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What you need to know about Florida today

| 1/8/2016

U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in December

U.S. payrolls expanded in December, with the better-than-anticipated report illustrating a still-thriving labor market that gave the Federal Reserve incentive to hike interest rates. More at CBS Moneywatch, CNBC, and the AP.

How a 'Praise Addiction' Can Really Mess Up Your Career

Is it possible to be addicted to praise? More importantly, could the addiction affect your career? The answer to both is, "yes." See why compliments can be a bribe that may hold you back in your career. More at Inc.

Hispanicize conference gets boost from media partners

Hispanicize, the annual weeklong networking conference for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in journalism, marketing, entertainment and tech entrepreneurship, is getting a big boost for its seventh edition. More at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald.

Column: Start with a 'training-wheel' business

Each year, one of the most popular new year’s resolutions is “quit my job and start a business.” If one of your goals in 2016 is to start your first small business, here's an important tip on how to succeed: start with a “training-wheel” business. More at USA Today.

Babson College’s Women Innovating Now Lab to launch in Miami

Babson’s Women Innovating Now Lab, known as the WIN Lab, is designed to help women entrepreneurs launch successful businesses. The accelerator-like program offers training sessions and connects women entrepreneurs to a wide range of experts for guidance. More at the Miami Herald.

Out of the Box
World Cruises Gaining Appeal

For some people, it's not enough to cruise the world for months at a time. They want to do it over and over. A growing legion of people are taking off on so-called "world cruises," spending tens of thousands of dollars to sail the world for three months or more.

» More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Florida Originals
Daily Bread

In the late 1890s, Juan More left his native Spain for Cuba to fight in the Spanish-American War. During his time in Cuba, he learned how to bake bread the Cuban way — in long, thin loaves, crusty on the outside, soft inside and, always, with a skinny palm leaf baked right on top.