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Tampa Tribune extends Bucs sponsorship
The Tampa Tribune is paying about $20.1-million to extend its contract as a "Pewter Partner" of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team.

Shoppers are stirring with even a mouse
Free shipping is luring throngs of holiday shoppers to the Internet as merchants compete for their business.

Historic Tampa bread bakery closing
The makers of Wonder Bread say the South Tampa location is outdated. About 100 workers will be let go or transferred.

Billions in drugmaker rebates diverted
Medco Health Solutions alone kept huge sums over a few years that lawyers say should have gone to employee health plans.

Online trends
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SEC: Miami firm cheated black investors
MIAMI -- An investment firm and its top executive have been sued by securities regulators for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme targeted at blacks, defrauding investors out of at least $31-million.

Business Today
CATALINA SIGNS JAPAN DEAL: Catalina Marketing Corp. of St. Petersburg said it signed a deal to handle the loyalty marketing programs for 174 Ito Yokado stores in Japan. Ito Yokado, which owns 7-Eleven worldwide, is one of Japan's biggest retailers. Catalina, which maintains equipment that uses laser scanner technology to print coupons in retail checkout lines, now has systems installed in 3,291 retail stores in Europe and Japan.


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  • Deal costs lower Live Nation, Ticketmaster profits
  • Acadia 3Q loss narrows on revenue boost
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