April 29, 2024

Monday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 11/7/2016

› Panama Papers: ‘Secret’ deal for Little Havana pharmacy sparks lawsuit
A small piece of a scandal stretching from the halls of power in Buenos Aires to a secretive law firm in Panama City to an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands has wound up in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.

› At Fort Lauderdale boat show, small merchants thrive in the shadows of the superyachts
Plenty of small businesses from South Florida and beyond set up booths each year at Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center, Broward County Convention Center and other boat show locations hawking boating-related goods and services.

› Central Florida accelerators help first-time business owners learn ropes
Orlando's Starter Studio and other local programs like VentureScaleUp that train entrepreneurs on business ownership have hosted dozens of companies during the last several years.

› Trouble in biotech: Years after Jeb Bush tried to kick-start the industry in Florida, has it made much progress?
All is not well in Florida's biotech industry, a business whose future as a key player in the Sunshine State remains perilously unclear. The latest controversy is now being played out in Orlando's 650-acre, once highly touted health and life sciences park called "Lake Nona Medical City."

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