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New businesses on the Treasure Coast

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Party at Jan's, Jan's Place, 1897 Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. Party planning and decorating. For information, call (772) 334-7733 or e-mail aschafer@bellsouth.com.

Mi Cabana Mexican Restaurant, 3450, S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart. Authentic Mexican food. For information, call (772) 283-9656.

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Business brief

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

JOB FAIR PLANNED: The Fleet and Family Support Center is sponsoring its 18th annual job fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 30 at Sikes Hall at Whiting Field Naval Air Station.

The job fair is open to the public. Job seekers should bring several copies of a resume.

Some of the businesses that will be represented: Gulf Power, Landrum Staffing, Cox Communications, Home Depot, Bell South, Florida Troops to Teachers, Goodrich Aerostructures, Bollinger Shipyard, University of West Florida, West Corp., Pinnacle Airlines, The Boeing Co., Express Personnel, Sears, Mobile Aerospace, Lowe's, Bayou Steel Corporation, Home Depot, U.S. Border Patrol, and Keegan Staffing.

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Panthers build mood of, dare we say, hope

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Florida Panthers fans might be forgiven today for rummaging deep into the closet, retrieving that long-forgotten rubber rat and throwing it -- just for old times' sake.

Are happy days finally here again for South Florida's most beleaguered pro sports franchise and most unrequited fans? Well, hard to say because happy days in the context of our NHL team are so distant and hard to recall, we might expect to see the reports of them etched onto stone tablets or buried somewhere in a time capsule.

Better we should be satisfied at this point to suggest that the long dark pall over this club seems to be lifting at last. The people running the Panthers seem to be doing a few things right. The team's fans might be ready to brave a long-lost feeling -- what was it called again? Oh yeah. Optimism.

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SunTrust Chief Risk Officer Robert H. Coords To Retire; Thomas E. Freeman Named Successor

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

ATLANTA, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunTrust Banks, Inc. today announced that Robert H. Coords, who is 64, will retire as the Company's Chief Risk Officer on July 1, 2007 following a 34-year career.

Succeeding Mr. Coords as Chief Risk Officer is Thomas E. Freeman, who currently serves as the company's corporate executive vice president and Chief Credit Officer and is a member of the Company's Management Committee.

"Bob has made numerous contributions to our organization over his long and successful career, most recently overseeing SunTrust's concentrated focus on total risk management as the definition of risk in banking broadened considerably in recent years," said James M. Wells III, SunTrust President and CEO. "Tom's expertise and experience in managing a full range of credit and risk-related functions will serve us well as we more closely integrate our enterprise-wide risk management capabilities ...

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Local Soldier Killed In Iraq To Be Laid To Rest

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A South Florida soldier killed in Iraq last week will be laid to rest Tuesday.

Pfc. Daniel J. Agami, 25, of Coconut Creek, died June 21 from injuries he sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle, the Department of Defense said Monday. He was one of five soldiers killed in the explosion.

Agami's friends gathered at his parents' home Monday after learning of the news.

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