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› Staples continues fight for Office Depot despite obstacles
As the long and bruising fight to merge Staples and Office Depot approaches the one-year mark, experts say Staples might be laying plans for a day it will have to leave the arena on its own.
› Brevard tax abatement program continues after 20 years
Nearly 20 years ago, a company called Tru-Mension Manufacturing had big plans for Titusville. Tru-Mension also was the first company to take advantage of a relatively new voter-approved initiative in Brevard County called the ad valorem tax abatement program.
› Space plays a nice role in Florida's new marketing
It’s certainly not the first time Florida has marketed its space industry, but it’s the first time in a few years – since the shuttle program wound down – that Florida itself has featured space so prominently.
» See also: How to expand space business in Florida
› Flush with technology, new Pinellas magnet program caters to young 'digital natives'
11- and 12-year-olds were born fidgeting with devices. So instead of limiting their use in classrooms as educators have done in the past, a new magnet program at St. Petersburg's Tyrone Middle School is flooding them with technology — and nearly eliminating the need for a paper notebook.
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