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Economic Snapshot: February Employment

Starting in the Tampa Bay area, the further south you travel, the steeper the annual percentage decline in employment.

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  • April 1, 2010
A Day in the Life

Marco Rubio's campaign has taken him all over Florida.

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  • April 1, 2010
Rubio wins debate

An online poll suggests Rubio dominated Gov. Crist in a recent Fox News debate.

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  • April 1, 2010
Feds seek Crop comments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks comment on a new USDA program.

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  • March 31, 2010
Iorio proposes position cuts

Mayor Pam Iorio is proposing the elimination of 16 city positions.

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  • March 31, 2010
Horizon loan extended

Horizon Bancorp and 1st Manatee Bank have reached new terms for the payback of a $1.1 million loan.

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  • March 31, 2010
Obama expands offshore

President Obama announced the expansion of offshore exploration this week.

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  • March 31, 2010
Buy property, get iPad

Trying to take a bite out of sour loans on the books, Community Bank of Manatee is falling back on something that always sells: Apples.

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  • March 31, 2010
St. Pete Beach wins legal challenge

A St. Pete Beach citizen's challenge to a comprehensive plan amendment approved by the city's voters has been turned down by a state appeals court.

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  • March 30, 2010
Florida loses race to top

The state lost out on the first round of Race to the Top federal education funding being beat out by Delaware and Tennessee.

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  • March 30, 2010
Study: Tampa cheap for biz

A study suggests Tampa is the cheapest place to do business among the nation's largest cities.

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  • March 30, 2010
Tampa home prices up

Tampa' S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index was up 0.3% in January, Bloomberg reports.

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  • March 29, 2010
Syniverse jumps on upgrade

Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SVR) stock rose 5.68% Monday as a major investment company upgraded its rating from a hold to a buy.

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  • March 29, 2010
Death to Too Big to Fail

When Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to thousands of community bankers here last week, he received a standing “O” for his pounding of financial firms deemed “too big to fail.”

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  • March 26, 2010
BB&T takes to Tampa skyline

The Branch Banking & Trust Corporation is preparing to get its name out in Tampa in a rather big way next month.

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