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Monday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Disney: Epcot’s space-themed restaurant will open this year
Walt Disney World visitors will be eating at Epcot’s space-themed restaurant in the near future, the company says. The experience, featuring virtual views above Earth, will be operating by the end of 2019, according to a post on the official Disney Parks Blog.
› Sarasota Chamber announces finalists in Small Business Awards
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists in the Frank G. Berlin Sr. Small Business Awards. In its 29th year, the awards recognize member businesses with locally owned and operated businesses in five categories.
› Tire wholesaler’s strategy toward profitability is to rely less on China
While many South Florida companies are concerned about possible new tariffs on imports from China, Miami-based Tire Group International (TGI), a major player in the domestic and foreign wholesale tire market, has detoured around the big potholes in U.S. trade policy.
› Bubba the Love Sponge’s Tampa studio and Ocala racetrack face foreclosure
Radio talk show host Bubba the Love Sponge faces foreclosure on his Tampa broadcast studio and a racetrack he owns in Ocala. In a suit filed April 16 in Marion County, Valley National Bank says Bubba Clem, as he is legally known, and Bubba Raceway Park, LLC, owe a total of $94,373.
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