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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Q&A: Meet the new(ish) CEO of Tampa Bay’s largest company
Rich Hume has run Tech Data since June and his first earnings report as CEO came out Thursday. Profits were up, but missed expectations. In less than two hours, the company’s share price plunged 17 percent. Welcome to the top job.
› Air Force's first GPS III satellite arrives for SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral
The first in a series of next-generation Global Positioning System satellites has arrived on the Space Coast ahead of a December liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, according to the Air Force and Lockheed Martin.
› Florida elections show it’s about more than money
Out of six statewide cabinet primaries, four were won by a candidate who was outspent. Another was won by a candidate who spent about the same as her opposition, and only Sean Shaw, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, outspent his primary opponent and won.
› 3 Orlando companies team up to build Dave & Buster's arcade game
A maze of small offices of a nondescript warehouse in south Orlando offered its tenants the perfect opportunity for an on-the-fly collaboration on a high-profile project. The companies were working on a new virtual reality ride for the entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s, one based on the hit film “Jurassic World.”
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