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| 4/13/2015

University of Miami names Harvard Dean Dr. Julio Frenk as its sixth President

Dr. Julio Frenk
Dr. Julio Frenk

The University of Miami announced that Dr. Julio Frenk, current Dean of Faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mexico’s former Minister of Health, will be the University’s next president. Dr. Frenk will succeed Donna E. Shalala, who has led the University of Miami since 2001 and served under President Bill Clinton as the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Full statement from UM is here.


It's official: Sen. Marco Rubio announces 2016 presidential bid

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has informed his donors that he is running for president in 2016, becoming the third Republican to officially enter the contest. Rubio will make a formal announcement Monday evening (4/13/2015) in which he is expected to present himself as the embodiment of generational change who can unite the Republican Party’s factions and offer economic solutions for the 21st century. More from the New York Times

Related, from the Tampa Bay Times:
» 4 things Marco Rubio needs to become president in 2016


Business Profile
The Boardwalk Food Co.

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Andy Yochum really likes beer. So much so that the former salesman left the corporate world behind and began experimenting in the kitchen with beer and bread.

After a little while, he and his wife, Kim, came up with a recipe that stood on its own. The secret ingredient? Beer.

» More from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Sales and Marketing Advice
Six core rules for business success

We all live by rules. Many are imposed on us, usually for good reason such as which side of the road to drive on. Certain policies are a burden, even antiquated, and don’t make much sense in today’s world. Then there are rules that are at the core of what drives our companies or us as individuals. More in the latest column from Ron Stein.


Today's SpaceX launch may pull off double play

SpaceX hopes to have two reasons to celebrate tonight. The first would be a successful 4:33 p.m. launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the second would be pulling off a landing of the rocket's first stage on a ship down range in the Atlantic Ocean. More at Florida Today.


Small Business Advice
Five things every manager should avoid

Management is an ever-evolving discipline, and every manager must work constantly to improve his or her skills. One thing that all effective managers have in common is that they steer clear of the five sins of management. Read more from Jerry Osteryoung.

Out of the Box
Grits now, sake later from the rice paddies northwest of Jacksonville

jakcsonville rice Though a good bit of rice was grown in Florida, including Northeast Florida, in the late 1700s, it’s not a major crop these days. There were about 20,000 acres planted with rice in Florida last year, said Ron Rice (that’s really his name), the Belle Glade-based extension agent who specializes in rice and sugar cane.

» More from the Florida Times-Union

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Bitter-to-swallow cocoa costs force chocolate shops to raise prices
Bitter-to-swallow cocoa costs force chocolate shops to raise prices

Central Floirda chocolate shops are left with a bitter taste as cocoa prices hit an all-time high earlier this week.

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