May 8, 2024

Friday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 6/10/2016

› GE announces dozens of new jobs in South Florida
General Electric is expanding its Miami facility, creating 30 new jobs. The jobs will be digital operations positions focused on the company's Latin American network and delivery systems.

› Randrr tech firm to expand to 200 employees in Jacksonville
A Jacksonville technology firm will grow tenfold in the next two years and plans to add 200 jobs that pay as much as $200,000 a year for each position.

› Immokalee among Southwest Florida areas designated as federal Promise Zones for jobs, anti-poverty help
The 10-year-program, which aims to help high-poverty areas across the country, will provide each designated zone with preferred access to certain federal grants.

› New Victory cruise line plans trips from Florida to Cuba
A new cruise line based in Miami hopes to offer trips from Florida to Cuba. Victory Cruise Lines Ltd. is awaiting approval from the Cuban government, President and CEO Bruce Nierenberg said.

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