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What you need to know about Florida today
› Publix promotes Murphy to company president
Kevin Murphy, senior vice president of retail operations, will be promoted to president of Publix Super Markets Inc., the company announced recently. The announcement was among several executive promotions made by Publix last month.
› The hiring challenge: With Northeast Florida unemployment less than 3 percent, how is business coping?
If you live in Northeast Florida and want a job, the chances that you’ll get what you want are better now than at any time in the past 12 years. According to data published last week by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the jobless rate in the five-county Jacksonville metropolitan area is the lowest since early 2006.
› Amazon opens Sunrise center to speed up deliveries in region
So South Florida didn’t get Amazon HQ2, but Broward County got a little something from the e-commerce giant. Amazon has opened a delivery center in Sunrise, which will allow for “speedier” deliveries in the region, according to Amazon spokeswoman Amanda Ip.
› Big sales, but also traditions and friendships live on for Orlando-area's Black Friday shoppers
Despite the growing move to internet retailers — and the increase there was huge according to early estimates — thousands of shoppers packed Orlando-area malls, department stores and other shops for Black Friday as they looked for blockbuster discounts and the perfect gifts to top off their lists.
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