Wednesday's Daily Pulse

› Duke Energy to pay $27 million, settling claims of covert ouster of Progress Energy CEO [Tampa Bay Times]
Duke Energy agreed to a $27 million settlement of claims that the power company's directors wrongfully concealed their plan to fire CEO William Johnson just minutes after Duke closed on its $13.7 billion merger in 2012 with Progress Energy Inc.

› FIU’s environmental research expands [FIU News Release]
FIU will expand its scientific environmental research capabilities by joining a new venture with the Rookery Bay Reserve in Collier County.

› Unlike other Latinos, about half of Cuban voters in Florida backed Trump [Pew Research Center]
In Florida, Cubans were about twice as likely as non-Cuban Latinos to vote for Donald Trump. More than half (54%) supported the Republican president-elect, compared with about a quarter (26%) of non-Cuban Latinos, according to National Election Pool exit poll data.

› AT&T expands its fastest Internet service in South Florida [Miami Herald]
The race to deliver super-fast internet service in South Florida is heating up. On Tuesday, AT&T launched its ultra-fast internet service in additional cities in South Florida.

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