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  • May 24, 2010
Tech Data posts record earnings

The company brought in the highest first quarter net income in its history.

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  • August 18, 2010
Chico's financials up

The Fort Myers-based retailer has seen solid growth over the past year.

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  • August 20, 2010
Tech Data revenues up $1B

The company earned $1 billion more in 2010's first six months than last year's.

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  • November 3, 2016
Company notches quarterly sales record

PGT nearly surpasses $130 million in sales for the third quarter.

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  • October 16, 2013
Cryo-Cell hits second profitable quarter

Oldsmar company reports nearly $200,000 in net income for first nine months of fiscal year.

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  • January 31, 2014
Radio advertising misses politics

Radio-station operator Beasley Broadcast Group saw quarterly revenues and profits drop from the lack of political advertising this year.

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  • September 9, 2016
They built a wall

Loran Jarrett, on a recent trip to New Orleans, found something that changed her life.

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  • April 24, 2025
Report: Tampa Bay's population growth slows as cost of living rises

Tampa Bay’s net inflow in 2024 was less than one-third of what it was the year before, the “biggest slowdown in domestic migration” in the country.

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  • December 7, 2010
November holiday hiring slows

Seasonal retail hiring slowed by nearly 6% compared to November 2009.

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  • August 27, 2004
Bank Directory1 (Sara/Mana edition)

Bank directory 1 of three

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  • August 7, 2020
Bank, on strength of PPP loans, doubles net income in second quarter

As of June 30, St. Petersburg, Florida-based First Home Bank had processed $831 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans, which boosted its net income for the second quarter to $2.345 million, a 106% increase from the same period last year.

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  • November 18, 2010
Dais' losses continue

Odessa-based Dais Analytic, a nanotechnology firm, is still growing.

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  • January 21, 2011
Gulf Coast adds 8,264 jobs

The state's unemployment rate is 12%, but employers are creating jobs.

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  • May 12, 2010
Alico earnings stay positive

What look like declines in revenue and net income actually represent growth.

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  • January 20, 2016
Meet the richest person in Tampa

Forbes finds the wealthiest people in America's 50 largest cities.

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  • July 24, 2025
Cortez community now accepts cryptocurrency from homebuyers

Pearl Homes, which developed Hunters Point, has partnered with a crypto-to-real-estate platform.

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  • August 27, 2004
Bank directory 3 (Sara/Mana edition)

Bank directory 3 of three.

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  • February 14, 2026
National homebuilder buys 130 lots in Lakeland

Pulte Homes purchased finished lots inside Lakeland's Hawthorne Ranch community and is expected to finish constructing the new homes this spring.

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  • May 15, 2024
Growing Korean BBQ chain pays $2.65M for Brandon restaurant building

Hong BBQ & Hot Pot has bought the property that previously housed Black Rock Bar & Grill as the site for its newest restaurant.

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  • January 21, 2026
Day care chain looks to add nine locations between Pasco and Fort Myers

Florida-based The Learning Experience is expanding statewide in the next two years with corporate- and franchise-owned locations.

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