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What you need to know about Florida today
Millennials face hurdles to buying a home
Bucking their rent-not-own reputation, more millennials are looking forward to buying a home, a new study found. But affordability in places like South Florida may hold them back. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
See also:
» Florida home sales slip, prices rise
» Median price of housing in Florida rises
» Northeast Florida experiences another month of increasing home sales
Why business is the new Earth Day activist
From the beginning, Earth Day has had a mix of grassroots fervor and corporate/government support. Today, we expect to read about events our favorite brands are sponsoring in various communities or how they’ve teamed up with a nonprofit to support a specific cause. [Source: Greenbiz]
See also:
» Earth Day and climate-change economics
» Where to find a pipeline of workers for green jobs
» Record number of countries to sign historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change on Earth Day
» World Bank cautions against lull after Earth Day momentum
» Earth Day 2016 shows some gains, some losses
» Your turn: What does Earth Day mean to you? (poll)
Known as presidential swing state, Florida could decide Senate control
Florida’s status as the most important swing state in the presidential race is no secret. But the November election could give the Sunshine State a chance to decide something almost as important: control of the Senate. [Source: USA Today]
Top 10 U.S. cities for small business hiring
Think most of the growing small businesses are in the country’s biggest cities? Not when it comes to hiring new staff. If you want to find the cities with the most active and strong small business hiring per capita, look near but not in the nation’s biggest cities. [Source: Small Business Trends]
High housing costs driving population shifts?
Fewer people are moving into some of the country’s most expensive areas, including San Diego, Silicon Valley, and some Washington, D.C., suburbs. At the same time, places where the cost of living is lower, such as Las Vegas, Phoenix and parts of Florida, are showing bigger population gains, new census data show. [Source: Stateline]
› Rand invests $1.1 million in Florida surgical firm
Buffalo venture capital firm Rand Capital Corp. has invested $1.1 million in an Orlando, Fla., company that makes surgical instruments used in minimally invasive surgery.
› Royal Caribbean cancels 7 more Empress of the Seas sailings, now total of 13
After six cancellations last month due to delays in the ship’s renovation, Empress of the Seas was due to start sailing again next week. But now that voyage and six others have been canceled, too.
› UF, Disney team up to protect butterflies, sea turtles
The efforts of University of Florida researchers are taking a major leap forward through a Disney Conservation Fund initiative that aims to save threatened species from extinction.
› Delta Hotels makes Orlando its first U.S. location
The last four months have essentially been dress rehearsal for employees at the Delta Orlando Lake Buena Vista hotel, which opened in December and celebrates a grand opening today.
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