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March 18, 2020 First, the coronavirus rocked the financial markets. Then, oil prices dropped more than 20 percent after a breakdown in OPEC production discussions. Not surprisingly, the markets took another nosedive. Yet, despite these events, this recent market volatility may well be attributed more…
Read More Financial Focus, Don’t Let Fears Drive Your Investment Choices
“Florida public schools k-12 will remain closed until April 15 and state testing is canceled for the remainder of the school year”, Governor DeSantis announced on Tuesday afternoon. “The state of Florida is canceling all testing for students in the state’s K-12 public schools for the…
Read More Florida Cancels All Testing For State’s K-12 Public Schools And Extends Closure Until April 15th
By: Brian Burns Clearwater, Fla., (March 17, 2020) – Starting Wednesday, BayCare patients who have been instructed by their doctor to be tested for COVID-19 will be able to provide a specimen for testing without leaving their cars. BayCare Health System is transforming seven BayCare Urgent…
Read More BayCare to Launch Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Sites
Anyone who knows Aakash Patel, knows he is everywhere and all things Tampa. The Founder of Elevate, Inc. is a cheerleader for the city in many ways. “The enthusiasm that Aakash has for this community is contagious. He believes in all that is good about…
Read More Spotlight: Aakash Patel, Entrepreneur and Change Agent
The USF-Selmon Balsa Bridge Design Competition began in the 1980s as a student-run project to connect the University with area under-represented middle and high school students and provide a fun, extra-educational enrichment opportunity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) philosophies. TAMPA, FLA. (PRWEB) Tampa…
Read More Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Sponsors USF – Selmon Balsa Bridge Design Competition
By: Staff Report Primerica, located in Tampa, Florida, is run by husband and wife, Julie and Tony Ramirez. This full service, financial services company, offers anything from debt consolidation to college savings plans. However, it’s not all business. This is personal for the Ramirez family.…
Read More Local Financial Team Turns Personal Loss, Into Gains For Others
By: Its’s a magical secret If your child wants to send a letter to Santa this Christmas season, you can now use a special mailbox set up for the occasion. The letters will be sent straight to the North Pole, and everyone will get a…
Read More Family Sets Up a “Letter to Santa” Mailbox in Apollo Beach
By Yvette C. Hammett Ruskin resident and business owner, Christian Sidney, is originally from the Caribbean island of Martinique and served in the U.S. Army after moving to the United States. When it was time for him to retire from the U.S. Army, he looked…
Read More Retired Veteran Opens SunShine AutoShield in Ruskin
By Geoff Fox APOLLO BEACH – Christopher Akel was busy analyzing data on a web site he recently created for a merchant services company in Georgia. A 42-year-old Long Island, New York, native Akel started Razor Digital last year. The company mostly builds, manages, maintains…
Read More Apollo Beach web designer offers services up and down East Coast
By PAUL CATALA Toni Armstrong has had the roughly century-old treadle sewing machine ever since she was a teenager in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Although Armstrong, of Apollo Beach, hasn’t used the sewing machine – mounted on a veneer cherry wood table – in decades, she…
Read More A Veterans Crafty Retirement