Friday's Daily Pulse

› Businesses can't collect tips to share among workers, court says [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Businesses cannot collect tips given to waiters, casino dealers or other service employees to share with support staff such as dishwashers even if the tipped employees are receiving minimum wage, a federal appeals court ruled this week.

› How does HSN plan to change course to reach 'distracted' shoppers? [Tampa Bay Times]
Listen to CEO Mindy Grossman and other executives at St. Petersburg's HSN and it is great time for the all-things-shopping business. Yet it is also a tough time to engage shoppers.

› UF/IFAS study: Hand sanitizer, antifreeze can preserve DNA for citizen scientists [IFAS News]
A few simple products, such as hand sanitizer and antifreeze, can preserve DNA in samples collected by lay people for scientific research, a new University of Florida study shows.

› Disney World's first employee dies [Orlando Sentinel]
Phil Smith was just a few years out of law school when he started working for a mysterious entity acquiring land for what would become the world's most popular theme-park resort.

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