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Verizon upgrades The Trop for ALCS Just in time for the American League Championship Series, Verizon Wireless has upgraded its wireless transmission site at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg to help carry projected heavier traffic. Accreditation reaffirmed for New College A review team for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools said it will recommend reaffirmation of New College of Florida’s accreditation without recommendations for any improvements. Samuel Green sentenced to nine years for racketeering Samuel Green, a former manager with Argent Mortgage Co., has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his part in a mortgage fraud scheme that affected projects in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Lee counties over two years. Snapshot of Wachovia and Wells Fargo Following is a comparison of the operations of Wachovia Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. (WB) (WFC) Florida State Board of Administration posts proxy votes The Florida State Board of Administration has begun posting historical and current records of votes that it casts on proxies issued by public companies in which it owns stock. CB Richard Ellis lays off managers in national restructuring CB Richard Ellis Inc., the largest commercial real estate brokerage in the Tampa Bay region, has laid off an undisclosed number of employees as part of a national restructuring plan. (CBG) Tribune tries again to revamp paper Just a week after completely revamping the way it publishes the newspaper, The Tampa Tribune is changing again. (MEG) Ohio lender RFC expanding Tampa office Home loans are hard to get in a tight credit market, but that’s not slowing down Residential Finance Corp.’s plans to expand its production teams in Tampa and Columbus, Ohio, from 150 to 550 over the next three years. Weak real estate continues to draw down Bank of Florida earnings Bank of Florida Corp. said it would report a loss of $3.4 million, or 27 cents a share, for the third quarter of 2008. (BOFL) Accountant Jose Roman pleads guilty to bank fraud Jose Roman pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of making false statements to the Bank of Tampa. maplandia.net: Map of Italy Map of Florida Map of Bahamas Map of UK |