April 29, 2024

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| 12/14/2015

› Coral Gables ad agency lays off 62 workers, shuts down
A Coral Gables advertising agency has laid off 62 employees and will shut down. Commonground/MGS filed a notice with state regulators earlier this week announcing the layoffs.

› Cuban tourists who never leave U.S. get easy immigration path
Waves of Cuban immigrants are pouring into the United States on rickety boats or via eight-country treks through Central America. But others are taking a faster, safer route: Flying to Miami on visitor visas and then staying.

› MIA passenger total already beats 2014
Miami International Airport surpassed its 2014 total of 40.9 million passengers on Thursday, and with 3.2 million more passengers than at the same point last year, the annual record of 44 million may be within reach.

› Florida judge backs natural-gas pipeline, cites 'public interest'
Saying the project is in the "public interest," an administrative law judge Friday rejected an environmental group's challenge to a planned pipeline that would carry natural gas from Alabama to Central Florida.

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