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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Many South Florida workers can expect 3 percent salary hikes in 2018, report says
Many South Florida managers, professional workers and even hourly employees can expect a salary increase of about 3 percent in 2018, a compensation expert says in an annual outlook.
› Jeff Vinik hires Chicago Lakshmi Shenoy to run Tampa innovation hub
Jeff Vinik is hiring an executive from one of the nation’s most respected startup incubators to run a similar innovation hub that he plans to launch at his Water Street Tampa project.
› CSX stock stabilizes as analysts debate impact of Harrison’s death
Hunter Harrison’s death sent shockwaves through the railroad and financial worlds. It was just seven months after he was hired to turn around the nation’s third-largest railroad.
› Florida lawmakers seek to raise smoking age from 18 to 21
Should the state of Florida raise the legal age to buy cigarettes? A group of lawmakers thinks so. The proposal aims to make it illegal for anyone under 21 to buy tobacco products, arguing it will save the state billions in health care costs.
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