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  • Inside Corner
    Doodles, wallets, passports, flags from the limo in Dallas - all will be on permanent display in St. Petersburg's Florida International Museum if $10 million can be raised. In Tampa, watch out for very large holiday cards. And a Largo ad agency is flushing out a market in restroom advertising.

  • Leads & Deals
    A digest of bay area business news.

  • Banking and Investments
    TBS First of Tampa has developed a lean, mean ATM machine that you're likely to find dispensing cash just about everywhere.

  • Corporate Health Care
    Sarasota's Surgical Safety Products Inc. has developed software to help hospitals track employee exposure to dangerous pathogens.

  • Growth Strategies
    On April Fool's Day in '95, David Chitester moved into a small office and began writing a business plan. He didn't do much else for the next month, but when Chitester Management Systems Inc. began working with contractors and government in the real world, he found he had designed a path to extraordinary corporate success.
    by David J. Wilson

Cover Story

  • In the Air, In Your Face
    In the game of musical chairs for top spot among the media, a once-upon-a-time tiny company from San Antonio, Texas, named Clear Channel Communications Inc. has become a a dominant player nationally, and its recent deal to buy out Jacor Communications Inc. will give it third spot among Tampa Bay media. And it's not just radio. Clear Channel is a billboard heavyweight too.
    by Bridget McCrea

Corporate Report

  • Plant City
    Softball may be the new game in town.
    by Melissa Wells

  • Pinellas County
    Raytheon puts the R in STAR Center.
    by Melissa Wells

Corporate Real Estate

  • Annual Real Estate Roundtable
    In an annual assessment of the commercial real estate market, ten commercial real estate professionals around the Tampa Bay area display ten different viewpoints, but they agree the fundamentals are solid and expect only the odd speedbump, not a sinkhole for the industry.

  • Retail Space Analysis
  • Focus Map

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