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What you need to know about Florida today

| 1/26/2018

› Fort Lauderdale-based CateredFit wants to bring its meal plans to a kitchen near you
Catered Fit, a Fort Lauderdale company that delivers freshly prepared meals to your door, so far has fueled its own growth. But now, with an appetite to expand nationally, Catered Fit is looking for investors.

› XFL is returning in 2020; Orlando interested in having a team again
Orlando officials have not spoken to the WWE about a team playing in Orlando, Mayor Buddy Dyer spokeswoman Cassandra Lafser said, but added, “this is something we would be interested in learning more about to bring to Orlando.”

› Ocearch still hunts great white sharks off Jacksonville, through cold water, bad weather
No one said it would be easy finding giant great white sharks out in the vast Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville. But frigid local waters bottoming out around 47 degrees made it even more difficult for those aboard the Ocearch, the 126-foot vessel that’s home to a hardy bunch of shark-catchers and scientists.

› Jabil expects federal tax changes to give it flexibility on strategic investing
Some corporations already have announced plans to pay bonuses or raises with additional money they’ll realize thanks to the tax bill Congress passed in December, but Jabil executives Thursday said it’s too soon to give a full or detailed assessment of what the law means for them.

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