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Around Florida
Incentives Boost Success
Florida's competitive fiscal incentives pay dividends to businesses and residents alike.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Growing the Future
Key industry sectors prosper in Florida's fertile business climate.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Transportation Steps Up Pace
By road, rail, sea and air, Florida's transport system continues working hard for business.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Educational Excellence at Every Level
From pre-K through college, Florida is committed to preparing students for 21st-century opportunities.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Infrastructure Aims for Balanced Portfolio
Security, dependability and efficiency are the hallmarks of Florida's changing infrastructure.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Connected to the World
Location, transportation, financial resources and diversity give Florida a powerful global presence.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Reasoning Animals
Two stories from the state's growth management front this summer.
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Published on 8/1/2006
An Earful of Earmarks
From the $223 million for a "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska to Florida Congresswoman Katherine Harris' effort to get a $10-million Navy project for a guy who took her out for a $2,800 dinner, special appropriations known as "earmarks" or "member projects" h
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Published on 8/1/2006
Scripps: Taking Shape
The Scripps Research Institute is the highlight player among the state's research parks even though it has yet to break ground.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Florida
"What I like about American education is that it recognizes not everybody has the same strengths."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Competing Against the World
Americans try to comfort themselves with three thoughts when they hear how poorly U.S. students do on international comparisons:
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Published on 8/1/2006
Icon: Bobby Bowden
I took this job here not with the idea of staying. I felt like we'd eventually move up to Alabama or Auburn.
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Published on 8/1/2006
More Green for Brownsfields
Five years ago, Terry Manning helped establish an $800,000 revolving loan fund to assist a private developer with the cleanup of an arsenic-contaminated golf course in West Palm Beach.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Trendsetters - Aug. 2006
Bill McGill, MarineMax; Joe Lewis, Mount Dora Boating Center; Sophie Mastriano, Waste Management Technologies; Matt Bridgewater, GEM Products; Fred Pace, Peter Bos, Legendary Marine; John Sprague, Marine Industries Association.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Rules Of The Game
Looking at Florida's research sector these days, there are a number of reasons for optimism: Florida now ranks among the top 10 biotech centers, according to the Ernst & Young Global Biotechnology Report.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Data Morsels
The notion that e-mails and other forms of electronic communication are less than private is still not firmly established in the corner offices of corporate America: Recent cases involving Morgan Stanley and KPMG show that many executives and professional
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Published on 7/1/2006
Bland Office -- Not-So-Bland Candidates
How could a campaign for something as bland as chief financial officer be nasty or even important?
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Published on 7/1/2006
Shrimp Giant
At 60, Domingo R. Moreira looks at the future of shrimp and sees something that looks a lot like chicken.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Feeding Frenzy
Florida's rapid population growth has made it a breeding ground for franchises in the so-called "fast-casual" dining sector.
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Published on 7/1/2006
An Unwise Growth Subsidy?
Most attention to Citizens Property Insurance focuses on the insurance coverage it provides to home and condo owners who can't get insurance in the private market.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Young Guns
Michael Konig, Lakeitha Grey, Jack White, Jennifer Kleinbaum, Vinny Tafuro, Brad Riley and Tony King are among the 20-something Floridians helping to shape business in the Sunshine State.
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Published on 7/1/2006
The Mini-Jet Era Dawns
If Delray Beach-based DayJet makes good on its plans to begin service among five Florida cities by the end of the year, the company will usher in an era of very light jet travel in the state,
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Published on 7/1/2006
Statewide Players - July 2006
Gerald Bailey, Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Icon: Stetson Kennedy
The years in which I infiltrated the Klan was in part during WWII. The Klan was afraid to operate under its old name ... so the Klan adopted all kinds of front names, and in Virginia, for example, it called itself the American Service Patrol.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Trendsetters - July 2006
Mia Thomas, Chastang, Ferrell, Sims & Eiserman; Mike Pender, Cavanaugh & Co.; Alfredo Cepero, BDO Seidman; John Christopher.
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Published on 7/1/2006
