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  • November 5, 2009
Homeowners, 21st Century talks perplexing

The target called the offer “wholly inadequate.” The potential buyer said the behavior was “absolutely stunning.”

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  • November 5, 2009
Commercial real estate struggles could linger

Pessimism is permeating the commercial real estate market, according to a well-followed national survey on the state of the industry conducted by LoopNet, an online listing service and broker network.

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  • November 5, 2009
BB&T jumps the gun on Oswald Trippe

Executives at Oswald Trippe were taken aback recently when BB&T announced it was acquiring the Fort Myers-based insurance company.

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  • November 5, 2009
Southern Stability

The management team at Southern Crafted Homes decided to avoid getting swept up in the boom of 2005. By focusing on serving “a different kind of buyer,” the company is already seeing significant sales growth in 2009 — and 2010 could be even better.

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  • November 5, 2009
Hospital ranks high in survey

Modern Healthcare magazine's annual best places to work list has a new number one hospital: Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2009
Commercial brokerage firm goes outside for a core task

A rumor circulating around the Sarasota commercial real estate community regarding the demise of Abbey Realty & Management is false, the firm's majority owner tells Coffee Talk.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 2, 2009
Foley & Lardner survey finds local IPO, M&A interest

The mood for public offerings and mergers and acquisitions is improving, according to an annual survey by Foley & Lardner LLP, an international business law firm.

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  • October 30, 2009
TECO avoids pains of regulatory lag

TECO Energy's third-quarter earnings show signs of positive change, as most key metrics have improved over the past nine months.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2009
Franklin Property buys Verizon 56th Street building

Franklin Property & Development Group LLC purchased a 57,347-square-foot, two-story office building at the northwest corner of 56th Street and Serena Drive for $2.6 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2009
Berth 12 dredging work starts at Port Manatee

Construction has started on the first phase of Port Manatee's Berth 12 dredging project.

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  • October 30, 2009
Bogey's Restaurant, Sports Pub buys original, Venice building

Albert Myara's Bogey's of Venice Holdings LLC purchased the 4,692-square-foot Bogey's Restaurant & Sports Pub building at the southwest corner of Venice Avenue and Florida 45 for $850,000.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2009
CVS Pharmacy buys land for third Immokalee Road store

Woonsocket, R.I.-based drug store company CVS Pharmacy purchased several acres at the corner of Immokalee Road and Randall Boulevard for $2.5 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2009
Economic Snapshot: Cash from Clunkers

The jump in auto sales in almost every area of the Gulf Coast in August shows consumers took advantage of the government's “cash for clunkers” program. However, the benefits were uneven.

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  • October 30, 2009
This just in: Customers matter

The state agency that gives and takes away licensees to do business in a litany of professions, from real estate to cosmetology, has a message to its own employees: You work for your customers (read: Florida citizens).

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  • October 30, 2009
Foreclosures falling: Has foreclosure fever broken?

Recent data suggest that the worst of the residential foreclosure crisis has passed, especially in some of the hardest-hit areas of the Gulf Coast.

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