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What you need to know about Florida today

| 8/19/2014

› Cost to raise a child $245,340, USDA says
A middle-income family with a child born in 2013 can expect to spend about $245,340 ($340,480 adjusted for projected inflation) for food, housing, childcare and education and other child-rearing expenses up to age 18, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week.

› Florida Chamber outlines economic strategies
At a Monday morning seminar in Marianna, the Florida Chamber Foundation talked about strategies that the organization believes are necessary to make this region of the state a hot spot for manufacturing and other job-creating businesses.

› Freewavz: Another Central Florida crowdfunding success
Yet another tech startup in Central Florida has closed on funding for its product via a successful Kickstarter campaign. Melbourne-based Freewavz, which develops wire-free earphones with built-in fitness monitoring, closed on $325,208 in funding.

› Q&A: Fred Reinhardt, leads Espirito Santo Bank in Miami — which is now for sale
The son of an American diplomat, G. Frederick “Fred” Reinhardt grew up all over the world, in France, Vietnam, Egypt, Italy and Switzerland. As a banker, his career has led him to New York, London — and most recently, Miami.

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