Church seeks donations for sale to help pregnancy center, school
By Times staff Thursday, November 25, 2010 LAND O'LAKES — While the stores are swamped this weekend with shoppers vying for cheap big-screen TVs, a nonprofit group will be collecting items to sell a...
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Hernando County economy gets a boost from natural gas pipeline project
By Logan Neill, Times Staff Writer Thursday, November 25, 2010 The 43-mile leg of the natural gas pipeline project in Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties should be done by January. SPRING HILL —...
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Crowds only nibble at Thursday shopping in bay area
By Michael Van Sickler, Luis Perez and Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writers Thursday, November 25, 2010 Shopping sisters Eva Wingo, left, and Pat Garcia search for gifts for family members at the Old...
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In Pinellas foreclosure court, often-uncontested cases carry on
By Kris Hundley, Times Staff Writer Thursday, November 25, 2010 Annette and Merrick Videll of St. Petersburg have been given a surprise reprieve in foreclosure proceedings that allows them to hold...
View ArticleAggressive retailers open earlier than ever to lure Black Friday shoppers
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 Lured by tantalizing deals, mobs of Tampa Bay shoppers spent the day — and most of the wee hours of the morning — roving from store to...
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Lots of bargains, and a few scuffles, as shoppers flock to stores in Hernando
By Beth N. Gray, Times Correspondent Friday, November 26, 2010 Bargain hunters fill the aisles at the Target on Aerial Way in Spring Hill on Friday, hoping to snag some deals and get a headstart on...
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Popular Taco Bus to open on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg
By Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 Owner Rene Valenzuela takes a burrito from the Taco Bus into the restaurant’s main dining room. St. Petersburg — A Mexican...
View ArticleBeyond Aveda Salon is Toys for Tots location
Times staff Friday, November 26, 2010 LargoCoffee, conversation on chamber menuThe Largo/Mid-Pinellas Chamber's popular business leads program, Coffee An'Networking, will meet Thursday at 8 a.m. at...
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Business announcements, events in Hernando County
By Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 Gifts for the troops: Vickie Hager, left, owner of Vicki’s Haircuts at 12551 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill, presents Dee Mills, founder of...
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In Tampa Bay area's buyers' market, rental pickings are slim
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 For five years, I dreamed of escaping snowy winters and gloomy skies for the sunshine of St. Petersburg. Then, after chasing criminals and...
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Hershey Co. accuses Mars Inc. of copying wrappers for chocolate candies
Associated Press Friday, November 26, 2010 Mars Inc. and the Hershey Co. are fierce competitors, making up the top two makers of chocolate candies. In a recent lawsuit, Hershey accuses Mars of...
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Tampa Bay area personnel appointments, promotions and announcements
By Dolly Brosan, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 Hinman EngineeringMichael Hinman has been named a staff accountant and media relations manager at Environmental PR Group, Lutz. Hinman was...
View ArticleTradition drives TV viewing
Bloomberg News Friday, November 26, 2010 Apple, Google and Hulu are working on technologies they say will transform how people watch television. Nobody told the couch potatoes.Traditional TV watching...
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Cable and movie companies fear Netflix's new streaming
New York Times Friday, November 26, 2010 Netflix has gone from being the fastest-growing first-class mail customer of the U.S. Postal Service to the biggest source of streaming Web traffic in North...
View ArticleGM's IPO grows to $23.1 billion
Friday, November 26, 2010 General Motors inched further forward in its effort to repay taxpayers, announcing Friday that the banks backing its historic initial public offering had exercised their...
View ArticleYou can still help evaluate your workplace
Friday, November 26, 2010 Just how good is your workplace? How does it stack up when it comes to providing a creative, supportive, energetic and inclusive environment?This is your last week to sign up...
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Dear SEC, make sure brokers put investors' interests first
New York Times Friday, November 26, 2010 New York Times Dear Mary Schapiro:From what I've been reading, as SEC chairwoman you're busy working on the rules that will set in motion the new Wall Street...
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Early does it on this Black Friday
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 Mike Maffia of New Port Richey carries a home theater system to the checkout line just after 5 a.m. during Black Friday shopping at Best Buy...
View ArticleSome kinds of growth have costly deficits
Friday, November 26, 2010 A quick quiz: Which of the following countries has had the smallest increase in life expectancy since 1990 — Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, South Korea or Sudan?The answer is...
View ArticleIn the dark of holiday retail, a scented candle lights the way
By Michael Kruse, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 26, 2010 ELLENTON — Darkness here.The brake lights stretched half a mile to the exit to the mall. These people had left their homes, their...
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