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Business class or budget?
Corporate travelers trim costs and rethink trips in the light of economic concerns and post-Sept. 11 fears.

US Airways files for bankruptcy
Analysts expect the beleaguered airline, once the largest in Tampa, to emerge from Chapter 11 protection as a stronger competitor.

Treating the cavity in a dentist's records
A dentist who oversees 118 dental offices and has been in practice for 12 years might be expected to know how to keep patient records. But apparently that wasn't the case with Dr. Adam Diasti.

Good news or no news? Ask the insurance commissioner
Florida Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher seems to issue one kind of press release -- when the news is something Florida consumers (a.k.a. voters) will like.

Employees hope cost-cutting ideas click with Bic
Like many companies in these austere times, Bic Graphic USA recently began asking its 750 St. Petersburg and Clearwater employees to submit cost-cutting suggestions. Winners get a cut of the penmaker's savings.

Gas station alternatives rev up business
More motorists are filling up at gas megastations that have popped up at four Albertsons, all four Sam's Clubs and some Wal-Mart Supercenters in the Tampa Bay area.

Appealing to purple pizza eaters
A St. Petersburg Times story last month on the surge in colored food items (such as Pepsi Blue and Mountain Dew Code Red) concluded with a tongue-in-cheek query about what could be next: "Purple pizza, anyone?"

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