Michael Fechter

Florida businesses often find that, when nurtured properly, their best talent is already in house.

A Gainesville biotech firm is pioneering regenerative products to repair damaged or diseased cardiac tissue.

A state-created fund is creating a shot in the arm to dozens of emerging Florida companies.

A Florida Chamber of Commerce delegation traveled to the United Arab Emirates to learn. It returned with substantial business prospects.

USF is taking the rare step of creating a new college to meet workforce demand for cybersecurity professionals.

Florida’s state colleges are winning acclaim for cranking out career-ready graduates at scale, but higher-ed experts worry their success could falter without more funding.

Florida needs more doctors — especially in rural areas. Alma Littles and others are trying to recruit them.

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New South Miami

2024 Newsmakers

Growing up, Suneera Madhani's father would wake her every morning and tell her “You have it. You can do anything.” Sometimes she found the repetition annoying, but as an adult she understands that “we all have that ‘it' factor. We need people to pull it out of us.”

The Carnival Conquest cruise ship recently was able to plug into a specially built electrical substation at PortMiami and fully shut down its engines, marking the first time a Southeastern port has provided “shore power” to a docked ship. PortMiami soon will offer the electrical service at five of its 11 cruise terminals, allowing berthed ships to shut down their engines and reduce their emissions by as much as 98%.

It has the makings of a movie plot that's so awful, Ben Affleck has to land on an asteroid to save humanity: America wakes up one morning to a massive denial-of-service attack. No internet access. Banks and credit cards are down. At the same time, entire regions are without power. Water treatment plants are compromised, leaving communities with no safe water to drink.

A seemingly intractable clash of interests between home and vacation rental property owners remains unsettled after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed legislation that would have consolidated regulatory power within the state.

A seemingly intractable clash of interests between home and vacation rental property owners remains unsettled after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed legislation that would have consolidated regulatory power within the state.

Endless Horizon

The rideshare concept is pretty simple. You need to go someplace, so you use an app to put out a call to nearby drivers willing to take you there.

The boards of directors at Florida's public companies are among the nation's most male-dominated. But a network of women who built successful C-suite careers is working to bring new talent to the table.

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