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Monday, August 11, 2008
Contact:  Stacey Swank

Progress investing in trash-based energy

Tampabay.com - You can't plug a banana peel into a light socket, but your trash has electric potential. Progress Energy plans to turn trash into 100 megawatts of "renewable" electricity. In two projects announced Tuesday, the St. Petersburg utility plans to buy power from a 40-megawatt project with Vision Power

 

Pack Your Shorts: JetBlue Adds Nonstop Flights From Tampa.
MarketWatch - Award-winning JetBlue will begin daily nonstop service between Cancun and Tampa, Fla. - Tampa Bay's only service to Mexico - on December 18

 

CNBC Ranks Florida's Workforce #1
CNBC Ranked Florida’s Workforce # 1 in the second annual “CNBC: America’s Top States for Business”.

 

Improved product mix boosts Bovie Medical profit
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Bovie Medical Corp. reported net income of $1.4 million, or 8 cents a share, for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to net income of $1.1 million, ...

 

Flexi-Pave created with water conservation in mind
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Flexi-Pave is a permeable material made from shredded old tires that’s used for sidewalks, parking lots and bike trails. It allows rainwater to flow ...

HSN begins trading its own stock

Tampabay.com - For the first time in more than a decade, HSN Inc. began trading as its own stock around the lunch hour Tuesday on a "when-issued" basis.


Two more restaurants to join Park Boulevard lineup
Tampabay.com - When the two new restaurants are complete, they'll join a wide array of other restaurants in the area, a who's who of chain dining. The Shoppes at Park ...

 

Gulf Boulevard project moving along
Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL – If everything continues on schedule, by about this time next year, the Gulf Boulevard construction project will be a ...

 

Chris-Craft dealership opening in St. Petersburg
Bizjournals.com, NC - Chicago entrepreneur Jerry Ipjian will open a $2.5 million Chris-Craft dealership in south St. Petersburg. The 20000-square-foot Chris-Craft Tampa Bay ...

Boat dealer Chris Craft goes against the tide
Tampabay.com

Business briefs: Program helps small businesses with county bids
Tampabay.com - By Times staff
Pinellas County's Small Business Enterprise Program allows qualified vendors to bid for county purchases from $2000 to $10000. ...

STAR TEC incubator’s latest resident shows promise
Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL - LARGO — The STAR Technology Enterprise Center admitted Field Forensics Inc. to its business accelerator roster, bringing the number of companies in the ...

Pinellas leaders want first leg of light rail
Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL - As the deadline nears for the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority to complete its master plan, ideas for the first
leg of the light rail system

Clearwater Beach Resort is a laborious, luxurious undertaking - CLEARWATER — Dynamite imploded the nine-story Spyglass Resort in roughly six seconds. It will take much, much longer to build its replacement. But the new building — two 150-foot tall towers and an armament of amenities — will be much, much grander.

Florida Ranked by Forbes as One of the Top Ten Best States for Business

 

 




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