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Talk of the bay: Pinellas County punches in fifth in lost jobs
By Times Staff
Published October 19, 2007
As if the cooling housing market wasn't bad enough, Pinellas County is now grappling with employment woes. A Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Thursday says Pinellas lost 5,400 jobs from March 2006 to March 2007. The dip ranks the county fifth nationwide among peers reporting the largest decline in employment levels. Ahead of Pinellas are Michigan counties of Wayne, Macomb and Oakland, and Ohio's Montgomery County. Leading the pack with highest employment gains are Orleans County, La., and Harrison County, Miss. If $100 T-shirts are your thing ... Custo Barcelona, a hot Spanish design house that dresses many celebs in vibrantly hot colors, opens its first boutique in Tampa in mid November. The company's fourth Florida store will take space once occupied by Furla in International Plaza. Flashy T-shirts embellished with embroidery, foil and bold graphics go for $100 or more. Dresses and mini skirts fetch $220. Founded in 1996 by David and Custo Dalman after they were taken by California causal fashion on a round-the-world motorcycle odyssey, the brothers built a Hollywood following and spread to 30 countries. Charlie Sheen, mostly a Nat Nash guy, is reportedly a fan, along with Penelope Cruz, LeAnn Rhimes and the Dixie Chicks. Custo Barcelona also dressed Julia Roberts in Runaway Bride and Natalie Portman in Anywhere But Here. Tower savior's identity to be revealed Who is that masked hedge fund manager? Facing a mutiny from disgruntled condo buyers, the developers of Trump Tower Tampa promise to reveal the New York hedge fund that could salvage the much-delayed condo high-rise. Trump Tower buyers have organized a Wednesday meeting to air grievances about the $300-million project that's been bigger on promises than action. Developer SimDag LLC, working under a licensing deal with New York real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump, told buyers a hedge fund representative would speak at the meeting, which SimDag asked be closed to the media. "It's a private meeting at a private club about private financial concerns," said Don Wallace, the condo buyer who organized the pow-wow.
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