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  • June 8, 2012
What if Europeans stayed home?

Until now, the euro and British and Scandinavian currencies have made the U.S. dollar relatively cheap.

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  • June 8, 2012
Regional banks clash over failed lender

Stearns Bank and Bank of the Ozarks, recently went head-to-head over a failed bank acquisition in Georgia.

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  • June 8, 2012
Sports facility scores a big win

IMG Academies in Bradenton will host the Carolina Panthers for a few days leading up to its season-opening game Sept. 9.

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  • June 8, 2012
Obamacare hits universities

Add another financial burden on today's university students: Obamacare.

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  • June 7, 2012
SRI and Synergy Health merge

Domestic and overseas healthcare companies combine.

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  • June 7, 2012
Burger chain chews growth

Burger 21, from the people behind the Melting Pot, is expanding out of Florida.

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  • June 7, 2012
Yippy to buy Macte Labs

Internet search engine provider Yippy plans Canadian acquisition.

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  • June 7, 2012
A top chef in Fort Myers

One of Norman Love's pastry chefs is earning accolades of his own.

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  • June 6, 2012
Hotel project wins approval

Landmark 86-year-old building, known as the Pink Palace, will get a new color.

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  • June 6, 2012
CBRE to lease Highland Oaks

The firm will handle leasing for east Tampa's Highland Oaks office complex.

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  • June 6, 2012
Lee commercial building rises

Commercial builders pull more construction permits in May.

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  • June 6, 2012
Shareholder activists fail

Unions and other so-called “shareholder activists” got a lot of free press lately.

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  • June 5, 2012
Storage auctions gain interest

Self Storage Centers of America leverage hit TV show to market auctions.

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  • June 5, 2012
Sarasota-Manatee market rises

Home prices are up for two straight months in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota.

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  • June 5, 2012
Southwest makes changes

Southwest Airlines changes up its Gulf Coast winter schedules.

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