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  • September 4, 2013
Marketing exec tumbles into new post at Ringling College

Rich Kaplan will oversee marketing and branding partnerships at the school.

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  • September 4, 2013
Homebuilder secures $75 million

A consortium of lenders agrees to help WCI Communities continue its growth in Florida.

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  • September 4, 2013
Florida needs 900,000 jobs

The impact of the recession on Florida's labor market continues to linger and likely will for years, as the state needs 900,000 more jobs just to return to the peak.

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  • September 3, 2013
Synovus names new executive

John Fillingim will head up commercial banking for Synovus Bank of Florida.

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  • September 3, 2013
Realtors join regional listing service

Fort Myers Realtors join counterparts in Naples, Bonita Springs and Cape Coral on the same network.

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  • September 3, 2013
Bradenton baseball team scores attendance records

The Marauders, an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, drew nearly 110,000 fans.

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  • September 3, 2013
Fla. collects migration income

Floridians might want to send a juicy box of oranges up north and to several Midwest states in a friendly show of gratitude.

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  • September 2, 2013
Housing cost worries reappear

We can all cheer the real estate recovery, but some business owners are starting to watch rapidly rising home prices with alarm.

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  • August 30, 2013
This Week In Biz: August 30

The IRS has recognized gay marriage. Same-sex couples who are legally married will be recognized for tax purposes, even if the state they live in doesn't acknowledge the marriage. Lucky them? [New York Times]

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  • August 30, 2013
Homeowners Choice cleared for Citizens policies

The subsidiary of HCI Group Inc. is approved to assume 50,373 policies from Citizens.

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  • August 30, 2013
More apartments headed to east Manatee

The latest project, 256 units, is Creekside Apartments.

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  • August 30, 2013
Roller hockey fills hotel rooms

Nontraditional amateur sports bring millions in economic impact to Lee County.

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  • August 30, 2013
So Staged Events & Rentals relocating to Chenet Lane building

The price equated to $49 per square foot.

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  • August 30, 2013
Sarasota's Gabbert family buys Hunter Creek Estates land

The price equated to $5,455 per acre.

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  • August 30, 2013
Two Sarasota developers buy vacant Lido Key land

The price equated to $1.97 million per acre.

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