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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Michigan, Florida Top States for Sales of Distressed Homes
U.S. sales of distressed homes totaled 9.9% of all homes sold in May of this year according to data from CoreLogic and published Thursday on the company’s blog. The total represents a 2.8% drop compared with May of 2014 and a drop of 1.7% compared with April of this year.
› SRI St. Petersburg shifts business strategy with shakeup at the top
Larry Langebrake is out as the director of the elite SRI International marine science research facility that opened with much fanfare six years ago in its own facility on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront.
› Jupiter Medical Center basks in top U.S. rating for fighting superbugs
A new Consumer Reports study reveals many ways hospitals can make you sick, but it also lists national leaders in keeping superbugs at bay — and Jupiter Medical Center shines at the top.
› Deloitte tech center on hiring binge in Central Florida
Over the past year, an average of one dozen new tech employees have started work each week at Deloitte's office building in Heathrow, just 15 miles north of Orlando. The world's largest accounting firm now has 700 highly skilled employees in software programming and IT at its new tech hub here.
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