Tampa chamber hunting for new home
After years in the SunTrust Financial Centre, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is searching for new, cheaper digs. And the group is considering an address that could give certain honchos a case of heartburn.
Clearwater grocery manager's 15 minutes of fame
He's not the centerfold, but thousands of readers across the country will see the smiling manager of a Clearwater Publix in magazine ads.
Technology makes Publix Plus cards obsolete
If you're used to emptying your wallet at the cash register and fanning out a deck of credit cards just to find the Publix check-cashing card, life at the grocery store might be easier from now on.
Florida Chamber hopes Cheney will land at Fly-In
It's been four years since Florida's business leaders traveled en masse to meet with politicos in Washington, so they wanted to make the most of a trip next month.
AmSouth invests in keeping rank and file
The old "golden handcuffs" aren't just for executives these days. Companies long have used incentives to keep top brass and big producers from jumping ship. AmSouth Bank now has a deal aimed at the rank and file.
Justice Department honors HCA investigators
The FBI may not seem to have much to celebrate this year after a spate of botched cases, missing documents, lost guns and the revelation that a high-level agent was a Russian spy.
Business calendar
"Business Counseling" sessions, by the Service Corps of Retired Executives, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at the St. Petersburg Business Development Center, 1045 16th St. S; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Clearwater Airport Business Center, 4707 140th Ave. N, Suite 311; and 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Largo Public Library, 351 East Bay Drive. For an appointment or information, call the Business Development Center, (727) 893-9686; the Clearwater Airport Business Center, (727) 532-6800; and the Largo Public Library, (727) 587-6715.
Company notes
CONSTRUCTION: Bollenback Builders Inc., 3784 Tampa Road, Oldsmar, announced the following contracts: BIC Graphic USA Manufacturing Co., plant 3, 47,000 square feet, manufacturing facility, Myerlake Circle, Clearwater; and the Diocese of St. Petersburg, St. Stephen Catholic School, 35,000 square feet, elementary school, Riverview.
Profile: Robert D. Christensen
NEW POSITION: Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, and physician-in-chief, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg.
Climbing the ladder
BANKING: Mercantile Bank, St. Petersburg, announced the following appointments: Kim Horstman, vice president/business development executive, northeast St. Petersburg location; and Michael L. Carrere, board of directors. Horstman worked for Huntington Bank; Carrere is executive vice president of Lykes Bros. Inc., Tampa.
