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• Spin game: success is rare and slow, but the potential rewards--visibility and income--keep universities playing.(Technology Transfer)

  - 2008-03-01

  A decade ago, University of Florida professor Jamie Grooms and partner Richard Allen formed Regeneration Technologies, licensing Grooms' UF research on bone tissue grafts as a mechanism to help patients regenerate their own natural tissue. As typically occurs when a university spins off a company, the...

  Tags: Florida, Florida State University, game, HEALTHCARE, income, Mitchell, professor, Robots, SALES, Technology, technology, University of Florida

• By the numbers

  - 2008-03-01

  47% Percentage of retail shrinkage that can be attributed to employee theft, according to the 2007 National Retail Security Survey, conducted by the University of Florida. 3.5% Retail sales growth predicted for 2008 by the National Retail Federation. $33,000 Average amount of variance allocation accounts Ace Hardware retailers...

  Tags: Retail, SALES, shrinkage, University of Florida, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Dip in Florida's Consumer Confidence Likely to Hurt Holiday Retail Sales.

  - 2007-11-27

  Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 27 AScribe Newswire -- Florida's consumer confidence dropped two points to 77 in November, portending lackluster sales for the holiday retail season, a new University of Florida study finds. "The growing pessimism about U.S....

  Tags: Florida, SALES, U.S., University of Florida

• Skanska to Build Cancer Hospital in Florida for USD 150 M, Approximately SEK 1 Billion

  - 2007-09-24

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News: Skanska (STO:SKAB) has been contracted to build a new cancer hospital at the University of Florida's Gainesville campus. The contract totals USD 150 M, or approximately SEK 1.035 billion, and will be included in order bookings for the third quarter of 2007. The customer...

  Tags: FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, hospital, SALES, Sweden, Transportation, University of Florida

• Study finds retail shrink on the rise

  - 2006-12-11

  BOCA RATON, Fla. -- For the first time in four years the rate of retail shrinkage has increased last year, a new study from researchers at the University of Florida shows. Shrinkage, which the report defines as a combination of employee theft, shoplifting, vendor fraud and administrative error, accounted...

  Tags: Litigation, researcher, Retail, SALES, shrinkage, University of Florida

• NeoPhotonics Names John Teegen SVP of Worldwide Sales

  - 2006-05-30

  SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NeoPhotonics Corporation, a leading developer of optical components for the telecommunications industry, today announced the appointment of John A. Teegen as its new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, effective immediately. In this position, Mr. Teegen will oversee a sales force with offices on four continents...

  Tags: NeoPhotonics, SALES, University of Florida

• Low Home Sales, High Fuel Prices Hit Consumer Confidence.

  - 2006-05-30

  Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 30 AScribe Newswire -- Consumer confidence among Floridians in May did not budge from its April level of 86, the likely result of a downturn in the housing market and continued high fuel prices, University of Florida...

  Tags: Florida, sales, University of Florida

• DiMatteo, Larry A., Lucien J. Dhooge, Stephanie Greene, Virginia G. Maurer, and Marisa Anne Pagnattaro: International Sales Law: A Critical Analysis of CISG Jurisprudence.(Book review)

  - 2006-03-22

  DiMatteo, Larry A., Lucien J. Dhooge, Stephanie Greene, Virginia G. Maurer, and Marisa Anne Pagnattaro International Sales Law: A Critical Analysis of CISG Jurisprudence New York: Cambridge University Press 241 pp., $85.00, ISBN 0-5218-4980-2 Publication Date: September 2005 International Sales Law: A...

  Tags: analysis, SALES, University of Cambridge, University of Florida

• Providing incentives.(Enterprise Florida)

  - 2004-12-01

  In the business of luring employers to Florida, and cutting taxes for the ones here, Crystal Sircy is an important person. Sircy, 36, manages the state's incentive programs for recruiting and retaining companies and makes recommendations on policy changes to improve the business climate. ...

  Tags: FINANCE, Florida, incentive, SALES, Taxes, University of Florida

• Checkers sponsors archrival universities in Florida

  - 2004-09-06

  TAMPA, FLA. -- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. became a sponsor of archrival colleges Florida State University and the University of Florida in a multiyear pact, making the chain the "official burger sponsor" at both schools. Checkers is promoting the sponsorship with radio and TV spots, and its restaurants in...

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