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Real estate broker gets wide audience

Sarasota residential real estate broker John Wilcher recently got a taste of how to sell properties TV style when he filmed a guest appearance on Million Dollar Listing New York.

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Keep the latrine (and toilet) clean

Top executives can add something new to their list of priorities: Make sure the employee bathroom is in tiptop shape.

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  • December 30, 2013
Supremes won't hear Arthrex appeal

Patent cases are big business.

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  • December 27, 2013
Is Leoma the next Guy Harvey?

Leoma Lovegrove is one of the best-known artists in Southwest Florida.

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  • December 24, 2013
Attorney leaves his mark

A revised law regarding how limited liability companies can operate in Florida, designed to give entrepreneurs more flexibility, goes into effect Jan. 1.

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  • December 23, 2013
Schwab strategist bullish on housing

It pays to listen to Liz Ann Sonders.

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  • December 20, 2013
TECO subsidiary awarded $21 million

An international tribunal has found in favor of TECO Guatemala Holdings in a tariff-change dispute with the Guatemalan government.

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  • December 20, 2013
Eight is great for First Watch in Cincy

Restaurant chain plans Cincinnati expansion for next summer.

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  • December 20, 2013
Fort Myers home prices jump 21%

Existing-home prices continue to escalate at a fast pace in Fort Myers.

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  • December 20, 2013
Ocean Properties Ltd. buys Edgewater Beach Hotel for $55 million

The price equated to $440,000 per unit.

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  • December 20, 2013
Maryland entrepreneur buys Catalina Apartments

The price equated to $66,667 per unit.

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  • December 20, 2013
Discovery Senior Living buys land for Manatee County Discovery Village

The price equated to $218,637 per acre.

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  • December 20, 2013
Park at Polos Place sells for $24.7 million

The price equated to $77,188 per unit.

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  • December 20, 2013
Hialeah real estate investor buys Palm River Amscot building

The price equated to $356 per square foot.

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  • December 20, 2013
Covenant Capital Group fund buys Bayridge Apartments

The price equated to $94,595 per unit.

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