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Orlando still most 'financially distressed' in U.S., despite slight 1st-quarter improvement
Fighting economic crosscurrents, Orlando-area residents managed to improve their financial situation in recent months, though not enough to change the region's first-place ranking among the country's most financially troubled metropolitan areas, according...
Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Economy, Business and Finance, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Consumers
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Analysis: Levy nuclear plant twice the cost of a natural gas facility
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.In the long run, nuclear power is cheap. This, for many of Florida's top decision makers, is the Truth. Lawmakers have cast aside their worship of the free market -- which long ago lost trust in building nuclear plants -- and skewed state law to favor...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Florida Legislature, Economy, Business and Finance, Duke Energy Corporation, Petroleum Industry
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Tourism week offers glimpses of industry's future in Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Tampa Bay marked National Tourism Week with luncheons and pep rallies, speeches and PowerPoint presentations to thank those who work in the bay area's most important industry. But amid all the cheering and back-slapping, tourism week also offered...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Restaurants, Manufacturing and Engineering, Pinellas County (Florida), Brazil
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ADP report: Florida added 9,570 private sector jobs in April
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Florida's economy added 9,570 private sector jobs in April, the second-biggest jump behind Texas, according to estimates released Friday by payroll and employee benefits company ADP. The report -- the first time ADP has released a regional breakdown for...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Moody's Corporation, Unemployment Benefits, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Employment
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For mobile boutique owner, business is on a roll
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Zakia Carter prefers fashion in the fast lane -- as in cruising down the road in a 37-foot RV loaded with dresses, shirts, pants and accessories. � Carter owns White Tent Runway, a mobile boutique for women that operates out of a motor home with...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Vehicles, Fashion Trends, Clothing, Coral Springs
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Hope's heart makes Mother's Day special
The Tampa TribuneAll of Hope's heart belongs to her baby, the child she never thought she could have. She has always been in the background on Mother's Day, celebrating others. Now it is her turn. She has to say it over and over, to make it even more real. I am a...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Culture, Memorial Day, Arts and Culture, Cesarean Section
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BRIEF: Eight area companies to compete for annual Ernst & Young entrepreneur award in Florida
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Eight Tampa Bay area companies are finalists for the Ernst & Young "entrepreneur of the year" award this year in Florida. Award recipients will be announced June 13 at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. Statewide, 27 finalists were named Tuesday. The...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Companies and Corporations, Awards and Prizes, Economy, Business and Finance, Tampa
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Sunny weather makes lively city more enticing
The Columbus DispatchST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A daily newspaper in St. Petersburg once famously offered free copies on cloudy days. The newspaper is long gone -- but not because it had to give away many copies. Laid-back, upscale, colorful -- and, oh, so sunny -- St....Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Arts and Culture, Personal Service, Tropicana Field, Tour Operations Industry
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BRIEF: Hyde Park Village shopping center up for sale
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Hyde Park Village, the open-air South Tampa shopping center, is up for sale. Owners of the sprawling home to businesses including CineBistro, LA Fitness and Pottery Barn began seeking bidders over the past week but have given no listing price, said...Tags: Sales, Vornado Realty Trust, Business, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Pottery Barn
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Wagels toured Russia
Dowagiac Daily News, Mich.County Commissioner Robert Wagel fished off a pier in Russia. Anyone who caught a fish got a shot of vodka. He didn't land any fish, "but I got a shot anyway." Wagel's tour also included a home visit with pastries and tea and a music school....Tags: Entertainment, Subway Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Transportation, Music
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Family of HMS Bounty victim sues ship's LI owner
NewsdayThe family of a crew member who died when the HMS Bounty sank during superstorm Sandy has sued a Setauket businessman who owned the wood sailing vessel, accusing him of negligence for allowing the tall ship to sail in the hurricane. Claudene Christian,...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Christianity, Trials, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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From the historic to the nascent
The Maitland Art Center has so much going on, I could easily fill my column with all the happenings at that historic institution. Here's a shorter version: The center is bringing back its artist-in-residency program started by founder Andre Smith in...
Tags: Human Interest, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Maitland Art Center, Personal Service
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