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Wednesday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
Wall Street is hiring ... in Florida
Global financial companies including Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank and Sydney-based Macquarie Group have been moving executives to Florida and hiring locally, even while paring staff elsewhere. It’s part of a Wall Street trend known as nearshoring. More from Bloomberg Businessweek.
Gov. Scott to pitch $618 million in tax cuts
During stops in Tampa, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale, Scott on Wednesday will tout a tax cut package he's asking the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature to pass this spring. Details on Gov. Scott's plan here. Also read more at the AP.
Miami chamber team jetting to China and Hong Kong
The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is jetting off to Asia in April for an Americas Linkage business development trip to China and Hong Kong. The delegation is to make stops in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing and Hong Kong from April 13-25. More from Miami Today.
Mystery company seeks $1.5M incentive to add 300 employees in Broward
A company applied for $1.5 million in public incentives to expand its headquarters in Plantation by 300 employees. The name of the company working with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance has been kept confidential under the code name “Project RS1.” More from the South Florida Business Journal.
Florida hotels fare well in annual best hotels ranking
Two Florida hotels made the top 25 overall list for U.S. hotels while several others ranked near the top of various subcategories including best family hotel, best small hotel, most romantic, best bargain and more. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
Around the State
Affluence of efffluent
As Hurricane Hermine moved up Florida’s Gulf Coast last summer, it dropped 22 inches of rain on the Tampa Bay area. The heavy flooding produced by the storm overloaded St. Petersburg’s aging wastewater system, and over the course of 10 days, the city dumped a total of about 150 million gallons of excess sewage into the waters in and around Tampa Bay.
Out of the Box
Indian snake trackers in Florida war on pythons
What Judas snakes, snake-sniffing dogs and even hunters from around the globe have struggled to accomplish may finally be pulled off by a pair of singing snake catchers from India: solving the riddle for finding Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades.
» Read more from the Miami Herald.
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