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› Ruling against cruise lines clouds Cuba investment picture
If investors thought doing business in Cuba was tough after the Trump Administration reinstated sanctions against the island nation’s Communist regime, a Miami federal judge’s ruling that tags four cruise lines for “trafficking” in confiscated property is giving them even greater pause. Early this month, U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom lowered a boom on four cruise line operators — Carnival Corp., MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Holdings and Royal Caribbean Group — by ordering them to pay a combined $450 million to the heirs of the original owners of the Havana Cruise Port Terminal.
› North Port picks offices over luxury apartments for land on Sumter Boulevard
Citing concerns about losing land that could one day be used for office and professional uses, the North Port City Commission denied a request to allow the development of a luxury 175-unit apartment complex pitched as a possible place for medical professionals working at the new Sarasota Memorial North Port Hospital to live.
› Logistics firm closing Northwest Jacksonville warehouse
Quiet Logistics, a third-party logistics provider acquired in late 2021 by American Eagle Outfitters Inc., is closing its facility in Northwest Jacksonville, affecting 74 employees. The company now calls itself Quiet Platforms. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter with the state saying the warehouse in the Park 295 Industrial Park at Interstate 295 and Duval Road will close in March and the 74 workers will lose their jobs.
› Illegal snake trafficking ring sends multiple people to jail in Florida
An investigation that took place over several years has landed multiple people in jail for snake trafficking in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Division of Law Enforcement said they headed the three-year "Operation Viper" investigation and filed charges against eight people ranging from second-degree misdemeanors to third-degree felonies related to the illegal trafficking of venomous and prohibited snakes.
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