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Monday, July 28, 2008
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Feds open bidding for Job Corps Center operator

Tampabay.com - Feds open bidding for Job Corps Center operator. ST. PETERSBURG -- A new Job Corps Center is one step closer to becoming a reality. ...

 

Diabetes researcher brings $389M to USF
Tampabay.com - Jeffrey Krischer, a diabetes researcher at the University of South Florida who already wears the distinction of ...

 

USF Is At Diabetes Research 'Epicenter'
Tampa Tribune -  A prominent diabetes researcher at the University of South Florida landed another multimillion-dollar grant and ensured that nearly ...

 

Raymond James tops in investor satisfaction
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg's Raymond James ranked highest in investor satisfaction with a score of 831 on a 1000-point scale, passing last year's

 

Flanders Corp. reports increase in earnings
Bizjournals.com - Flanders Corp. reported second quarter net income was $46.9 million, or $0.27 per share, compared to $802000, or $0.03 per share in same quarter last year. .

 

Editorial | Project holds promise
Tampa Bay Newspapers - Pinellas County commissioners recently took action that should accommodate plans for a large development project that holds much promise for the area.

 

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to set up shop in Tampa Bay
Bizjournals.com- With the two centers, Draper Laboratory will create a total of 165 jobs with an average wage of $75000, a release from Gov. Charlie Crist said

 

Draper Confirms Bay Area Labs
Tampa Tribune - Funding to design and build the new St. Petersburg facility will come from Pinellas County, Progress Energy, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and ...

 

Tampa Bay lands MIT spinoff, 165 jobs
Tampabay.com - USF's Research Foundation, Hillsborough County and Pinellas County also contributed. St. Petersburg will provide land for a manufacturing plant of multichip ...

 

Draper Confirms Plan To Add USF, St. Pete Facilities
Tampa Tribune - The deal comes with a raft of economic development incentives from the state of Florida and Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. ...

 

It's official: Draper on way to Tampa Bay
Tampabay.com - USF’s Research Foundation, Hillsborough County and Pinellas County also contributed. The City of St. Petersburg will provide land for a manufacturing plant

 

'High-impact' businesses drive Florida's growth
Bizjournals.com - "High-impact firms are important to Florida's economic growth and development," said Chad Moutray, chief economist for the SBA's Office of Advocacy, ...

 

Tech firm SRI slowly blossoming
Tampabay.com - Getting anything like this together is a challenge," said Larry Langebrake, director of SRI's marine technology program in St. Petersburg.

 

SRI To Anchor Navy Mapping Project
Tampa Tribune - The research group SRI International in St. Petersburg plans to announce a major research project with the U.S. Navy for sensors that rapidly make three-dimensional underwater maps showing features as small as a soda can.

 

JetStream systemcools outdoors
Press-Register - al.com - He met with the founder of the one-year-old company, Ken Metcalf, a former air conditioning installer in Pinellas Park, Fla., and brought the product to Mo bile soon after.

 

 




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