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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Alico's embattled CEO Remy Trafelet resigns
After months of uncertainty, Remy Trafelet has voluntarily resigned as president and CEO of Fort Myers-based Alico Inc. He's also stepped down as a board director after reaching a settlement with the publicly traded agribusiness and land management company.
› Miami's high-end condominium market becomes cat-and-mouse game
In Miami’s overbuilt high-end condominium market, a complex game of cat-and-mouse is being played, as sellers try to push their advantage and buyers shop for bargains, observers say. “The No. 1 metric in our industry to measure the health of the market is the number of remaining months of supply: today’s inventory divided by the average number of monthly sales,” said Ron Shuffield, president and CEO of EWM Realty International.
› Thrill seekers prepare, Florida's tallest launch roller coaster, Tigris, is almost ready
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay opened its gates Thursday morning for a behind-the-scenes look at its newest roller coaster, Tigris. Tigris will catapult riders through a series of looping twists with forward and backward motion, exhilarating drops, all at more than 60 miles per hour.
› If your emotional support animal is not flying, Tampa International Airport says leave it home
The new rule does not affect service animals — dogs individually trained to perform tasks to help people with physical, sensory, psychiatric or other disabilities — but it does affect emotional support animals, including comfort animals and therapy dogs that are not service animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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