Life in Hurricane Alley: Experts have compared our troubled times to the early 1970s, when inflation and pricier petroleum ushered in a decade of anemic economic growth.Change in scenery: Maybe Dick Bove is jamming on the panic button a little hard when it comes to Florida real estate. But there is publicly available evidence that Florida bankers are getting concerned about hurricanes.Partners in crime: Tampa attorney Suzanne Cannella Warner-Almengual is on house arrest for nine months. Her husband, Brian Almengual, who's also her former law partner and a bankruptcy lawyer, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.Speaking of bankruptcy: Guess what the topic will be at Stetson University College of Law's 30th annual bankruptcy seminar? You got it: Bankruptcy reform.Class of 2006: It's an eclectic group of business leaders who recently earned induction into the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame.Things go better with PepsiDrink up, Pinellas County.: Your commissioners are about to sign a 10-year deal that gives Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. the "official pouring rights" at all county beaches and parks.
