Eight of Florida's college and universities were ranked among the best by the U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges." University of Florida and Florida State University earned #17 and #50 ranks, respectively, in the Top Public Schools: National Universities list, while the University of Miami ranked #51 in the overall Best National Universities list. Among private colleges, Rollins College ranked #1 among 121 Southern master's-level universities, New College of Florida became the nation’s #5 ranked Public Liberal Arts College, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University retained its top ranking for the ninth year in a row in "Best aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering programs" in the U.S. (U.S. News & World Report August 2008)

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Florida's Economic Climate ranks No.1 in the U.S., according to Forbes' Best States for Business. Ranking 8th overall, Florida also scored among the Top 5 in Labor and in Growth Prospects. (Forbes, August 2008)

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Fred Tennant is Vice President of Business Development for PetroAlgae.
The company is helping save the environment and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil by "growing" fuel from algae. PetroAlgae's technology can yield up to 14,000 gallons of oil per year from just one acre of algae.

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