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Robert Trigaux
BofA economist optimistic about 2003
There's a good reason I sat in the back of the small Hyatt Westshore meeting room, well hidden behind the serious dark business suits of an invitation-only klatch of upscale clients of Bank of America's private (read wealthy) bank.

Seniors get price cut for generic drugs
Eckerd will offer 30 percent discounts to holders of Together Rx. The discount is twice as big as the card's sponsors expected.

Z-Tel, MCI amend crucial contract
The changes could mean more money for the Tampa telephone company -- or an early end to the partnership.

BayCare moves into malpractice coverage
The hospital network will offer affiliated doctors medical liability insurance, likely at lower rates.

Insurance brokerage bolsters top ranks
For a company that buys other companies at a breakneck pace, Brown & Brown Inc. certainly takes the long-term approach to mapping out management changes.

Buyers on Main Street influence buyers on Wall Street
NEW YORK -- Wall Street reveled in its best day in a month Thursday with buyers reasserting themselves amid upbeat news about consumer spending.

Business Today
BANK PULLING OUT OF WINN-DIXIE: Winn-Dixie is being paid a $60-million termination fee by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, which is closing the Marketplace Bank branches it has operated inside 184 supermarkets in Florida. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. had been getting $13.1-million a year in rent for the mini-banks. The Jacksonville chain has similar branch bank deals with other financial services companies but has not decided whether to seek replacements for Marketplace Banks.