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  • November 23, 2012
Air Products and Chemicals buys land for manufacturing plant

The price equated to $188,422 per acre.

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  • November 23, 2012
Greenberg is back

Michael Greenberg, a veteran of WCI Communities, is back in the homebuilding game.

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  • November 23, 2012
Spigot or stalled? Loan battle continues

Bankers entrenched in a recession-infused yin and yang with small business owners have ammunition to prove their position, that financing really is flowing.

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  • November 23, 2012
Homebuilder seeks land, in a big way

Here's a near-golden sign the recession, at least the one in homebuilding, has begun to evaporate.

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  • November 23, 2012
Reengineered

Al Reynolds led WilsonMiller through the real estate boom and now Stantec in the recovery. But his map has gotten a lot bigger.

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  • November 22, 2012
Prostate-screening advice hits company

New advice for prostate-cancer screens is hitting one company hard.

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  • November 21, 2012
Company moves headquarters

Gainesville manufacturer wins $30,000 from Lee County to move.

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  • November 21, 2012
Coin firm bolsters comics side

Certified Collectibles Group adds a comic book restoration firm to its portfolio.

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  • November 21, 2012
Feds indict Tampa woman

Woman is accused of defrauding government of more than $159,000 in tax scheme.

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  • November 21, 2012
A jingle of good news on holiday sales

Cash registers will ring more loudly this holiday season than in 2011, the Florida Chamber Foundation's Scorecard predicts.

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  • November 20, 2012
Don't forget Small Business Saturday

People have already started pitching tents in front of stores like Best Buy to score Black Friday deals.

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  • November 20, 2012
Automotive firm picks Pasco

SB Mfg. is poised to hire 75 employees for its parts manufacturing company.

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  • November 20, 2012
$11M co. embraces custom market

Lee Wetherington Homes also rehires a former executive.

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  • November 20, 2012
Encore buys Liberty branches

Encore National Bank plans to acquire two branches of Liberty Bank.

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  • November 20, 2012
The Melting Pot to debut on A&E program

A marketing overture is paying off for the Tampa-based restaurant franchise The Melting Pot, after it reached out to producers of the A&E show “Undercover Boss.”

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