BOTH Holdings has selected Downtown St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, Florida, as the location for its new corporate headquarters. Over the next few years, the company is expected to create 100 new high-wage jobs. (Read more)

INViSiON, a Celebration-based company that is the worldwide leader in rear seat entertainment, will expand its corporate headquarters by 100 employees over the next five years.  (Read more)

With 50 unique entries, Florida is ranked 7th in the U.S. by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN). PEN highlights more than 1,200 companies, universities, government laboratories, and other organizations that are involved in nanotechnology research, development, and commercialization. (Read more)

The University of Miami Miller School's Miami Institute for Human Genomics, nationally known for its groundbreaking work in unraveling some of the medical mysteries behind autism and other common diseases, received a $20 million gift to support its critical research efforts. (Read More)

Tallahassee made the Top 10 list of cities considered "America's Best Places to Find a Job" in a first ever research project by U.S. News & World Report. Tallahassee has seen job growth in education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and in the government sector. (Read more)

Melbourne-based Harris Corporation has signed a new, multi-year contract with Carnival Corporation to provide cruise ships with significantly more satellite bandwidth, a modern all-IP network, and operational support of onboard equipment including dual C-band and Ku-band antennas for seamless global coverage and high reliability.  (Read more)

RTI International will provide simulation technology training to soldiers as part of a contract for the Abrams Maintenance Training System by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation in Orlando (read more). To service the $70+ million contract, RTI will establish an office at the Central Florida Research Park near the University of Central Florida (read more).

One out of five companies named to the HispanicBusiness Magazine 100 Fastest-Growing companies list, are located in Florida.  With 20 companies each in the Top 100, Florida and Texas are the geographic powerhouse hubs for Hispanic entrepreneurs in 2009. (Read more)

Vought Aircraft Industries plans to add 100 permanent jobs and build a $3.2 million facility at its Witham Field location in Stuart, Florida. (Read more)

Miami's Northern Capital Insurance ranks No. 1 on the 2009 Inc. 500. Sarasota-based IntegraClick and Tampa-based Freedom Health were named to the 5th and 7th place spots, respectively.  Florida was the 5th ranked state overall.  (Read more)