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  • April 30, 2014
Charter school cranks up national recognition

Visible Men Academy is named to the Aspen Institute Ascend Network.

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  • April 30, 2014
Radio ad sales fall

Beasley Broadcast Group says bad weather in the Northeast was partly to blame for radio-advertising sales declines in the first quarter.

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  • April 29, 2014
Tampa CEO named to Business Hall of Fame

Florida State alumnus Tony DiBenedetto of Tribridge joins 32 business leaders appointed for their professional and personal achievements.

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  • April 29, 2014
College try: Students design beach bar brand

Project was a 48-hour competition at Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 29, 2014
Miracle baseball team sold

A New Jersey investor buys the Fort Myers Miracle minor-league baseball team.

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  • April 28, 2014
Investors bringing SkyLux Jets to Tampa

The new owners expect to grow the private-jet charter brokerage to $10 million in sales in three years.

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  • April 28, 2014
Simulator firm names new president

Dr. Robert Amyot, a cardiologist, will lead CAE Healthcare.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 28, 2014
Hertz controller resigns

Leadership changes in the accounting division of Hertz continue with the appointment of a new chief accounting officer.

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  • April 25, 2014
Sweetbay Distribution Center sold for $25M

Keen, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers buys the 836,771-square-foot distribution center to support Bi-Lo's expanded Winn Dixie chain.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 25, 2014
Hodges launches marketing program

Hodges University will be offering a bachelor's degree in marketing and branding starting this summer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 25, 2014
Foreclosures a thing of the past

For several years during the real estate collapse, Lee County was the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis.

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  • April 25, 2014
Life sciences gets play

The statewide association for the bioscience industry, BioFlorida, plans to add some beakers, and members, in the Sarasota-Bradenton market.

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  • April 25, 2014
Loja Real Estate LLC buys Tampa Trader Joe's

Loja Real Estate LLC, a subsidiary of the California real estate investment management firm Loja Group LLC, purchased a 12,318-square-foot building housing Trader Joe's for $8.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 25, 2014
John's Pass Village building sold, future home of Cafe Alma

A company led by Heath Boksen of Clearwater purchased a multilevel, mixed-use commercial and residential condominium building in John's Pass Village for $1.68 million.

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  • April 25, 2014
Raise your water glass

It's not quite holy water, but it's close.

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