cut the work force at its Florida headquarters as it attempts to remake its retail brand.

› What medical tourism could mean for Pensacola
People already come to Pensacola for our sugar-white beaches and our rich cultural history. Might we also be able to lure them here with our health care?

› Canadian investment road tour comes to Miami
Canada brought its investment road show to Miami this week, trying to woo potential investors to sink their money north of the border.


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