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Gainesville can revitalize its job market with policy changes
By Thomas Hawkins | Feb. 8, 2011What is the city’s role in job creation?
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City Commission denies local resident to run a dog-walking business from home
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 3, 2011The City Commission overturned an earlier ruling Thursday that allowed Bruce Baber to run his dog-walking business from his house.
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Dog walker faces commission to keep business open
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 31, 2011When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
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Crowd of 800 slurps soup from local restaurants
By Danielle Alvarez | Jan. 30, 2011St. Francis Catholic High School hosted its fourth annual Souper Fun Sunday event at the high school’s gymnasium, 4100 NW 115 Terrace.
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Student loses everything in apartment fire
By Jon Silman | Jan. 27, 2011In those bleary-eyed minutes between 8:49 and 8:53 a.m., there was just an eerie calm. When I look back on it, I want to say I knew. I knew that those voices yelling outside were firemen’s, and my building was on fire; I knew that I grabbed all my belongings, including my cat, and heroically ran outside to help. It didn’t happen like that.
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Local business owners appreciate tax break package
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 4, 20112011 might be Steve Raye’s best year.
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UF not setting a good business example
By CHRIS MOODY | Nov. 7, 2010Block tuition is not only foolish, but it’s also unrealistic.
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Local apartment reps tout off-campus living
By Mina Radman | Nov. 2, 2010Students gathered in the Reitz Colonnade on Tuesday to pick up free prizes, free food and information about off-campus student living.
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The Fest 9 means business for local restaurants
By Cristina Rabaza | Oct. 31, 2010From neighborhood regulars to visitors from as far as Europe, more than 280 bands and thousands of fans turned downtown into a giant punk playground at Gainesville’s annual punk rock festival this past weekend.
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Students’ business plans could net cash from mtvU
By Laura Hampson | Sep. 20, 2010MtvU and the New York Stock Exchange are offering $25,000 to college students with an original, socially conscious, innovative and potentially profitable business proposal that uses social media to market the business.
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Desperate Times? Maybe Not!
By Jonathon Arton | Sep. 15, 2010Due to the recent recession and records of high unemployment, the question regarding a college student’s future has become a little more uncomfortable to contemplate.
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Hough Hall namesake has long history as a Gator
By Brittany Alana Davis | Sep. 8, 2010When Bill and Hazel Hough donated the self-portrait that hangs in the new William R. Hough Hall, they chose a modern, multidimensional piece from their home in Aspen, Colo.
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Course uses popular video game to teach business
By Michael Ramirez | Sep. 2, 2010Students will study 21st century business skills in a 26th century war this semester.
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Construction on Main Street bad for Backstage business
By Daniel Elsesser | Aug. 20, 2010The Backstage Lounge just had its biggest crowd in months. Almost 60 people attended the rock lounge and bar to celebrate its fourth year under the current ownership Sunday.
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Apartment complexes aid families of year's largest fire
May 20, 2010The day after the fire, the air still smelled of charred wood. Neighbors gathered around the fenced-off building and stared quietly.
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Magazine gives M.B.A. program 'excellent' rating
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Mar. 22, 2010UF’s Internet M.B.A. program is one of two in the world to earn a rating of “excellent” in The Economist’s “Distance-learning special 2010.”
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Hanrahan: Future bright for women
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 2, 2010Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan spoke at the Florida Women in Business and Students in Free Enterprise Women’s History Month event Tuesday night.
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Richard Selwach’s mayoral advertising campaign
Mar. 1, 2010Richard Selwach is running for mayor of Gainesville, but his advertising campaign is more of a publicity stunt than his political platform.
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Five businesses robbed in northwest Gainesville
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 27, 2010Investigators discovered five businesses in the same block were robbed around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
