It’s become a very happy holiday season for employees of SynDaver Labs. The Tampa creator of synthetic cadavers for medical research bestowed $1.5 million worth of company stock to non-management employees at its Christmas party on Friday. “The holidays are all about giving back and in addition to our Holiday…
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The Tampa metro area leads the state in job creation over the past year, adding 40,500 new jobs. The unemployment rate has declined here by 1.1 percentage points to 4.6 percent in November. Florida, overall, had a 5 percent unemployment rate in November, down 0.2 percent from October and down…
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A student-led team from the University of Tampa hopes to pitch their ideas to President Bill Clinton and a panel of judges for the chance to earn $1 million in startup funding. Each year, hundreds of teams from universities around the world compete in the Hult Prize competition to solve…
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"The most powerful robotic pickup artist on the planet" is being developed in Tampa, and one local executive thinks the technology has potential well beyond getting to a first date. Casanova is an add-on program for the dating app Tinder, designed to have more self confidence approaching women than most…
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Each month Hillsborough County hosts a networking event that puts a human centered spin on Tampa Bay area networking. Homebrew Hillsborough provides an exceptional opportunity for small businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators to come together, to network and to share ideas. Not only does Homebrew Hillsborough present an exceptional networking opportunity,…
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The vision for smooth traffic flow guided by technology is one step closer to becoming a reality in Tampa with a $17 million contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to begin testing connected cars along Meridian Drive and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.
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The rebounding economy of 2015 may be the "big" story of the business year. I like specifics, though, and you probably do, too. Here are six key events or trends that took place this calendar year that will do much to shape the future direction and momentum of our area…
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Moments after Dr. Mae C. Jemison stepped on stage Thursday morning at the Tampa Convention Center, she had the audience hanging on her every word. The former NASA astronaut and first African-American woman in space spoke to nearly 4,300 people about empowerment and racial and gender issues in STEM programs. She…
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On July 3, 2015, the New York Times reported "Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20% to 40% or more, saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out to be sicker than expected.” All the while, the US continues to spend a…
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to the University of South Florida to continue its work improving student success in majors related to science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.
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