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• GOV. RICK SCOTT

  Fla. gov. rejects Amazon deal

  Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority since coming into office, has rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state.
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  Keys suffers through dismal stone crab season — but if you like octopus ...

  The end of stone-crab season this week may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.

• Building permits up across U.S.

  Nationwide building permits for single-family homes rose 27 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac.
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  Miami Beach

  Miami Beach commissioners ponder taxpayers’ share of convention center redevelopment

  Miami Beach commissioners got their first look at the public costs associated with revamping the city’s convention center district.

• Florida tourism sets new record in first quarter

  The year is off to a record start for Florida’s tourism industry.

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  Mayor: Bill Johnson “would do a great job” at the Beacon Council

  Would County Hall stop its star port director from jumping ship for the Beacon Council?
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  WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

  Young entrepreneurs redefining work world

  Many in their 20s want the freedom to work when and where they want.
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  Miami Beach

  Two teams, two visions presented for Miami Beach Convention Center redevelopment

  Finalists competing for the billion-dollar project clashed over which plan would most benefit the community, and whether their plans had been copied.

• IPPOLITA opens boutique at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise

  IPPOLITA, the luxury fashion jewelry company, said it has opened a boutique at The Colonnade Outlets at Sawgrass Mills Shopping Mall. It is the company’s second standalone boutique in the United States, after New York.

• Florida City

  Florida City sells lots for redevelopment in ‘Snakepit’ neighborhood

  The city will sell about two dozen lots for $1.5 million for redevelopment.

• EMPLOYMENT

  Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender

  The jobs of National Guard and Reserve troops are supposed to be protected while they are fulfilling military duty. But problems are widespread.

• Airlines collected record baggage fees in 2012

  Delta collected the most total revenue from its passengers in add-on fees, but Spirit charged the most-per-passenger.
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  The luxury car rental market is revving up in South Florida

  The luxury car rental market is revving up in South Florida, where wealthy foreign tourists, celebrities, athletes, business people and other car enthusiasts can get behind the wheel of the car of their dreams — like a Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini or Rolls-Royce — and rent by the day, a week or a month.
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  My View: ‘Miami Nice’ is becoming our special sauce

  I am the CEO of Kairos, a tech startup focused on facial recognition in the workforce management and retail spaces. We moved from San Francisco to Miami last year and it’s been nothing less than a stellar experience and a blessing.
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  Q&A

  For Sony Tennis chief, no time to celebrate a stadium vote

  Adam Barrett runs the Sony Open, and recently convinced Miami-Dade voters to approve a $50 million expansion of the event’s Key Biscayne home. Now he just needs to get it done. Champagne sales are on the line, among other things.
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  Amid flurry of tech-hub advances, pause to take stock of what we have

  With a host of co-working spaces and accelerators for entrepreneurs, Endeavor’s new office and the eMerge conference on the way, and recent news such as Open English’s Series D raise of $65 million, there’s been a shift in the tech-hub conversation of late: It’s not what we don’t have, it’s what we have.
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  Fine wine, one glass at a time

  Don’t want to uncork a whole bottle? South Florida winemakers have come up with a way to offer premium wines in single-serve containers.
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  H&M will open at Pembroke Lakes Mall in the fall

  H&M said Monday that is opening a new location this fall across from Victoria’s Secret on the west side of Pembroke Lakes Mall in Pembroke Pines. It will be the Swedish chain’s first store in Broward, as it continues to expand in Florida.

• U.S. SAYS MONEY LAUNDERERS FIND ART AN ATTRACTIVE REFUGE

  According to the air bill slapped on the crate that arrived at Kennedy International Airport from London, an unnamed painting worth $100 was inside. Only later did federal investigators discover that it was by the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and worth $8 million.

• EMPLOYMENT

  HireArt looks to Miami for its new market

  HireArt, an online employment service that screens applicants for employers, is moving into the Miami market.

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