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What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/10/2015

› Embraer breaks ground on new Titusville facility
Embraer’s fourth project in Brevard County is now officially underway. Embraer officials broke ground Wednesday on a new facility for the company’s Aero Seating Technologies division at Spaceport Commerce Park in Titusville.

› Tampa looks to Dublin for economic development strategies
Some of Tampa's trade missions over the past four years have been about recruiting new airlines (Lufthansa from Germany, Copa from Panama). Some have been about trying to line up contracts for local manufacturers or supply companies (Chile, Brazil). And some, like the latest one, to Ireland, are about meeting people.

› Citizens insurance-rate hikes approved for 2016
The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. on Tuesday received approval of rate changes for 2016, with some tweaks that are expected to spread additional costs to policyholders in coastal areas.

› Fashion designer targets Hialeah manufacturing jobs
When Rene Ruiz was a child growing up in Cuba among what he describes as a lot of misery, he escaped reality by going to old movies. Today, Rene Ruiz Designs is known in Miami as well as internationally for exquisitely crafted gowns.

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