May 5, 2024

Friday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/12/2015

› Margaritaville hiring at job fairs this month
The new Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort is looking for employees. Margaritaville will accept applications and conduct interviews for positions in hotel operations, housekeeping, security, recreation and wellness, food and beverage and other areas.

› Western Union: Remittances help accelerate economic change in Cuba
As the Cuban economy flirts with market-oriented changes, remittances from the United States have been helping fuel private enterprise on the island and at least one U.S. company is already encouraging that trend.

› Publix may be considering smaller stores
Representatives from the Lakeland-based chain met with city of Gainesville planning staff members — including the planning manager, Ralph Hilliard — about constructing a smaller-concept prototype near the University of Florida campus.

› University finance majors see big uptick
The finance major in local colleges and universities continues to see an influx of students, particularly within the investment realm, and business schools point to Miami’s budding financial scene as a determining factor.

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