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  • October 25, 2013
Bigger funds

TerraCap Management has raised more than $125 million for two real estate investment funds. It's planning a third one next year.

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  • October 25, 2013
Observed: Bucket list trip

Longtime local commercial real estate developer and entrepreneur Cathy Layton went on a 10-day trip to the Galapagos Islands in September — and she brought along some good reading materials.

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  • October 25, 2013
Properties get new life

It took a year, but two noteworthy properties formerly under the domain of Sarasota-based Paradise Homes, which filed for bankruptcy in October 2012, have new tenants.

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  • October 24, 2013
Valet Waste relocates to Wells Fargo center

The trash- and recycling-collection company will occupy 17,194 square feet in the downtown Tampa building.

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  • October 24, 2013
JetBlue revs up promotions for two new flights

Passengers can travel from Tampa and Fort Myers to Hartford, Conn., for $99 with a promotional fare.

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  • October 24, 2013
Think tank that studies aging appoints COO

Stacy Prouty will run day-to-day operations at the Institute for the Ages.

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  • October 24, 2013
Airlines throttle back on Fort Myers

Airlines cut back on flights to Fort Myers during the typically slow month of September.

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  • October 23, 2013
Iconic pitcher hurls more publicity for LED firm

Mariano Rivera mentions Evolucia on two recent TV interviews.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 23, 2013
Businesses get break on workers' comp rates

Florida businesses won't see a large increase in 2014 rates for workers compensation.

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  • October 23, 2013
Learn the rules of venture capital

The Florida Economic Gardening Institute will hold a course looking at the new SEC rules for investing business capital

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  • October 23, 2013
Cancer lab nets better results

Cancer-testing company Neogenomics swings to a profit in the third quarter.

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  • October 23, 2013
Waterfront steals, with a price

Rats, debris and a two-year build up of filth aren't normally synonymous with million-dollar waterfront homes, but this isn't exactly a typical time in real estate.

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  • October 22, 2013
Fort Myers home prices march upward

Home prices and sales in the Fort Myers area continued to rise sharply in September.

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  • October 22, 2013
Tampa Bay Water pays $21M in suit

The board of the utility will end its lawsuit with HDR Engineering' by paying its legal fees and costs.

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  • October 22, 2013
Resident Techie: Tasker - feel good, build something

Most modern software falls into two camps: it's either dirt simple or like teaching quantum physics to a banana slug. The strange part is that complexity in working with an application doesn't necessarily equate to complexity in what an application actually does. For example, most modern operating systems are amazingly complex, but because they have an intuitively layout, they're relatively easy to handle. Macs and PCs today are worlds easier to deal with than just 10 years ago, and they can do so much more.

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