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March 17, 2003
Today’s headlinesRobert Trigaux: Florida's deep pockets give generously, elsewhere
When it comes to the biggest of the big-buck philanthropists in Florida, the donors were united in where they placed their charitable gazillions last year.
Short-circuited by the tech bust
Reptron Electronics, once a leading bay area company, tries to rewire itself for survival.
Three questions
Joe Troy: 39, senior vice president of financial services at Walter Industries Inc., Tampa
TECO dividends losing power?
For years, shareholders in TECO Energy Inc. have been able to count on dividends that rose modestly but inexorably. Through its worsening troubles, the Tampa utility has labored to assure investors that the dividend remains sacred.
Lease deal keeps women's tennis group in town
It's unlikely anyone would have predicted the sale of Florida Power's corporate parent in 2000 would result in keeping the offices of the Women's Tennis Association Tour in St. Petersburg. But in a roundabout way, that's what happened.
Gasparilla lite drives into outlet mall
In Tampa, Gasparilla pirates armed with noisy fake pistols and cannons capture the city every year as part of a celebration that comes with a good share of drunken debauchery.
A coda for US Airways' inflight music
JetBlue Airways promotes seatback televisions with 24 channels of DirecTV programming. Delta's new low-fare carrier, Song, promises inflight video systems with multiplayer interactive games, satellite TV, MP3 audio programming and pay-per-view movies.
Buyback plan brings bump in stock price
Share buybacks -- or at least announcing them -- are a commonly used tactic of publicly traded companies to boost sagging stock prices. So it wasn't a surprise when Z-Tel Technologies Inc. said last week that its board had authorized the repurchase of up to 1-million shares of the Tampa phone company's hard-hit common stock during the next 12 months.
Taking small bites of Coast Dental?
The Detroit dental company that made an unsolicited -- and quickly rebuffed -- bid for Tampa's Coast Dental Services Inc. is used to being rejected.
Profile: Paul L. Gange
New position: Senior vice president, multivendor services, Danka Systems, St. Petersburg
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