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...firm, best known for its military-communications and reconnaissance systems, solidified its reputation in the 2001 war in Afghanistan, when its technology enabled commanders at a base in, say, Tampa, Fla., to see real-time images of Afghan battlefields. Contracts soon multiplied. "The U.S. has plenty of firepower," says Kevin Landis, chief investment officer of Firsthand Funds, a tech-focused mutual-fund group in Silicon Valley. "But Frank Lanza tells them where to point it." L-3's military customers also include Canada and other NATO countries...
...Harvard women’s tennis team sprung into the spring season with a 7-0 drubbing of South Florida in Tampa yesterday. The competition was a triumphant return to action after the usual layoff between the fall and spring seasons...
...growing market with special needs. Until recently the business world's primary response was to pitch diets, workouts and potions to those determined to melt off the pounds. The weight-loss market grew to about $40 billion last year, from $33 billion in 1999, according to Marketdata Enterprises of Tampa, Fla. Even drastic measures are catching on. Last year 63,100 obese patients--including celebrities like Today show weatherman Al Roker--underwent surgery to have their stomach capacity reduced, an increase from 23,000 such operations...
...Buccaneers paid that hefty price to acquire coach Jon Gruden last offseason in a trade with the Raiders (who also made out like, um, bandits), but he put them over the hump after they stalled in the playoffs four of the last five years. Now Tampa Bay has wiggled out of the undistinguished group of franchises that have never advanced to the Super Bowl: Arizona, Carolina, Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville, New Orleans and Seattle. Considering only one of those teams, Cleveland, even made the playoffs this season, it's no stretch to say they'd all accept a similar deal...
...Props to not even consider: Tampa Bay to win by more than 37 points (60/1) and Raiders will score exactly 4 points (750/1...