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  • November 10, 2011
Hillsborough Co.'s White guilty

Former Commissioner Kevin White accepted bribes while on the job.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Lee hit with Oct. foreclosures

Lee County saw 1,922 new foreclosure filings last month.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Private jet timeshare firm grows

Clearwater-based Avantair saw revenues increase by nearly 7%.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Lipman acquires Oregon firm

The Immokalee-based tomato grower expands its operations westward.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Sink overflows with enthusiasm about what's next

Alex Sink is back on the campaign trail. Only this time, the former state chief financial officer and onetime gubernatorial candidate isn't running for office.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Former hockey star joins Savtira

Kelly Chase racked up 2,017 minutes in the sin bin throughout his career as a hockey player. Now Tampa-based Savtira is bringing in the former bruiser to fight for bigger contracts.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Gulf Coast state rep seeks to curb bureaucracy

The business license and registration process in Florida, long a hotbed of entrepreneurial loathing, could be on the verge of an overhaul.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Orion bankers sing in Jerry Williams case

The case against former Orion Bank Chairman, President and CEO Jerry Williams got a little tighter for prosecutors recently.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2011
Sarasota home market recovers

Third-quarter existing home sales grew 15%, while prices grew 3%.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2011
MagneGas raises $3.1 million

The Tampa-based firm generates hydrogen fuel from liquid waste.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2011
VR Labs adds scientific adviser

The Bonita Springs firm adds James Rothman, a veteran of GE.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2011
Masonite posts $376M in sales

The Tampa-based manufacturer saw a 12% increase in quarterly sales.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2011
Property manager sees improvement

Homeowners associations that were wracked by delinquencies during the real estate bust are seeing some improvements at last.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2011
Sen. Rubio ruminates on the economy

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, has found himself on the defensive regarding the date of his parents' exile from Cuba — which happened 15 years before he was born.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2011
Sarasota's WellSpring acquired

Ancor Capital Partners, a private equity group, bought the Sarasota firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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