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Today’s headlines Consultant copes in 'tin can'
APOLLO BEACH -- There is an edge to Camilla Yost's laughter as she invites a visitor into what she calls her tin can.
Tech Data shares lose their luster
CLEARWATER -- Tech Data Corp.'s shares plunged nearly 20 percent Friday, a day after the company warned its earnings could fall as much as 15 to 25 percent in the current fiscal year.
Vinoy House keeps name
A judge says the St. Petersburg inn does not violate a Marriott International trademark.
Jobs report brings little relief
Analysts shrugged off the decline in January's unemployment rate, saying seasonal hirings skewed the final results.
Business today
PROGRESS ENERGY RE-EVALUATED: Moody's Investors Service cut Progress Energy Inc.'s long-term debt rating by one notch with expectations that the rating will remain stable. The ratings agency cited the company's slower-than-expected reduction of the large debt resulting from its purchase in late 2000 of Florida Progress Corp. of St. Petersburg. Moody's also said it was lowering the outlook on the debt rating of Progress Energy Florida, formerly Florida Power, to negative, citing factors including the utility's rate reduction last year.
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