After feeling like her only option was a Ziploc bag, a UF senior came up with a business for stylish, affordable clear purses
When Andres Andrade arrived to Brazil in 2013, the then 26-year-old never imagined that four years later he would be one of the country’s most successful businessmen.
Local organizations in Gainesville are selling a limited number of custom prints depicting historic businesses, restaurants and landmarks as a way to raise money for nonprofit groups in the area.
Sixty years ago, Burger King founders James “Jim” McLamore and David Edgerton visited one of their Gainesville stores on 13th Street.
Just north of University Avenue, Gainesville’s 13th Publix location has opened its doors to the UF community.
Gainesville was recently named one of the top cities in which to start a new business, and it may have UF and Santa Fe College to thank.
Sport Clips Haircuts, a hair salon franchise catering to men, has opened its first Gainesville location.
At any given time, about 40 UF students are undercover, ordering and rating on-campus services.
While the rise of the Internet has empowered customers, businesses have had to modify how they interact with consumers to fit the trend.
Charity is an incredible thing. It’s a way for us to show we care for one another, and it provides resources and aid to those in need both domestically and internationally. It has changed the lives of thousands every year, from building homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005 to providing medical care to Ebola virus patients in West Africa in 2014.
One of the most shameful aspects of the public education system in America is the need for teachers to spend large sums of their own money to provide school supplies for their classrooms.
A local magazine staff is reaching out to readers after an 86-percent budget cut last month, jeopardized its future.
Students who visited websites like Netflix, Foursquare, Tumblr and Etsy on Wednesday may have noticed their pages were loading slower than normal.
Dear Editor,
A Gainesville brewery is packing up and will be moved into a new location come September 2014.
As a 10-year-old girl, Gwen Thompson’s role model was Willy Wonka.
Businesses across Gainesville benefited from Small Business Saturday, which encouraged customers to support independent, locally owned businesses. The day-after-Black-Friday event was promoted on social media and has gained traction in the past few years.
In several of my previous columns, I have made reference to the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is an organization composed of corporations, interest groups and legislators at the state and federal levels.
Innovative vending machines on campus are helping busy students go green.
People say first impressions always stick, and while I do believe in second chances, there’s no denying that a bad first impression can haunt you in the interview process.
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