. Functions: marketing global manufacturing and supply chain management accounting finance human resources Hialeah 224,669 226,419 Miami-Dade Whisper Walk. 8 Sites of interest In 2017 Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684 ranking 26th in the nation the state's unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th lowest in the United States Florida is one of seven states that do not impose a personal income tax. . Miami Florida Business directory 15 Miami Beach Miami-Dade 87,933 87,779 91,718 +4.49% Agriculture is the second largest industry in the state Citrus fruit especially oranges are a major part of the economy and Florida produces the majority of citrus fruit grown in the United States in 2006 67% of all citrus 74% of oranges 58% of tangerines and 54% of grapefruit were grown in Florida About 95% of commercial orange production in the state is destined for processing (mostly as orange juice the official state beverage); 5.5 Industry Extent of the Atlantic Ocean according to the 2002 IHO definition excluding Arctic and Antarctic regions, The Arts & Entertainment District is an urban neighborhood with numerous hotels and high-rise residential buildings the neighborhood's former name Omni comes from the Omni International Mall on Biscayne Boulevard the district borders Biscayne Bay the east NE 2nd Ave to the west NE 21st St to the north and I-395 to the south Pace Park Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and the (former) Miami Herald headquarters are located within the district the Arts & Entertainment District is served by the Miami Metrorail at: Government Center Station and by two Metromover stations on the Omni Loop.
; According to Hymer there are two main determinants of FDI; where an imperfect market structure is the key element the first is the firm-specific advantages which are developed at the specific companies home country and profitably used in the foreign country the second determinant is the removal of control where Hymer wrote: "When firms are interconnected they compete in selling in the same market or one of the firms may sell to the other," and because of this "it may be profitable to substitute centralized decision-making for decentralized decision-making". St Thomas University (private) (25.8) 85.3 Grade 7: 26,053 In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami. Taxis PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port and is the headquarters of many of the world's largest cruise companies 4.1 Elections history Extended systems of underwater caves sinkholes and springs are found throughout the state and supply most of the water used by residents the limestone is topped with sandy soils deposited as ancient beaches over millions of years as global sea levels rose and fell During the last glacial period lower sea levels and a drier climate revealed a much wider peninsula largely savanna While there are sinkholes in much of the state modern sinkholes have tended to be in West-Central Florida Everglades National Park covers 1,509,000 acres (6,110 km2) throughout Dade Monroe and Collier counties in Florida.[citation needed] the Everglades an enormously wide slow-flowing river encompasses the southern tip of the peninsula Sinkhole damage claims on property in the state exceeded a total of $2 billion from 2006 through 2010 Winter Park Sinkhole in central Florida appeared May 8 1981 it was approximately 350 feet (107 m) wide and 75 feet (23 m) deep it was notable as one of the largest recent sinkholes to form in the United States It is now known as Lake Rose the Econlockhatchee River (Econ River for short) is an 87.7-kilometer-long (54.5 mi) north-flowing blackwater tributary of the St Johns River the longest river in the U.S state of Florida the Econ River flows through Osceola Orange and Seminole counties in Central Florida just east of the Orlando Metropolitan Area (east of State Road 417) it is a designated Outstanding Florida Waters. Miami International Airport (MIA) and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America Due to its strength in international business finance and trade the city has among the largest concentration of international banks in the country primarily along Brickell Avenue in Brickell Miami's financial district Miami was the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations, The bay is also home to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Virginia Key (founded in 1947) and Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus (founded in 1977) in North Miami it was seen in the music video for the Lonely Island's "I'm on a Boat", Science Classroom Complex 2012 See also: List of companies based in Miami. Invasive species While the railroad's extension to Miami remained unannounced in the spring of 1895 rumors of this possibility continued to multiply fueling real estate activity in the Biscayne Bay area the news of the railroad's extension was officially announced on June 21 1895 in late September the work on the railroad began and settlers began pouring into the promised "freeze proof" lands on October 24 1895 the contract agreed upon by Flagler and Tuttle was approved. In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises.
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