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Strategies

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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 17, 2009
Method Men

A Gulf Coast technology company plans to attack the recession in 2010, with a plan that includes hiring at least six more people. A big weapon in its fight: The firm's ability to land work with state and local governments.

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  • December 17, 2009
Corporate Report: Tech Data's Tonnison promoted, Osbourn will retire next year

John Tonnison will become executive vice president and chief information officer of Tech Data Corp., the Clearwater-based IT products distributor, on Feb. 1, supervising its global IT systems and e-business infrastructure.

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  • December 17, 2009
Advice for Holiday Cards

Ordering your holiday cards this month? Before you make that costly purchase, be sure to think about the impression you want to leave with those receiving them.

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  • December 17, 2009
2009 Financial Statements

Quality Distribution net rises to seven cents a share; Kforce quarter profit falls to $5.6 million

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  • December 17, 2009
Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Walter Energy Inc. at $2.43 (3.5%), Wellcare Health Plans at $1.86 (5.41%) and Jabil Circuit at $1.12 (8.66%). The biggest decliners were HSN Inc. at $-1.21 (-6.32%), Raymond James Financial at $-1.11 (-4.60%) and Tigrent Inc. at $-0.50 (-43.48%).

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  • December 10, 2009
Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

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  • December 10, 2009
Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Sun Hydraulics at $3.61 (15.59%), Tech Data at $1.71 (4.01%) and Roper Industries Inc. at $1.49 (2.85%). The biggest decliners were First Community Bank at $-1.04 (-29.30%), Jabil Circuit at $-0.40 (-3.00%) and Lincare Holdings at $-0.32 (-0.90%).

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  • December 4, 2009
Resolution: Conflict

A 15-year-old company with a proven record of success — nearly $50 million in sales by 2008 — decided the recession would be a great time to purposely pit executives against each other. The experiment is working.

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  • December 3, 2009
Corporate Report: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing first in state to serve Birra Castello

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, the Anheuser-Busch InBev and Corona distributor for Sarasota and Manatee counties, is the first in the state to have local rights to Birra Castello, the first Italian beer in the company's international portfolio.

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  • December 3, 2009
Financial Statements 2009 12/4

NeoGenomics' net loss more than triples; Cott Corp. profit leaps to $14 million in quarter

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  • December 3, 2009
Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were First Community Bank at $1.22 (52.36%), Wellcare Health Plans at $0.69 (2.31%) and Beasley Broadcast Group at $0.64 (17.78%). The biggest decliners were Raymond James Financial at $-1.68 (-6.61%), Alico Inc. at $-0.90 (-3.39%) and Syniverse Holdings at $-0.84 (-5.01%).

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  • November 25, 2009
A Bright Idea

David Bloom picked a perilous time to launch a company devoted to helping franchise businesses grow. But opportunity has arisen out of the gloom.

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  • November 25, 2009
Old Company, New Tricks

On the cusp of its 90th anniversary, Hennessy Construction Services has reinvented itself with a focus on relationships in the senior living market.

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  • November 25, 2009
Corporate Report: Odyssey buys stake in SMM Project

Tampa-based deep-ocean shipwreck recovery company Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. acquired a minority interest in SMM Project LLC, an investors group that recently purchased a majority interest in Bluewater Metals Pty Ltd, an Australian company with licenses for the mineral exploration of 150,000 square kilometers of ocean floor in four regions of the South Pacific.

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  • November 25, 2009
2009 Financial Statements

Superior Uniform Group profits jump 29%; Roper Industries dips, quarter profit $56 million.

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