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What it’s like to ride Brightline

Brightline unveiled it’s new high-speed rail service to the media and I was aboard for the ride from Fort Lauderdale to West Palm Beach, so I’ll share my experience. There’s

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Brightline launching high-speed passenger service on Saturday

The Brightline high-speed rail service will launch on Saturday with 35 minute, $10 rides between the downtown Fort Lauderdale and West Palm, but its website encountered opening day glitches on Thursday.

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Brightline train seat
Local governments have a big fight with Tallahassee

There’s a big power struggle going on between the Florida Legislature and local governments that’s raising a red flag with economic development agencies. Basically, the Legislature wants to take some

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Kelly Smallridge
Brightline launch is imminent

Yes, those do look like passengers on some of the Brightline test trains running through South Florida. The company invited friends and family aboard the trains to help test customer

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Pompano is still popping

One of the more enjoyable stories I’ve written as editor of SFBW was an in-depth story in late 2015 on Pompano Beach, which we titled “Pompano is Popping.” For decades, Pompano

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The Oceanic restaurant at Pompano Beach Fishing Village
BioTrackTHC CEO expects Sessions’ move won’t hurt medical marijuana

There is a lot of, errr, buzz, about U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinding the Obama administration’s Cole memorandum, which gave some assurances that the feds wouldn’t be doing a

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions moved to curtail the Cole memorandum about cannabis issued during the Obama administriaton
Manny Perdomo gets new role as SunTrust announce changes

Manny Perdomo could aptly be called the guru of international banking for SunTrust Banks and that’s apparent in his new role. Perdomo, who was profiled by SFBW last year, is

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Downtown Miami Macy’s closing, listed for lease

Macy’s announced Thursday that it is closing its downtown Miami store, which opened at 22 E. Flagler St. as a Burdines in 1912. Since 2005 Macy’s has closed 124 stores,

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Tax plan fuels exodus to Florida

SFBW has been writing about hedge funds and other financial service companies moving to South Florida since a major story in early 2015. Now, the new tax legislation is spurring

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Kelly Smallridge
When Working Means Sharing

By Darcie Lunsford Consider this: Within a dozen years, 30 percent of all corporate offices will be housed in flexible spaces that can be ramped up or downsized on demand.

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Small Steps, Big Successes

By Greta Schulz Well, I did it. I did the “It’s the first of the year and I have put weight loss on my resolution list” thing. I don’t actually

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What’s Your Thunder?

The Attitude of Gratitude By Stephen Garber To paraphrase author Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot

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