Video conferencing connects offices 1000 miles apart
Tampabay.com, FL 
Most of Manning & Napier's 250 employees work in its Rochester headquarters, but 10 have settled into a downtown St. Petersburg high-rise outpost. ...

Channeling for growth: HSN's independence a windfall for local ...
Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL 
ST. PETERSBURG -- HSN Inc.'s spinoff to a stand-alone public company is expected to mean more in-house jobs for financial professionals and more work for ...

Merk-Moffit Partnership Breaks Down Silos

Bio-ITWorld.com

Merck and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (MCC) in Tampa, FL, have built a biospecimen repository and IT “pipeline” that facilitates the exchange of clinical and biomarker data and could advance the development of personalized drugs, earning the project a Translational and Personalized Medicine Best Practices Award.

Aldi searching for 400 workers in the Tampa Bay area
Bizjournals.com, NC 
Aldi is hiring cashiers and manager trainees for its soon-to-open stores in Largo, Pinellas Park, Clearwater, Brandon, Lakeland, Tampa, Plant City and St. ...

Two studies to gauge Rays' economic impact

St. Petersburg Times

At a meeting Wednesday of Pinellas County's Tourism Development Council, Rays senior vice president Michael Kalt said the team has hired a Tallahassee consultant to do an economic impact study.

DayJet keeps busy flying execs

St. Petersburg Times

Think of DayJet as a hybrid: a tiny jet with the go-anytime convenience of a charter plane for a few hundred dollars more than a scheduled airline's full-fare coach.

St. Petersburg-Clearwater airport adds DayJet services
Bizjournals.com
The airline offers a per-seat, on-demand service network that allows patrons to pay only for the seats they need. It also accommodates guests' schedules, ...

DayJet Launches Service At St. Pete-Clearwater Airport
Tampa Tribune, FL 
DayJet, which operates on-demand flights throughout the Southeast aboard three-passenger "very light jets," announced ...

County says yes to sell of old Toytown landfill

Tampa Bay Newspapers - Seminole,FL,USA

Since that time, Pinellas County has been responsible for its maintenance, including monitoring for potential pollution of groundwater and surface water, ...

Pinellas promotes evacuation assistance for special needs people

Tampa Bay Business Journal

Physicians, pharmacies, other health care providers and religious leaders are being sent packages that promote evacuation registration for individuals with special need

Call for Vendors for Pinellas County Market in the Park

Variety is the spice of life at Pinellas County’s Market in the Park and vendors are invited to get in on the action for November’s market.

Transportation authority plans community workshop

Tampa Bay Newspapers

LARGO – Light rail or bus rapid transit? Commuter rail, managed lanes, or waterborne transit?

National University to offer degrees through SPC

Tampa Bay Newspapers

ST. PETERSBURG – St. Petersburg College recently added another partner institution to the 16 colleges and universities from around the country that offer degrees in Pinellas County through SPC’s University Partnership Center.

BIG-C says no to offshore drilling

Tampa Bay Newspapers

TREASURE ISLAND – Leaders of all 11 barrier island municipalities unanimously agreed June 25 to reject an endorsement of oil drilling off Florida’s west coast.

74 percent of Pinellas schools earn ‘A’ or ‘B’

Tampa Bay Newspapers

PINELLAS COUNTY - According to results released by the state on July 8, 74 percent of Pinellas County’s 125 graded public schools received an “A” or a “B” in Florida A+ Plan.

Florida and the Panama Canal

Florida Trend, FL - Jun 30, 2008

Trend's Cynthia Barnett interviews Port of Tampa CEO Richard Wainio on what a larger Panama Canal means to Florida. by Cynthia Barnett You've said you ...

Fla. Ports Racing to Handle Giant Cargo Ships

(July 1, 2008 © Florida Trend)

On a once-sleepy strip of Dames Point overlooking the St. Johns River in northeast Jacksonville, crews are busy with the biggest contract in Jacksonville Port Authority history — the construction of a terminal for Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,

Office rental rates go down in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties

Bizjournals.com

In the Westshore Business District, the asking rate for Class A office buildings dropped to $28.47 per foot from $28.81. Tampa's Central Business District's ...

DirectBuy of Pinellas County Celebrates One Year of Member Service

PR Web (press release), WA - 4 hours ago

... Pinellas County are encouraged to attend an exclusive Open House event, which is designed to educate families about DirectBuy's unique business model. ...

Public market plan gains momentum

Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL - Jul 3, 2008

By THOMAS MICHALSKI PINELLAS PARK – A city councilman predicted a spike in business when a new public market opens in the area of Park Station, ...

Kenn Brown takes the helm of local Chamber of Commerce

Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL - Jul 3, 2008

By THOMAS MICHALSKI PINELLAS PARK – Kenn Brown is the new president/CEO of the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce and he has a lot of new ideas to ...

Everyone wants a voice on stadium plans

Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

But Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart said the group should include as many different parties as possible, including activists, elected officials and ...

BIG-C says no to offshore drilling

Tampa Bay Newspapers - Seminole,FL,USA

In Pinellas County, 85800 jobs are related to tourists who go to the beach, resulting in over $3 billion in salary and wages.

Toytown landfill site sold to developers – possible Rays stadium site?

WMNF, FL

Mike Meidel, the Pinellas County Director of Economic Development, listed the several possible outcomes and benefits that the development of Toytown would ...

Largo wants brownfields designation to redevelop chosen areas

Tampabay.com, FL

By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer In an effort to spur economic development, Largo is requesting that a large swath of the city be designated a ...

Pinellas agrees to sell Toytown landfill site

Tampa Bay's 10, FL

Pinellas County Commissioners today unanimously approved a purchase and sale agreement for the Toytown landfill site just east of I-275 in St. Petersburg. ...

Developer Inks Deal For Project On Former St. Pete Landfill

Tampa Tribune, FL

4 public vote in St. Petersburg on a new downtown waterfront stadium, the Toytown site has been suggested among city and county officials as a possible ...