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Some of Florida's best known industries are defense, photonics & optics, simulation and information technology. All of these high tech fields are key to developing products for homeland security. As a result, Florida has become one of the top centers for the Homeland Security industry. Learn more by watching this short video profiling a select few Florida Homeland Security companies. Press the play button or Click Here!
Category: Homeland Security -- posted at: 11:36 AM
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Florida leads the nation with the most Newsweek Top 100 U.S. High Schools, accounting for nearly 1 out of every 5 of the top ranked schools as measured by the magazine’s Challenge Index.  (Newsweek, May 2008)

Direct download: Top_100_High_Schools_07.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 2:05 PM
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Learn how i.d.e.a.s., a leading digital media company, works in the fast-paced fields of e-learning, video production, entertainment, and online media to tell compelling stories for its clients.

Direct download: Digital_Media.mp3
Category: Information Technology -- posted at: 1:59 PM
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With 7 of the Top 100 best places to live - more than any other state - Florida reaffirms its status as one of the states with highest quality of life. (Relocate America, May 2008)
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Direct download: Top_100_best_places_to_live.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 11:35 AM
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Florida's universities continue to grow their research investments, which totaled more than $1.6 billion in 2007. Licensing income, patents and invention disclosures were also up last year at the 13 major Florida research universities surveyed. (Florida Research Consortium, May 2008)
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Direct download: PR_University_Survey.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 1:53 PM
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Highlights from the new Spring 2008 issue include:
  • Leaders of Industry: See what Fortune says about Florida
  • High-Tech Workforce: Florida remains a Top U.S. Cyberstate
  • Groundbreaking Partnerships and World Class Medical Institutes
  • New Frontiers in Clean Energy

Get more news stories, the latest economic reports, and the new innovation podcast.
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Direct download: Innovation_Quarterly_2008_Spring_Final.pdf
Category: Innovation Quarterly -- posted at: 10:28 AM
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With 8 deals and $115.5 million invested, Florida was the 10th most popular state for venture capital investments in Q1 2008. (PwC/NVCA, Apr '08)
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Direct download: Q12008VC.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 4:50 PM
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Florida is among the nation’s top entrepreneurial states, ranking 11th on the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, a study that measures business startup activity across the United States. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach metro continued to rank high (5th) among large MSAs in terms of its rate of entrepreneurial activity. (Kauffman Foundation, April 2008)
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Direct download: Kauffman_Index.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 4:45 PM
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Florida continues to receive high marks for its business tax structure, ranking as the 5th Best State Tax System for Entrepreneurship and Small Business. (Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, April 2008)
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Direct download: Business_Tax_Index_2008.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 4:22 PM
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In its 3rd consecutive year of growth, Florida added another 5,700 high tech jobs to its economy, placing it as the 4th largest Cyberstate by tech industry employment and the 8th fastest growing. (AeA Cyberstates 2008, Apr '08)
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Direct download: AeA2008.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 5:20 PM
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Florida is the 2nd most business-friendly state in the nation, according to the 2008 Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States study. (Pollina, Apr '08)
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Direct download: Polina2008.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 5:15 PM
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The University of Florida's Warrington School of Business tops the Economist Intelligence Unit's just-published ranking of distance learning MBA programs. Florida's students are especially impressed with the quality of the school's distance learning materials, the program's value for money and their sense of connection to the school.
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Direct download: Distance_Learning_Which_MBA.pdf
Category: Florida Accolades -- posted at: 11:55 AM
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