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Previous: August 30, 2010

Friday 09.03.2010

• Publix names Atlanta VP
• Bella Petrella plans to sell shares
• BP Gulf oil spill costs reach $8B
• Fla. is No. 3 for homebuyer credits
• SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment taps David D’Alessandro
• Hard Rock Cafe opening in Tampa
• TECO Energy among the first to tap into health reform benefit [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Tampa man sentenced in Hialeah fraud case
• Transportation tax initiatives pushed amid lingering recession [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Tampa Yankees will pack up for Orlando, if stadium is built
• In print: Tampa General’s effort to compromise, BP claims get tougher [Blog: Biz Currents]

Thursday 09.02.2010

• Frontier Airlines adds Milwaukee, Omaha service
• Commission, Waste Management partner to green sporting events
• HCC President Kenneth Atwater emphasizes community links
• Hillsborough a leader in Florida’s population growth
• Moffitt commended for eliminating infections
• Tow to Go offered on Labor Day weekend
• Former hedge fund manager settles insider trading case
• Popping the cork for profit [Blog: Biz Currents]

Wednesday 09.01.2010

• Karl Nurse: extend bullet train to St. Pete and fix Rays attendance woes [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Brown & Brown buys Crowe Paradis
• Shift in ownership at Peak 10
• Tampa Electric files for rate decrease in 2011
• Tampa Yankees could move, but New York team staying
• Construction spending plummets to 10-year low
• Global Imaging Systems buys Georgia Duplicating Products
• Adventist Health, UCH complete merger
• Columbia Restaurant commemorates 105 years with special menu
• HUD, banks band together to give edge on foreclosed homes
• Fruit flies found in Safety Harbor
• US Natural Gas expands in West Virginia
• Walter Investment buys more loans
• Zagat survey: Outback best for steaks

Tuesday 08.31.2010

• Florida Supreme Court disciplines three Tampa Bay area lawyers
• Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point makes Forbes list
• Sarasota lifts state of emergency
• Blake Medical Center hires medical director, advances trauma plan
• Moffitt seeks $22 million bond issue
• FDIC report shows Florida bank losses mount
• UF: Floridians still pessimistic about economy
• Home prices continue fall in Tampa
• Attenti acquired by 3M
• Art Buckland joins Sunovia Energy as CEO
• CAE USA wins $10 million Air Force contract
• Lawsuit filed by Addison, Petitt over Tampa tax dismissed
• TECO to ring NYSE closing bell

Monday 08.30.2010

• Survey: Floridians report mixed emotions about oil spill
• Latest Nielsen numbers encouraging [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Florida has 11th-highest auto delinquency rate
• Allen elected chairman of Florida Ports Council
• PKF report: Hotel room revenue decrease expected in Tampa Bay
• Tampa moving company Moving Van Lines Inc. fined by feds
• Attorney Joseph Sorota Jr. joins Flagship Community Bank board
• Inside the deal: PBSJ almost snubbed buyer [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Gerdau wraps up Gerdau Ameristeel deal
• Tampa tank cleaner QualaWash expands with Manfredi buy
• Beyond billable hours [Blog: Biz Currents]

Friday 08.27.2010

• Nielsen: Southerners talk on cell phones most
• Winn-Dixie to offer flu vaccines
• Life sciences, alternative energy leaders discuss Bay area
• Court approves Gerdau Ameristeel deal
• Mercantile Florida President Ernie Diaz keeps job with TD Bank
• Short list out on TIA CEO candidates
• I experienced a ‘Dinner for Schmucks’ [Blog: Biz Currents]
• FDOT invites business participation in high-speed rail project
• BusinessWoman of the Year event site goes live! [Blog: Biz Currents]

Thursday 08.26.2010

• New growth management law struck down
• Pain clinic owner Troy Wubbena faces jail time
• An insider’s view of problem loans [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Euphemia Haye chef a finalist in ABC’s Nightline competition
• BP seafloor spill cleanup hits snag
• HUD awards Florida $26.6M
• CredAbility: Floridians in ‘financial distress’
• MBA: Florida Q2 mortgage delinquency slips
• Florida DOT to get nearly $700,000 in federal grant money
• Core building Pine Berry adult living facility in Clearwater
• Progress Energy Foundation invests in Florida education
• State economic development agency moves to USF
• Tampa Bay economy struggles, improvement tied to jobs and housing
• Florida thrifts sink into the red
• FINRA rules against Raymond James in auction rate securities case

Wednesday 08.25.2010

• Raymond James named Gordon Johnson to board of directors
• Tampa included in Visit Florida, Southwest promo
• Walter Investment buys mortgage servicer Marix
• Floridians among most credit card delinquent
• Oil spill claimants still offered bridge loans
• CrowdSavings.com expands to San Francisco
• Mosaic CEO James Prokopanko's pay grows 40 percent
• Chase mortgage fix offers top 900,000
• More Floridians to travel for Labor Day
• Old Time Pottery out of bankruptcy
• Odyssey Marine raises $1.8 million
• Moody’s revises Roper Industries outlook

Tuesday 08.24.2010

• Listen up: executive makes (radio) waves [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Gerdau Ameristeel shareholders OK going-private deal
• Kitson & Partners buys 60 acres in Seminole near Bay Pines
• Florida wins $700M, Chamber encourages business involvement
• Chappell named BusinessWoman of the Year
• Publix to launch flu vaccination program
• Business Journal helps dream come true [Blog: Biz Currents]
• Louis Miller finalist for manager job at Hartsfield-Jackson
• Five Bay companies among Inc. 500

Monday 08.23.2010

• A.M. Best affirms ratings for Castle Key Group
• AET coming to Expressway Sept. 17 [Blog: Biz Currents]
• New MFA director Kent Lydecker worked at Metropolitan Museum
• Florida Realtors to get BP funding
• Horizon Bancorporation posts 2Q profit
• Tampa-St. Pete hotel statistics show promise
• Checkers expands with former Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee
• Mosaic lays off 140 workers at South Fort Meade mine
• BayCare Health names Tim Thompson chief information officer
• Delta schedules Cancun flights from Tampa