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News of the business week to come

News of the business week to come

By Times Staff Writer
Published February 11, 2008

IRS GIVES THE ALL-CLEAR: The IRS says it will be ready today to accept tax income tax returns from all filers. Thanks to last-minute congressional tinkering with the tax law, the nation's tax collector had to retool some of its software. That meant it has not been able to process returns claiming certain credits, including those for education and residential energy improvements. Now you have only yourself to blame for procrastinating.

POWER UP: The Florida Energy Commission will hold its first meeting of the year today. The meeting, which begins at 10 a.m., is in the SeaTech auditorium at the Florida Atlantic University SeaTech campus. For more information, go to www.floridaenergycommission.gov.

SUNSHINE (POWER) STATE: Gov. Charlie Crist and FPL president Armando Olivera will dedicate the state's largest solar power system todayat Rothenbach Park in Sarasota County. The utility's Sunshine Power Solar Array, the second-largest in the Southeast, has 1,200 solar panels and generates enough power for 40 homes.

HE'S THE REAL THING: Coca-Cola Enterprises president John Brock speaks tonight before a Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce crowd at the Tampa Convention Center. A cocktail reception at 6 p.m. is followed by a dinner speech after 7 p.m. Coke employs about 2,500 in the Tampa Bay area. Brock came to Coke from international brewing giant InBev in May 2006. For more information, go to tampachamber.com. Individual tickets cost $70.

HEADING UPHILL AFTER 40: April Goyer, president of Avancez and creator of "It's Not Downhill After 40!" is speaking at the Tampa Bay Technology Forum's February Executive Women's Network on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event at the Mise En Place in Tampa is geared toward TBTF members and female executives. For more information, go to www.tbtf.org.

RAYJAY MEETS WITH SHAREHOLDERS: Top execs of St. Petersburg-based Raymond James Financial, including chairman Tom James and Raymond James Bank president Steve Raney, will share their thoughts about the turbulent stock markets at their annual meeting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. If you can't be at company headquarters in person, you can listen live on the Internet at www.raymondjames.com.

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