Beall's hires Lorna Nagler as president of its department store unit
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Beall's Inc. has hired a former leader of the Christopher & Banks women's apparel chain as the next president of its Bradenton-based...
View ArticleHoliday season online retail sales up 12 percent — better than expected
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 5, 2011 It's official. Online retail sales rose 12 percent to a record $32.6 billion during the two-month holiday season, reports comScore, a...
View ArticleOdyssey Marine asks federal court to keep U.S. government from butting into...
By Ivan Penn, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Tampa deep-sea treasure hunter Odyssey Marine Exploration asked a federal court Wednesday to strike a U.S. filing in the "Black Swan" case...
View ArticleBusinesses left to wonder why oil spill claims were denied
Michael Konczal, owner of Northeast Marine, isn’t alone in wondering why his claim for damages from the BP oil spill is among those denied or languishing in process.
View ArticleBrash developer says he wants to buy and revive BayWalk retail complex
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Joel Cantor wants to buy and revive BayWalk.Cantor is the brash developer of Signature Place, downtown St. Petersburg's 36-story...
View ArticleCompanies need long-term strategies to motivate all employees
McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Building motivational strategy in the workplace is among a manager's challenges. Here are some excerpts from Managing the Mobile Workforce by...
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Want a new sports stadium? Tightfisted taxpayers force new financing ideas
Rendering of Dolphin Stadium that includes a metal roof structure that would completely cover the stadium seating, but leave the field open to the air and allow in the South Florida sunlight. Photo...
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Lottery fever not as high as you think as state revenues slip from recession...
Wake up and good morning. One of this week's big lottery winners in this country is the couple above, Jim and Carolyn McCullar of Ephrata, Wash. (AP photo), who claimed half of the $380 million...
View ArticleSound like good catch instead of cliche in resume, online profile
By Diane Stafford, McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers Friday, January 7, 2011 LinkedIn.com, the online network designed for professionals and job hunters, recently listed the most-used phrases found in...
View ArticleMy First Car: '79 Ford, Wes Hardin, 38, Land O'Lakes
Friday, January 7, 2011 '79 FordThis is my first truck, and favorite one, too. My dad took me to a wrecked-car auction in Lakeland when I was 14 to look for one. That was in 1986. I found this 1979...
View ArticleThe Daily Drivers: Redesign refines the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
By Peter Couture and Lyra Solochek, Times staff writers Friday, January 7, 2011 Anyone keeping track of Chrysler's ongoing rebirth under Fiat control would do well to watch the Jeep Grand Cherokee....
View ArticleSteinocher leaves Tampa Bay Partnership to run St. Petersburg Chamber of...
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Friday, January 7, 2011 Chris Steinocher, the No. 2 executive at Tampa Bay Partnership, will be the new president and CEO of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of...
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Times Staff Writer Friday, January 7, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — The lunch selection in downtown St. Petersburg just got a bit more interesting. Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant will start serving lunch...
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By Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer Friday, January 7, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — Bruce Taylor thought he would end up buying a Chevrolet Volt until he drove by the new Suncoast Electric Vehicles...
View ArticleCompanies shift into smaller office spaces
By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times Friday, January 7, 2011 LOS ANGELES — The walls are closing in on white-collar workers — their office environments are shrinking, propelled by new technology, a...
View ArticleWomen not moving into top-level management at Fortune 500 companies
By Cindy Krischer Goodman, McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers Friday, January 7, 2011 During a recent prime-time special, Barbara Walters asked Oprah Winfrey whether she regretted not having children. Oprah...
View ArticleFind work-life balance to keep stress in check
By Cindy Krischer Goodman, McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers Friday, January 7, 2011 In most workplaces, 2010 proved to be a strange year — painful and rewarding, trying and exciting. The topic of work-life...
View ArticleHernando business Accuform Signs expands, expects to add jobs
By Shary Lyssy Marshall, Times Correspondent Friday, January 7, 2011 BROOKSVILLE — Accuform Signs, which manufactures more than 120,000 products including safety signs, labels and warning tags, is...
View ArticleMy First Car: '60 Hillman Minx, Bob Mathews, 62, St. Petersburg
Friday, January 7, 2011 '60 Hillman MinxThis is my 1960 Hillman Minx in front of my parents' house in Glenview, Ill. Hillman was a smaller British car company, part of what was then called the Rootes...
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