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| 10/29/2018

› Florida-based Dycom faces putative federal securities investor class action
A Florida-based telecommunications infrastructure company and its leading executives misled investors about the company's expected growth ahead of a sharp drop in its stock price earlier this year, according to a putative federal securities class action filed this week.

› Falling stock markets take toll on Tampa Bay area companies.
October hasn’t been kind to stock prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off nearly 7 percent, the S&P 500 almost 9 percent and the Nasdaq 11 percent. The sell off has ensnared many of the Tampa Bay area’s largest companies.

› Mote secures $28 million for Benderson Park location
Not even a week after the Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved the terms of an agreement that would allow Mote Marine Laboratory to build a multi-level, state-of-the-art aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park, the nonprofit announced it has already secured $28 million in private donations and corporate sponsorships toward the $130 million project.

› Fattmerchant launches feature to help small businesses track data
Orlando financial tech firm Fattmerchant has created a way for businesses to see detailed analytics and payment data related to transactions more easily. The platform, which offers a dashboard that reports specific metrics and data across any payment channels, works for both companies that require a physical credit card and those that do not.

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