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› Seminole Heights businesses draw support despite recent killings
Some Seminole Heights business owners are expecting a record holiday shopping season in spite of the recent series of murders in the neighborhood. They will be relying, in part, on new customers to balance out those who have been scared off by the four killings that began in mid-October.
› New brokerage powers into Palm Beach yachting market
Competition makes the business world turn, and there’s a little extra spin in Palm Beach’s yacht brokerage market this season with the arrival of IYC on Royal Palm Way.
› Patriot National lays off 250 workers, enters forbearance agreement with lenders
Fort Lauderdale-based Patriot National, which provides outsourced and technology services to insurance companies, is laying off 250 workers. The terminations result from its largest customer, Guarantee Insurance Co., entering state-supervised receivership, the company reported.
› A Miami Republican makes enemies in Washington
Carlos Curbelo is picking fights. He attacked the NRA for opposing his bill to ban a firearm accessory that allows semi-automatic rifles to fire like automatics. He attacked the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, currently made up of all Democrats. And he is attacking the Trump administration and fellow Republicans.
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