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What you need to know about Florida today

| 12/1/2015

› PGT buys Orlando window maker for $102 million
Hurricane-resistant window and door maker PGT Inc. is buying an Orlando company in the same industry in a deal value at $102 million.

› Smart home harvests its power from nature
Fil and Wendy Adams-Mercer’s house isn’t just another large Naples home; it’s a place that is environmentally friendly. The home recently won a Sand Dollar award for Best Smart Home. It was also recently featured in Home and Design magazine.

› At a Tampa eye lab, a discovery involving retinas puts big advances in sight
A discovery made in a Tampa laboratory could one day help millions of people regain their vision. Working at the Lions Eye Institute last summer, Daniel Lindgren, of the Nevada-based research firm OcuScience, found a way to preserve retinas from human donors — and bring them back to life.

› Tech company out to stop financial fraudsters in their tracks
Inside its Doral headquarters, fraud-fighting tech company Easy Solutions has deployed another weapon against the bad guys: The Rock, its new Anti–Fraud Response Operation Center.

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