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Monday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Column: Often out of spotlight, 44 biggest private Tampa Bay companies reveal their clout
They are a business backbone in Tampa Bay we hear little about, at least compared to the high-profile likes of Raymond James Financial, HSN or Bloomin' Brands. Few have household-recognizable names, but a handful boast brands well-known to most.
Florida Trend's annual look at the biggest companies in the state. Preview the lists here:
› Jacksonville’s Independent Living Resource Center changing stigma of hiring disabled people
About 1.5 million pieces of mail are processed through the Pitney Bowes Presort Services facility on Jacksonville’s Westside every day. Adam Thompson, who is deaf, and Nikki Lee, who is hearing impaired, help get all that mail on its way.
› State's first free-standing same-day surgical center to close
A shortage of operating room space to perform elective surgeries prompted the founding group of physicians to open Memorial Same Day Surgery Center in 1974.
› A celebrity chef brought Miami his innovative vegan food — and a trail of lawsuits
Matthew Kenney came to Miami to start a vegan revolution. Instead, Kenney, a celebrated chef and cookbook author known as a raw food wizard, has lost his Wynwood restaurant, Plant Food and Wine and is being sued.
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