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What you need to know about Florida today

| 7/18/2016

› Longtime skin care maker expanding in Boca Raton
As it embarks on a $2 million expansion project, a Boca Raton cosmetic manufacturer is targeting not only age-conscious baby boomers but also younger millennials who want that healthy glow.

› UCF lacks diversity among faculty, leadership
At the University of Central Florida, more than four out of every 10 students are minorities. But inside the classrooms and the administrative offices, much of that diversity disappears.

› Argentina probes ties between ex-presidents, Miami real estate empire
Where did a mystery man from Argentina get nearly $65 million to spend on ultra-luxury Miami condos, New York apartments and South Florida strip malls? That’s what Argentine prosecutors want to know.

› Despite promises to improve, Duke Energy Florida and Tampa Electric still lag in customer service
Despite years of ongoing claims that they are improving their customer service, St. Petersburg-based Duke Energy Florida and Tampa-based Tampa Electric still lag behind major Southern electric companies in providing satisfactory services to their residential customers.

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