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In an creative act borne of desperation, a jobless Matt Johnson decided to put his sealed resume up for bids on auction Web site eBay. The bidding part was a dud, but he got something better out of it: a new job.

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Local stocks took a beating

Out of more than 30 locally based public companies tracked by the St. Petersburg Times, only Sykes Enterprises, a Tampa call center operation, saw its stock price close up in 2008. How'd it do it? Well, in an economy like this one, it helps to be in the outsourcing industry.

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