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More than $2.3 million in federal economic stimulus grants have gone to eight Tampa Bay area cosmetology and massage schools to pay tuition for the hairdressers, masseuses and nail technicians of tomorrow.
That's swell news for those who see the beauty trades as a way to gain a firmer footing in [...]
Florida's unemployment rate jumped to 11 percent in September, matching a modern-era high set in October 1975. In the Tampa Bay area, the news was even more grim: a jobless rate of 11.7 percent, up from an upwardly revised rate of 11.4 percent in August.
The statewide rate, up from a [...]