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What you need to know about Florida today

| 11/15/2017

› Looking for a job? Hiring — and perks — are at South Florida small businesses
If you are looking for a job in South Florida, your options may be growing. And they may even come with perks. Four out of every 10 Miami metro area entrepreneurs plan to hire more employees in the next 12 months.

› Jax company starts trial on cancer-fighting therapy
Jacksonville-based TapImmune Inc. (Nasdaq: TPIV) has enrolled its final patient in a randomized, Phase 2 clinical study of an immunotherapy that targets breast cancer.

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› Nation’s first Crystal Lagoon to open in spring 2018 in Wesley Chapel
Spring break could mean a new state-of-the-art water amenity for swimmers, paddle boarders and sunbathers in central Pasco County. The nation’s first Crystal Lagoon is scheduled to open in early spring 2018 in the Epperson Ranch development in Wesley Chapel.

› Florida’s Natural Growers diversifying business, re-emphasizing existing products like Donald Duck juices
Donald Duck is back. Not that the Disney cartoon character ever went away, but the orange juice brand carrying his name has long been a minor part of business at Lake Wales-based Citrus World Inc., the parent company of the Florida’s Natural Growers brand. No more.

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