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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today.
› FemCityOrlando helps businesswomen connect
Leah Nash, 34, is membership coordinator for the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. She also runs Trusted Source Communications, an Orlando-based marketing firm. Nash's passion for culture and connecting with people led her to launch FemCityOrlando, an Orlando group for women business owners. She spoke recently with the Orlando Sentinel.
› Heat-Knicks matchup worth more, moneywise, than a date with the Sixers
As the NBA’s truncated regular season winds down this week, more than a few Miamians find themselves in a confusing place: They’re actually rooting for the hated New York Knicks.
The way they see it, if the Knicks win, so does the city of Miami — by setting up a first-round matchup between the Heat and New York, the franchise’s fiercest rival. From ticket scalpers to hoteliers, it’s a dream series — and far more lucrative than a best-of-seven set against the Philadelphia 76ers, Miami’s other potential opening-round foe.
› Businesses Charge Hundreds To Remove Mug Shots Online
While Florida.arrests.org makes a profit from online advertising, anything from ads for lawyers to private colleges, a string of me-too sites, in states including Florida, Louisiana, and Georgia, make money by charging those with featured mug shots to remove their information.
› Florida regulators settle with MetLife for $40 million
Florida regulators have inked a $40 million settlement with nine Metropolitan Life insurance companies to strengthen their procedures for finding life and annuity beneficiaries and reporting unclaimed property.