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  • November 28, 2022
Tampa tech entrepreneur, mentor dead at 41

Scott Conlon's MyAreaNetwork aspired to grab online advertising market share from giants including Facebook, Google and Yelp.

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Lakeland charter air-travel service expands Plant City fleet

TRYP Air Charter has added an eight-passenger turbo-prop aircraft.

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  • November 25, 2022
Sales tax program helped bring spec development to county

Pasco County used Penny for Pasco funds to entice developers to build in the fast growing county and help recruit new and targeted industries.

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  • November 24, 2022
Command performance: Theater enters new era with leadership change

As its CEO of more than 30 years retires, the Straz Center for the Performing Arts welcomes a new leader and heads down a path that will radically reshape it physically.

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  • November 23, 2022
Pinellas County man pleads guilty to PPP fraud, murder-for-hire charges

Alexander Leszczynski’s convoluted, high-profile scheme also included an attempt to exonerate himself with a fake pardon he claimed was signed by former President Donald Trump.

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  • November 22, 2022
Veteran corporate attorney joins board of Tampa finance firm

Todd Zhang succeeds Joel Rodgers at LM Funding America Inc., which in September added Bitcoin mining to its platform.

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  • November 22, 2022
Property with Chick-fil-A about to open on it sells for nearly $3 million

The piece of property with the fast-food chain is an outparcel in Hillsborough County’s Cypress Ranch development.

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  • November 22, 2022
St. Pete companies see uptick in business from bus rapid transit route

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority says tens of thousands of residents have tried the SunRunner since its launch a month ago.

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  • November 22, 2022
Tampa CEO says insurance industry on verge of highest price hikes in decades

Trevor Baldwins says Tampa-based insurance firm BRP Group is up for the challenge.

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  • November 21, 2022
Chevy dealership head lauded by General Motors for 50 years of service

Under Lawrence Dimmitt III’s leadership, Clearwater-based Dimmitt Chevrolet won the brand’s Dealer of the Year award in 2015.

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  • November 21, 2022
Plant City Economic Development Corp. welcomes new CEO

Steve Morey, a veteran of the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, has succeeded Jake Austin.

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  • November 21, 2022
Student, class action lawsuit against USF over COVID fees heads to Florida Supreme Court

The defense against the lawsuit centers on a sovereign immunity claim.

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  • November 18, 2022
Giant jet boat's debut makes waves

The Bay Rocket, Tampa's newest waterfront attraction, is one of just five vessels of its kind in the United States.

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  • November 18, 2022
Something to smile about: Dental college's new program a big win for grins

The U.S. dental industry faces declining numbers of new dentists, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Nova Southeastern University tackles the problem head-on.

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  • November 18, 2022
Tampa karaoke DJ gets pinched for fraudulent crab-fishing business

Robert Humphrey Jr. has been sentenced to 10 years of probation and must pay $412,500 in restitution to the victims of his fraudulent Bahamas-based investment scheme.

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