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  • September 27, 2013
Arthrex 'Sultan' on Forbes list

Welcome to the club, Reinhold Schmieding.

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  • September 26, 2013
Hertz forecast dented downward

Rental-car giant Hertz says airport rentals are down.

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  • September 26, 2013
VC investment fund tallies $40 million

Stonehenge Growth Equity Partners' offers capital to technology and other firms.

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  • September 26, 2013
Coves of Brighton Bay sold

Atlanta-based firm buys the St. Petersburg apartment development.

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  • September 26, 2013
First Watch plates another store in south Florida

Fast-growing chain will open in Deerfield Beach early next year.

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  • September 26, 2013
Coach pours some sugar

Hall of Fame football coach Joe Gibbs, in Sarasota recently to plug his book, “Game Plan for Life,” says adversity, in life and business, can really be a secret weapon for success.

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  • September 25, 2013
WellCare hires N.C. Medicaid director

Carol Steckel resigned her North Carolina position effective Oct. 11 to become WellCare's senior director of public policy.

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  • September 25, 2013
Hospital firm reviews sale

Health Management Associates hires investment bankers to review the company's sale.

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  • September 25, 2013
Exec scores new gig at microloan organization

Tim Dutton, who previously ran SCOPE, now heads up Suncoast Community Capital.

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  • September 25, 2013
Beware of faux press releases

The most basic public-relations tool could turn into a PR headache.

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  • September 24, 2013
Resident Techie: That computer's on fire! Oh No!

It's going to happen. You know it will. But still you put it off and now, disaster has struck. There's no telling what form it'll take. It could be everything from the more obviously sinister burglar or virus to that seemingly innocent (yet dastardly) glass of water. Or it could happen with a whimper, something as simple as a strange clicking noise that means your computer has become a giant paperweight.

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  • September 24, 2013
CFO-for-hire joins Tampa CPA firm

CFO Solutions Resource Inc. will merge with Hallmark CPA Group.

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  • September 24, 2013
Vitera paying $644 million for firm

The Tampa firm's parent company agrees to buy Georgia's Greenway Medical Technologies.

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  • September 24, 2013
Lee commissioner faces prison time

Tammy Hall agrees to plead guilty to embezzling campaign money for personal expenditures.

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  • September 24, 2013
Startup picks up $500K

Chicago hedge fund manager Francis Wisniewski, who received national notoriety when he launched a high-end gym for extremely overweight people in 2011, has led a $500,000 investment into a Tampa technology startup.

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