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Robert Trigaux: In Davos, the A+ list lets optimism give way to angst
While we bask in the glow of a Super Bowl football championship, global business leaders prefer to punt at the Super Bowl of business -- better known as the World Economic Forum, which winds up this week in Davos, Switzerland.

Cuba bound? Not likely
The ambitious plans of a cruise operator for trips between Tampa and Cuba may be thwarted by federal regulations.

Jabil Circuit moves work to Mexico
The St. Petersburg company plans to shut down an Oldsmar facility and trim its Ninth Street plant.

Tropical defines new priorities
The apparelmaker's executives say corporate jets are out and product improvements are in as shareholders demand accountability.

Consumers are jittery about war with Iraq
Though Americans are less confident, sales of new homes climb again.

Bargain hunters buoy uncertain market
NEW YORK -- Bargain hunters took charge of Wall Street Tuesday, halting the market's protracted selloff and giving stocks their first respectable advance in more than two weeks. The Dow Jones industrials climbed nearly 100 points.

Business today
SRI/SURGICAL SETTLES SUIT: SRI/Surgical Express Inc. of Tampa said it has settled shareholder lawsuits filed in Nov. 2001 that stemmed from the company's restatement of its financial results for the third quarter of that year. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed, though the company said the expense will be covered by its insurers. SRI provides hospitals with daily deliveries and retrievals of resuable and disposable surgical products.


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