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Bailey Investment Holdings buys Wimauma borrow pit

The price equated to $6,843 per acre.

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Sarasota real estate firm Gravitas buys Punta Gorda aggregate, shell mine

The price equated to $9,250 per acre.

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  • August 15, 2013
Ringling College makes top 25 list

The Hollywood Reporter ranked Ringling 24th for best film schools.

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  • August 15, 2013
Franchise adding 14 new Tampa restaurants

CB Restaurant Holdings to bring several Corner Bakery Cafes to Tampa Bay.

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Dental practices feel pull of local firms

Two Sarasota-based dental practice management companies recently expanded.

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Rum company appoints president

Distribution veteran leads Cape Coral distillery.

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  • August 15, 2013
Service boosts dissident HMA shareholders

Did Institutional Shareholder Services tip the scales in favor of dissident shareholders for control of Health Management Associates?

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  • August 15, 2013
Talented pianist is IberiaBank's chief banker

You may know Jim Gburek as the Florida president for IberiaBank, but you may not be aware of his musical prowess.

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  • August 14, 2013
Tampa tax fraudster sentenced to 5 years

James Smiley pleaded guilty to committing stolen identity tax refund fraud.

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  • August 14, 2013
National builder enters local luxury market

Emerald Homes, a unit of D.R. Horton, will build in Tampa and Sarasota.

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  • August 14, 2013
HMA Chairman William Schoen retires

The longtime chairman of the hospital company retires after battling hedge fund.

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  • August 14, 2013
Hertz to spend $100 million on The Big Move

Moving the corporate headquarters and hundreds of Hertz employees to Southwest Florida from New Jersey is a huge undertaking.

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  • August 13, 2013
Tampa design firm names new president

Florida Design Consultants appoints Stuart Rogers as president.

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Local chemical firm reopens London office

JCI Jones Chemicals has been growing rapidly overseas.

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  • August 13, 2013
Shareholder revolt ousts HMA board

Shareholders boot longtime hospital chief Chairman William Schoen and the board.

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