April 23, 2024
Southeast
Couple's nausea-easing candies are infused with natural oils - including CBD
Tracy Ernst got the idea for her nausea-easing candies after seeing a friend with cancer battle the side effects of chemotherapy. An avid cyclist, she was riding solo one day when an image of the friend came to mind. She says she later received a “divine message to make hard candies with essential oils.”
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Published on 5/31/2022
St. Lucie County gets a green light to reorganize its foreign trade zone
The foreign trade zone in St. Lucie County sat largely dormant for the 26 years since it was created, covering the Treasure Coast Airport near Fort Pierce and three nearby parcels. This year, the county received federal approval to reorganize the zone to allow expedited designation of sites for companies ready to conduct trade-zone activity such as manufacturing. The zone was expanded to include all of St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties...
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Published on 5/31/2022
A one-stop shop for boat buyers
INNOVATION
One-stop shop for boat buyers
Entrepreneurs Bryan Lenett of Hallandale Beach and Michael Muchnick of Aventura founded TreatMD, a telemedicine company later acquired by GlobalMed. Both boaters, they launched...
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Published on 4/21/2022
Locality Bank in Fort Lauderdale stands out for being a rare bank startup
Locality Bank founders see an opening in the market.
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Published on 4/20/2022
UF acquires Scripps campus, absorbs 500 researchers and staff
In 2003, the state under then Gov. Jeb Bush began a life-sciences recruitment spree by using $310 million in state money to lure California-based Scripps to open a Florida campus.
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Published on 3/9/2022
Infrastructure: Critical strategies Florida can implement as it grows
Florida is projected to gain 2.5 million new residents by 2030. Here's what that means for schools, roads, homes and other infrastructure needs
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Published on 3/8/2022
CarLife connects car dealers with photographers
Even with a shortage of new and used vehicles, dealers still find it helpful in selling autos to get a magazine-quality photo or commercial video of the actual vehicle out on social media rather than stock images...
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Published on 2/21/2022
A snapshot of Florida
Industries across the state are reporting robust activity — some are surpassing pre-pandemic levels of growth.
Read the full regional reports -
Miami • Southeast • Southwest • Central •...
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Published on 1/17/2022
Southeast Florida's economic forecast for 2022
“I see a few storms on the horizon. The amount we're paying for labor is escalating at an exponential rate. You have the supply chain issues. We used to try to squeeze every nickel out of the supply chain. Now, it's not about the money..."
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Published on 1/17/2022
Hospitals Around the State
Miami
Hospital
City
Beds
Top Executive
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami
1,550
Carlos Migoya
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Miami
838
Brian E. Keeley
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach
672
Gino...
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Published on 12/8/2021
Time4Learning's online home-schooling platform grows to 175,000 students
Include Time4Learning among companies that seized the moment amid the pandemic's mask mandates, remote learning and workschool challenges.
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Published on 11/30/2021
The pandemic transforms Scott Harris' DeliverLean
DeliverLean now provides meals to patients discharged from hospitals.
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Published on 10/27/2021
Fitnessmith moved from regional to national exercise equipment supplier during pandemic
In the pandemic, the 25-year-old supplier of exercise equipment and consulting services to the commercial gym, hotel, resort and multifamily markets, turned to the home market...
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Published on 9/28/2021
Servius Group offers private travel security by former Navy SEALs and Special Forces veterans
Vero Beach and the Treasure Coast are known for service businesses catering to ultra high-net-worth families.
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Published on 8/31/2021
Related Group's decision to build an oceanfront condo in Pompano Beach looks to be paying off
Miami-based Related purchased the site in 2011, believing that the dwindling supply of waterfront sites meant investing...
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Published on 7/30/2021
4G Recycling advises companies on reducing waste and moves materials from producers of scrap to warehouses and buyers
Brothers and millennials Brent and Zachary Kirstein introduced an online bidding tool to help businesses recycle more effectively by getting the most for their recyclables...
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Published on 6/29/2021
Palm Beach County's new food hall is a dining destination
Local developer Craig Menin's opening of the Delray Beach Market, a 150,000-sq.-ft., $60-million food hall and parking deck...
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Published on 5/26/2021
The Jills Zeder Group sells $1 billion in SE Florida real estate in just over four months
Achieving $1 billion* in sales in four months and 11 days, The Jills Zeder Group is not only shattering industry records, but its own records.
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Published on 5/25/2021
Piper Aircraft has sold nearly 60 of its self-landing turboprops
In an emergency, the tech can be activated to take over control of the aircraft...
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Published on 4/28/2021
SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month
While a student in Florida Atlantic University's executive MBA program, Jonathan Beskin was attracted to businesses...
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Published on 3/29/2021
Fixing the Everglades — A New Report Card
Twenty years into a state-federal plan spending billions to re-engineer the Everglades, the Everglades remain vulnerable to continuing degradation.
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Published on 3/17/2021
Online test proctor Honorlock is one of Florida's fastest-growing companies
The pandemic-fueled shift to online college learning proved a boon to an online test proctor founded by two FAU graduates.
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Published on 1/27/2021
Southeast Florida's economic outlook for 2021
Regional business leaders talk about the outlook for the year ahead, plus demographics and statistics
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Published on 12/30/2020
SA Company/Alpha Defense Gear donates 30,000 products during pandemic
Thomas DeSernia was studying to be a dentist when he conceived a gimbal cover to keep fishing ...
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Published on 11/25/2020
Ferrate Solutions awarded $3-million contract to remove toxins from Lake Okeechobee
Removing the phosphorous and nitrogen that cause the well-documented troubles in Lake Okeechobee...
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Published on 10/28/2020
