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  • June 8, 2011
Odyssey could raise $16M

The Tampa-based ocean exploration firm will issue 4 million shares of stock.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Yippy issues stock dividend

The Fort Myers-based tech firm is thanking shareholders for their loyalty.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Happy people spend more money

Gulf Coast business owners and executives who have struggled to survive the recession might get sore from the multiple eye rolls to come out of the latest academic study on the economy.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2011
Florida's mortgage debt: $723B

Nearly half of Florida mortgage borrowers owe more than their home's worth.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2011
Tapia named St. Leo chairman

New chairman of the board donated $4 million to St. Leo University in 2010.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2011
Wood opens Naples realty school

John R. Wood Realtors opened a residential real estate school in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2011
State's top schools job draws crowd

Three Gulf Coast-based education professionals recently applied for an unlikely promotion to the job of Florida Education Commissioner.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2011
CEC Motor moves to Manatee

The manufacturer plans to hire 36 employees over the next five years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2011
Hudson leads Stearns Florida

Tramm Hudson named Florida president for Minnesota-based Stearns Bank.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2011
Foreclosure picture still stark

Florida's foreclosure rate rose 1.5 percentage points over the year in March.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2011
Roper buys Northern Digital

The Sarasota firm bought the Canadian company for roughly $200 million.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2011
BankAtlantic sells 19 branches

The Fort Lauderdale bank exits the Tampa Bay market to focus elsewhere.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 6, 2011
Recession dips into capital projects

Sarasota city officials might have to cut down the list of capital improvement projects planned for the next decade, in another sign of the impact of the recession.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2011
Calif. Nelson Brothers firm buys Summerville at Venice

Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Nelson Brothers Professional Real Estate LLC purchased the 90-bed Summerville at Venice assisted-living facility $3.7 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2011
Tamiami museum owner buys Southland Inn, more

Tamiami Trail real estate owner Marietta Lee of Sarasota purchased the 29-unit Southland Inn and a neighboring six-unit building on 23rd Street for $950,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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