A new technology company has been formed in Tallahassee by an engineer from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and will produce superconducting cable as part of an international fusion energy project. Known as CICEFT, the business is starting out with a $5 million federal contract to produce components for what could essentially be a unlimited source of clean, carbon-free electricity. (Read more)

Ocala businesswoman Meredith Roberts is celebrating success after participating in Enterprise Florida's trade mission to Central America. Roberts already has a signed contract with a Costa Rican distributor for her "AtLast1" organic insect spray. (Read more)

Florida's 1st STEM Education Conference will be held July 25 - 27 at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa in Lake Buena Vista. The conference will focus on developing a statewide strategy for STEM that addresses the STEM workforce outcomes needed as identified by the business community. The conference will also present "best practice" awards in four STEM categories. Seating is limited, so learn more, register or submit an award nomination today at www.STEMFlorida.net.

Waymon Armstrong, the owner of a small business that uses computer simulations to help government and private sector clients prepare for and respond to natural disasters, medical emergencies and combat, was today named National Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. (Read more)

PRC, LLC, one of the country's leading providers of outsourced customer management, has created110 new positions at its Tampa center. The new jobs are attributed to the expansion of an existing program for a Fortune 100 technology company, and primarily focus on consultations with business leaders about their web-based and search engine advertising campaigns. (Read more)

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranks Florida's state tax system among the nation's Top 10 on its "Business Tax Index 2010: Best to Worst State Tax Systems for Entrepreneurship and Small Business." The index ranks the 50 states and District of Columbia according to the costs of their tax systems for entrepreneurship and small business. (Read more)

Alachua-based startup, NovaMin Technology Inc., has been purchased by U.K. pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in a deal worth $135 million - the largest acquisition of its kind for a local technology company. (Read more)

A new, major public-private partnership between Microsoft and the State of Florida was launched to provide free technology training to individuals across the state. Through the Microsoft Elevate America initiative, Microsoft has partnered with Workforce Florida Inc. to donate 40,000 vouchers for no-cost, online technology training and certification. (Read more)

Saturday truly was a historic day for Bay county as the community welcomed Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport. This is the first new airport built since the 9-11 terrorist attacks. (Read more)

AvMax Group Inc. is opening a heavy maintenance and modification facility for the regional jet and turboprop aviation industry at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). The facility will initially employ as many as 100 to 120 licensed aircraft mechanics. (Read more)