What Would Dewayne and Charlie say?

I didn't design this layout. But I liked it, that is, until I started to hear the persistent voices of my previous boss and of my mentor nudging me to really analyze it.

Maybe sometimes hearing voices is a good thing. Dewayne was saying "why does it waste so much real estate?" and Charlie said "why doesn't it conform to standards?" Good questions guys (as usual). Here is the original interface and a suggested redesign. (click on thumbnails for larger view)

Original Layout: http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/smallbiz/

Issues:

• A tab control that doesn't look like a tab.
• A tab-like presentation that uses almost one third of the screen space.
• An unnecessary breadcrumb trail.
• Non-standard positioning of Search entry field.
• Horizontal scrolling.

Suggested Layout (based on same amount of screen real estate)

Design Suggestions:

• Combine title and subtitle text to conserve vertical space.
  
• Move Search entry field and button to standard upper right position to provide consistency and conserve vertical space.
  
• Eliminate breadcrumb path to conserve vertical space.
  
• Provide standard tab presentation to allow for three panel presentation of information.
• Provide standard tab presentation to eliminate horizontal scrolling.
• Divide third tab into text area and contact area, eliminating need for fourth level of data presentation.