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Florida Business News

• Small business loan guarantees growing

  Small businesses in South Florida are on pace to receive more federally-guaranteed loans this year, a sign that the region's economy is on the upswing.

• The tricky business of collaboration

  Shaping a championship team where individuals play cohesively to pull off a win can be one of the trickiest jobs a corporate leader faces.

Keys flats fishing is big business

Fishermen who come to cast a line onto Florida Keys flats generated more than $427 million to the local and state economy in 2012.

Report: Florida among the cheapest states in spending per student

Florida spent $8,887 on each public school student in 2011, making it one of the lowest states in the nation for per-pupil spending.

Early Easter leaves Orlando hotels with April hangover

After four months of year-over-year growth, business dipped in April at Orlando-area hotels, likely because of an early Easter this year and the absence of a couple of big conventions in town.

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