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November 25, 2002
Today’s headlinesThe best resource you never heard of
[Times photo: Lara Cerri]
Most bay area businesses don't know about it, but the Human Resource Institute provides research to global corporations such as Ford and Home Depot from its St. Petersburg offices.
Keeping the wraps on money manager methods
Could trade secrets include newspaper clippings?
A new strategy for acquisition-hungry law firm
Long known for its acquisition-fueled growth, Holland & Knight went against character in April, laying off 230 employees, 60 of them lawyers. About a month later, the Tampa Bay area law firm unveiled a plan to make associate pay more performance based.
Shooting for five stars
The Mobil Travel Guide lists zero five-star hotels across Central Florida. But Orlando marketers think they're finally positioned to get one a decade after Disney's Grand Floridian Resort lost the guide's top rating.
Florida feels sting of insurance scams
Everyone knows Florida's semitropical climate makes it a prime habitat for mosquitoes and cockroaches.
Tampa consultant finds opportunity in China
Bill Rowland of Tampa has worked in advertising in New York, been a regional marketing director for McDonald's and owned several fast-food franchises. A year ago, he decided to try his hand at international business consulting and set his sights on the big prize: China.
Profile: Joan M. Gallagher
NEW POSITION: Vice president, public relations, Eckerd Corp., Largo
Company notes
CONSTRUCTION
Climbing the ladder
BANKING
Latest business news
Monday's Metal Prices
Skilling, Lay optimistic as testimony ends
Wachovia shares fall on Golden West deal
GAO: Sarbanes-Oxley costs high for cos.
London's FTSE-100 index closes down 24.6
Calif. attorney general files fourth suit
Rigas sentencings reset for April
Plaintiffs in insurance fraud lawsuit
Health insurance plans claim vast fraud
Earnings roundup: Universal Technical, Landauer
Earnings Preview: Toll Brothers
Universal Technical Institute's 4Q profit rises
Staples sees N.A. retail sales improvement
Isle of Capri returns to a profit in fiscal 2Q
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