Rick Scott is personally reaching out to businesses in other states to try and get them to relocate to Florida. Which, OK, sure, we're all for, but because Scott is apparently and almost comically incapable of doing anything without controversy, it seems he's only trying to poach companies from states with Democratic governors. Those governors are understandably irked and claim Scott is spreading misinformation about their states.

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Marlins Park was at the very least supposed to be something of an economic engine for the surrounding Little Havana neighborhood, but like so many other things promised about the deal, that turned out to be a lie, too.

The Miami Herald reports this morning that three tenants who were interested in leasing retail space in the city owned parking garages at Marlins Park backed out of the deal after team owner Jeffrey Loria sold off all his star talent.

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You're first in the nation, Miami! Sadly we are not talking about the Miami Heat, we are talking foreclosures. Florida, during the first quarter, has been America's foreclosure capital, while Miami leads all cities in Florida with a terrifying one in every 79 residences being involved in some sort of foreclosure filing -- more than three times the national average.

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Hey, you 20-something in skinny jeans riding a fixie, Tropical Financial Credit Union wants to be the place where you store your money to save up for Coachella tickets. In fact, they may want you to be their new "Spokester," which we imagine is some misadvised portmanteau of "hipster" and "spokesperson."

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Ian Witlen

Skrillex and Boys Noize

You're not likely to hear many heavy-handed conversations about business at Ultra Music Festival this weekend, but if you do, it will more than likely be about billionaire Robert F.X. Sillerman's plans to buy up just about everything related to electronic dance music and consolidate it all under SFX Entertainment. Our sister blog Crossfade has chronicled his hostile takeover of the scene. His possessions now include nightclubs (like Miami's LIV), a string of well known EDM promotion companies, and Beatport, the EDM scene's answer to iTunes.

While Sillerman's business strategy might strike some as odd (what is it they say about putting all of your eggs in a single basket?), the formal corporate takeover and consolidation of EDM has been a long time coming.

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Last week, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a new PR campaign intended to help draw businesses to Florida, and because Scott cannot do one single thing without generating controversy, critics are attacking the logo used in the PR push as sexist. 
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If you need a car, truck or van. Who you gonna call? Not Maroone. The mega car dealership chain is changing its name, and will from now on be going using the name of its parent company, AutoNation.

But does this mean that South Florida most ubiquitous jingle is going anywhere? Will we never be informed of who we're supposed to call if we need a truck or van ever again? Will we survive these dark and scary times?

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You know who really likes billionaire Dolphins owner Stephen Ross' idea to put taxpayers on the hook for half of the $400 million in renovations to Sun Life Stadium? Other rich people!

In fact, the Dolphins blasted out a press releases today touting the support of the Trump Brand. Because if there's anything people adore and respect, it's Donald Trump.

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via The Herald

Walmart is still marching on with its plans to build a store in the heart of Midtown Miami, but has retreated a little bit to redesign the space. In an unusual move for the retail giant, the store's new plans would include about 16,000 square feet of non-Walmart retail on the street level to be leased out to other businesses.

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For most of my life, every time I've walked into a gas station or a grocery store I've been greeted one way or another by the delightfully '80s logo of the Florida Lottery. Most things have changed since 1988. That logo has remained a constant.

Until now. The Florida Lottery logo has undergone a major overhaul to coincide with the game's 25th anniversary.

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