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Florida International University’s Center for Leadership has released their list of the state’s top 50 women-led businesses(.pdf document direct link), and the Tampa Bay Area had an extremely strong showing. 13 companies were on the list –which is ranked by revenue — including Peter R. Brown Construction (president Judy Mitchell) at number 2.
Rounding out the […]

The City of St. Petersburg’s Economic Department finished up their 2007 Survey of St. Petersburg Businesses for International Trade Activity. Some interesting notes:

Local businesses engaged in international trade had jumped from 34% to 62% in the last four years, and over half of the 38% […]

Florida was named the number 1 region for biotech growth in the world by Fierce Biotech in their Top Five Regions Targeting Biotech Companies special issue.
The ranking is primarily due to the Scripps deal on the east coast, and the University of Florida’s recent citing by the Milken Institute as a leader in the country […]

Merck & Co.’s deal with the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa is already one of the biggest economic development stories for the area this year, and now the numbers are beginning to show us just how much it means to Merck. Merck & Co. Inc. has pledged nearly $100 million, including $65 million […]

The Kentucky Economic Development Authority has given the preliminary go-ahead for $8 million in tax incentives to keep Kindred Pharmacy Services Inc. from moving to the Tampa Bay Area.
Back in August Kindred merged with Tampa Life Science company PharMerica Long-Term Care to create a company with potential annual revenue of almost $2 billion and an […]

Clearwater-based Avantair has been acquired by Ardent Acquisition Corp. out of New York, and on the heels of that placed an order for 20 new Phenom 100 executive jets worth $57 million. Avantair provides the opportunity for fractional ownership in their fleet of aircraft allowing frequent travelers a more time-efficient way of getting around.
SATSair of […]

Both Raymond James Financial and Lincare Inc. posted larger than expected gains in their last quarters, showing more growth in the Tampa Bay economy.
Raymond James of St. Petersburg, the second largest regional brokerage in the country, saw a 14% jump in profits in its fiscal fourth quarter. They attribute this jump to […]

Tower Cloud LLC, a Wireless Support Services Provider, has expanded its operations to St. Petersburg, creating 50 new jobs that pay at almost twice the state’s average.
According to their website Tower Cloud provides a network that “delivers an end-to-end service offering for customers seeking alternative solutions with high reliability, unlimited bandwidth and fast […]

The US Army awarded a contract for the manufacture and delivery of target practice cartridges to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. General Dynamics has a sizable local presence in St. Petersburg, and has announced that the work for this contract will be performed here, along with Middleton, Iowa and Red Lion Pennsylvania.
General Dynamics has […]