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Economic Booster

Rod Casto works to attract startup and veteran companies to an officeand research park at the University of South Florida. It may be the most effective way to boost economic development in a downturn.

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College Crush

Bachelors' degrees were once the province of universities. But that's changing ascommunity colleges start offering them, prompting questions about their mission.

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  • October 9, 2008
Real World Dreams

Engineering professor Stephen Sundarrao works with USFstudents to develop and patent stronger, better products for people with disabilities. Solving real problems is the key.

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Transition Time

Dave Cole leads the North American division for a company in Pinellas Park that makes coatings for eyeglass lensesthat transform them from clear to shaded in the sun.

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In Search of Angels

Entrepreneur Pam Kauten is taking the helm of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, and focusing on finding angel investors.

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  • October 2, 2008
Saving the Jewels

Henricks Jewelers filed for bankruptcy reorganization in November.Despite intense pressures to liquidate the firm, its owners refused to walk away and emerged with a new plan this summer. It's a lesson in self-preservation.

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Two Cultures

Robert Banker is leading a group of trial attorneys away from the Fowler White law firm because of a difference in corporate cultures.

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  • October 2, 2008
Riding the Storm Out

Raymond James took a moreconservative path years ago when times were better and that has paid off.

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  • October 2, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • October 2, 2008
Deliverance

A Gulf Coast-based shipping company nearly doubled itsrevenues this year, from $15 million to a projected $28 million.Saudi princesses with nearly $500,000 worth of accounts helps.

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  • October 2, 2008
Sweet or unsweet?

Just as it was putting its house in order, Alico was hit with news that the state plans to buy U.S. Sugar, its biggest customer. It's just one of the challenges Dan Gunter faces as Alico's new chief executive.

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  • October 2, 2008
Paving the State

TriCircle Pavers' business is down, but that doesn't mean it's out. Its owners are plottingto pave the rest of the state.

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  • October 2, 2008
Adjudicated: Success

A court set up for small-scale business cases gets clogged with so much work that it has to call a timeout.

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Tumblers and Jewelry

Two Gulf Coast businesses are surviving the downturn in their narrowly focused markets.

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A Taxing Business

Partners Joe Cox and James Nici have built aboutique law firm in Naples specializing in estate planning.Business is brisk thanks to Congress' twisted laws.

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