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  • November 12, 2012
FreightCenter to fill 60 jobs

The thriving company plans to relocate to a bigger headquarters in Palm Harbor.

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Banker joins brokerage

Former Fort Myers bank president Hal Tate joins Lee & Associates.

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Local biz stretches to Seattle

Sarasota-based CAE Healthcare expands into medical ultrasound imaging simulation.

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  • November 12, 2012
Havana, here we come

Holiday flights from Tampa International Airport to Cuba are filling up fast — and the travelers are not just family members returning to visit their loved ones.

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  • November 9, 2012
50 Cent raps deal with local biz

Headphones designed by the rapper will be sold though QVC.

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  • November 9, 2012
Med Tech Services changes name

The home health care organization is changing its name to reflect its parent company.

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  • November 9, 2012
Spirit adds flights

Discount airline Spirit Airlines adds destinations from Fort Myers and Tampa

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  • November 9, 2012
Global Fund Investments LLC buys Sanibel Beach Place

The price equated to $94 per square foot.

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  • November 9, 2012
Unicorp National Developments buys Port Charlotte Family Dollar

The price equated to $190 per square foot.

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  • November 9, 2012
Bank's troubles exposed, possibly prematurely

There's an unusual postscript to the recent news that federal regulators shut down Lutz-based Heritage Bank of Florida.

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  • November 9, 2012
Burger King vs. Gyrene Burger

Burger King has started testing meal delivery in the Miami area, but it doesn't know who it's up against.

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  • November 9, 2012
Manatee, Conservation Foundation partner on Robinson Preserve expansion

Manatee County Commissioners have entered into an agreement with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to expand Robinson Preserve by 150 acres.

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  • November 9, 2012
JRL Enterprises buying Wellcraft facility

Cape Coral-based JRL Enterprises Inc. announced plans to purchase the former Wellcraft manufacturing facility in south Manatee County to expand the composite tool-making business of an affiliated company, JRL Ventures Inc.

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  • November 9, 2012
Bank of America preps move, Benderson marketing Ellis space

Bank of America is preparing to move from the first floor of a 13-story tower at Main Street and Orange Avenue in downtown Sarasota to a smaller stand-alone branch on Fruitville Road.

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  • November 9, 2012
Compensation costs remain in check

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics now tracks labor-compensation costs for 15 major metropolitan areas of the U.S.

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