Tampa, Florida
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Tampa is a city in Hillsborogh County Florida is a part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the "Tampa Bay area". The four-county area is composed of roughly 2.6 million residents, making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the state behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, the third largest in the Southeastern United States, and the twelfth largest DMA Market in the United States.
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Local economy
Like much of Florida, Tampa's economy is heavily based on services and tourism. Many wealthy people have winter houses here, and the upscale Tampa Palms neighborhood is a desirable destination for retired professional athletes. Many corporations, such as large banks and telecommunications companies, maintain regional offices in Tampa, and the city is an extremely popular location for call centers.
Tampa's port is now the seventh largest in the nation and Florida’s largest tonnage port, handling nearly half of all seaborne commerce that passes through the state.
Recent Tampa business news
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- Magnetic Annouced As Finalist In The Tampa Bay Business Journal's Best Places To Work 2010
- Tampa, Fla. AMPA, Fla. March 16, 2010 -- For the 5th year running, full-service Tampa web design and development firm Magnetic is a finalist in the Tampa Bay Business Journal's Best Places to Work.The company keeps morale high, and employees happy and hardworking by making the work place exciting, fun and relaxed.
- Sykes Enterprises to cut about 100 jobs in Sterling
- Sykes Enterprises Inc., a global outsourcing firm, has informed Sterling officials that it plans to cut about 100 area jobs by May 8. Sykes, based in Tampa, Fla., lost an unspecified contract handled by customer-service workers in Sterling, said Richard O'Connell, executive director of the Logan County Economic Development Corp.
- Housing market still filled with fear, but optimism is around the corner
- John Rymer is a real estate market expert. View Larger No one needs to ask John Rymer how much he knows about real estate.
- Outback Steakhouse Donates $1 Million for U.S. Troops
- Country star Tim McGraw partners with Outback during Thanks for Giving effort in March.
- The Hiller Group, Inc. to Announce Acquisition
- The Hiller Group: WHAT: A The Hiller Group Press Conference a ' Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Company CEO & President will announce acquisition and benefits associated with merger.
- Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing
- Harvey Homan, CEO of Urovalve is appointed the Center for Scientific Reveiw LONDON-- --FUND db x-trackers DOW JONES ISLAMIC MARKET TITANS 100 ETF DEALING DATE 12-Mar-10 NAV PER SHARE USD26.6179 NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE 190,000... LONDON-- --FUND db x-trackers S&P 500 SHARIAH ETF DEALING DATE 12-Mar-10 NAV PER SHARE USD11.2456 NUMBER OF SHARES IN ...
- Are NCAA pools good for the office? You bet
- The national onset of round-ball fever started Sunday, when the NCAA men's basketball tournament brackets were announced, sparking workplace betting pools and the annual debate about the drain on productivity.
- Hot Leads: Startups, expansions, moves, and new products and services
- Gulfside Regional Hospice opened the Center for Hospice Care at 5760 Dean Dairy Road, Zephyrhills.
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