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| 3/11/2016

› Cocoa eyed for possible All Aboard Florida train station
Brevard County officials hope All Aboard Florida builds a train station near Clearlake Road in north Cocoa, offering passengers quick access to Port Canaveral, the beach, State Road 528 and U.S. 1.

› Intertape posts profits of $17.5 million in fourth quarter
Intertape Polymer Group Inc., the Canadian packing company with its executive offices off Fruitville Road in Sarasota County, on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit of $17.5 million.

› HeyCuba Hackathon aids to expand Internet access on island
Florida Vocational Institute’s Miami campus and non-profit Apretaste are hosting more than 100 coders for the HeyCuba Hackathon aiming to expand Cuba’s Internet access.

› Plan to regulate Uber, Lyft all but dead in Florida Legislature
After months of arguing over how to regulate companies like Uber and Lyft, state lawmakers are back where they started: a lingering disagreement that is likely to drive the bill off a cliff today, the last day of the legislative session.

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