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Long-term industry stalwarts InterMed Biomedical, InterMed Ultrasound, InterMed Nuclear Medicine, and InterMed X-Ray have joined forces with premier financial player Wafra Partners, LLC to form The InterMed Group. This restructuring positions The InterMed Group to become the preeminent third-party provider of medical equipment management and service solutions in the U.S., and opens avenues to new...

For the first time, congressional office staff and their constituents can analyze the business patterns of the nation’s 435 congressional districts. These new statistics are available through the U.S. Census Bureau’s updated My Congressional District Web application. Annual County Business Patterns data joins the latest statistics from the American Community Survey to provide the most detailed portrait of America’s congressional districts...

Gainesville Health & Fitness was featured in the February 8th release of Forbes magazine. The issue will highlight the twenty-five best small businesses in America from the last year. Joe Cirulli and his staff of fitness professionals were excited to learn that they’d been selected to be a part of this elite group of private...

The Financial Times listed the internet MBA program at UF Hough Graduate School of Business No. 3 in the world in the publication’s Online MBA 2015 rankings. UF MBA’s internet program was the top-ranked online MBA program in the U.S. “It’s an honor for our internet program to again receive such prominent recognition by The Financial Times,” said Dr. Alex...

Florida Economic Development Council (FEDC) Board Chair, Bob Swindell has announced his support for Governor Scott’s proposed reforms for Enterprise Florida, including the creation of the Florida Enterprise Fund. Swindell said, “I support Governor Scott’s proposal to create the Florida Enterprise Fund to strengthen Florida’s ability to successfully compete for new high-wage jobs for Floridians. Leadership...

By Frank Avery             Oh no. It’s happened. You’re the CEO of your company, and someone messed up. It’s about to go to press. It’s bad. You work at Volkswagen, and it turns out your cars are programmed to deceive U.S. federal emissions tests. Your PR strategist tweets a less-than-responsible...

By Brad Schultz Athleisure, the fashion craze that’s transformed activewear from 24 Hour Fitness to 24-hour wear, has women and men alike donning sporty designs for the cubicle or cocktails. If conventional sweatpants are a sign of defeat, as Chanel head designer and creative director Karl Lagerfeld once criticized them as being, the new athleisure...

By Ron Wayne Winning the first $50,000 Cade Museum Prize for Innovation in 2010 helped to make the Tutoring Matching Service the success it is today, according to company President Ethan Fieldman. “The notoriety of the prize, the support of the Cade family and the support of many community members who learned about us and...

By Kristina Orrega Recently, someone ran a car through a brick wall at the Pizza Hut on Archer Road and Charles Goodman was left to fix the problem all on his own. He didn’t have any help to replace the door of the bathroom that was knocked over in the accident. He also didn’t have...

On a typical Monday morning for a dual career couple, each spouse goes to spend the business day apart, reuniting at the end of the day for family time. That’s not the case for some local couples who are not only married, but are also business partners. What are the highs (and lows) of owning...