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My First Car: '53 Buick Dynaflow, Dick Mikszenas, 78, Clearwater
Sunday, November 21, 2010 '53 Buick DynaflowAfter spending four years in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict, I got accepted to the University of New Hampshire. During that summer of 1956, I...
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Tensions brew in Tampa over Cigar City's tasting room
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Sunday, November 21, 2010 Cigar City Brewing owner Joey Redner, left, and brewer Wayne Wambles sit in his warehouse off W Spruce Street in Tampa. Redner wants the...
View ArticleTech Data profit and sales jump with better-than-expected computer demand
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 22, 2010 Tech Data Corp. kept its comeback momentum, posting a 9 percent increase in sales and 17 percent jump in net income in a record third...
View ArticleHoteliers optimistic about holiday, winter bookings improving over last year
By Ileana Morales and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Monday, November 22, 2010 Hotel owners around Tampa Bay haven't had much to be thankful for this past year.Tampa and St. Petersburg had their...
View ArticleTampa's Carlton Fields recruits 9-lawyer health care group
Times Staff Writer Monday, November 22, 2010 Nine attorneys specializing in health care issues with the Pittsburgh-based law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney have left to join the Tampa law...
View ArticleMore Black Friday deals are spilling into Thanksgiving Day
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 22, 2010 Black Friday shopping is quickly creeping into Thanksgiving Day and earlier.For the first time, chains ranging from Sears to Toys "R" Us...
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Tampa Bay area tech recruiter, social host bullish on technology jobs
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, November 22, 2010 Fritz Eichelberger, at his “Pure and Shameless” tech networking social at the Blue Martini in Tampa on Thursday, has held the...
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Mike Fasano's diminished status shows Senate's rightward drift
By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Monday, November 22, 2010 Fasano TALLAHASSEE — To see how the Florida Senate has shifted to the right, look no further than Pasco County's Sen. Mike...
View ArticleSurvey: Limited hiring, consumer spending will hold back economic recovery
Bloomberg News Monday, November 22, 2010 WASHINGTON — The economy will fail to strengthen in 2011 as companies limit hiring and consumers curb spending, a survey of economists forecasts.Gross domestic...
View ArticleConsumer Reports makes list of naughty, nice companies
Chicago Tribune Monday, November 22, 2010 CHICAGO — Just in time for the holidays, Consumer Reports has released a list of companies it believes have been naughty to shoppers, and those that have been...
View ArticleMy Favorite Car: '76 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible, Ernie Plourde, 76, New...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 '76 Cadillac Eldorado ConvertibleMy favorite car is my 1976 Bicentennial Cadillac Eldorado Convertible. I've admired this car since it first came out in 1976. But, at that...
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Manage money to avoid credit check problems
By Marvin Walberg, Scripps Howard News Service Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Checking credit histories of job applicants — a common practice among employers — is drawing heavy scrutiny from the Equal...
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Hiring doesn't stop over holidays
By Marvin Walberg, Scripps Howard News Service Tuesday, November 23, 2010 iStockphoto.com Many job seekers mistakenly believe that hiring halts during the holiday season, but, according to career...
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Florida strawberry farmers cautiously optimistic
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Andy Gutierrez of Wish Farms checks on strawberry plants along Trapnell Road last week. The nubs will become red juicy berries. DOVER...
View ArticleFormal wear store opens in North Tampa
By Sean Ledig, Times Correspondent Tuesday, November 23, 2010 CARROLLWOOD — Kurt Elko saw a need for people in northwest Hillsborough who wanted to look and feel beautiful.To that end, he opened Bella...
View ArticleFrozen yogurt not stuck in the '80s
By Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 23, 2010 ST. PETERSBURGFive years after it swept Los Angeles and New York and about three years after coming to Tampa, St. Petersburg is...
View ArticleLargo/Mid-Pinellas Chamber's Women In Business Council offers networking
Times staff Tuesday, November 23, 2010 SeminoleLargo chamber women's group to networkThe Largo/Mid-Pinellas Chamber of Commerce Women In Business Council will hold its monthly Power Networking event...
View ArticleHome sales down in nation, Florida and Tampa Bay
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Nationally, the housing rebound didn't last long, as home sales dipped 2.2 percent in October, the first drop in three months.Florida,...
View ArticleStore hopes to make a splash in extreme sports
By Amy Scherzer, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 23, 2010 PALMA CEIA — Who better than a formerly professionally ranked paintball player to sell and service extreme sports gear, Chris Spena...
View ArticleAs drug deaths mount, new law stalls tighter state regulation
By Lee Logan, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, November 23, 2010 TALLAHASSEE — In their zeal to slow down government regulations, Florida lawmakers have inadvertently halted an effort to...
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