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Florida Business News

• Gov. Scott signs budget, vetoes $368 million in spending

  Scott's extensive veto list is more than twice as large as his list last year, and his largest since his first year in office. It slashed state spending from $74.5 billion to $74.1 billion.

• Sales and Marketing Advice for Florida business
  'Information Marketing' and the Quest for the Holy Grail

  People constantly talk about content marketing, preach its virtues, and claim that it will fix your revenue problems. Thinking like that is what gets companies into trouble.

Tracking unlicensed contractors

Work by unlicensed contractors has been on the upswing in Florida for several years, part of a Great Recession-inspired shift that has pushed licensed firms to other parts of the country.

Rooted in Mumbai, growing in Miami

An Indian entrepreneur with an international network of healthcare and diagnostic equipment companies has made a big bet on Miami-Dade County.

Small Business Advice
Restaurants raise topic of charging for no-shows

A number of service providers -- airlines, for instance -- already charge customers for cancellations. Now some restaurants are adopting stricter no-show policies.

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