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  • January 3, 2013
Lee home permits jump

Single-family home building permits in Lee County rose 49% in 2012.

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  • January 3, 2013
Companies dip deeper into the bonus bag

Santa was in full jolly mode in late 2012, at least in terms of companies that gave out year-end bonuses.

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  • January 2, 2013
Homes sell for millions

Two Olde Naples homes sold for nearly $30 million in the last two months of 2012.

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  • January 2, 2013
Vology merges with Bayshore

The company expects to create up to 100 new jobs within two years.

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  • January 2, 2013
Tech firm ponders IPO

xG Technology, a wireless communications company, could be headed to the Nasdaq.

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  • January 2, 2013
Young'uns decry taxes over spending cuts

The higher taxes position famously staked out by billionaire Warren Buffet, 82, stands in stark opposition to millennials most likely to be crushed by the destructive power of progressive taxation.

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  • January 1, 2013
Young business owners take their shot, men's style

Samantha Beebe and Liz Murray, sisters and co-business owners, might be young, but they are old enough to seize an important entrepreneurial lesson.

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  • December 31, 2012
Sarasota aims to lasso back lost business

The departure of John Deere, which held its annual dealer conference in the Sarasota-Bradenton region for more than a decade, was a sizable setback for the local tourism industry.

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  • December 28, 2012
NEO celebrates listing

December 13 was a sweet day for NeoGenomics.

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  • December 28, 2012
Best ZIP on the Gulf Coast: 34102

If you guessed 34102 is in Naples, then you're in the right neighborhood.

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  • December 28, 2012
Tip of the hat to early entrepreneurs

The next time you visit downtown Tampa, take a walk along the Historical Monument Trail and spend a few moments appreciating the efforts of the city's business pioneers.

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  • December 27, 2012
Footloose: Entrepreneur dances to success

When Evelyn Squires launched her dance studio five years ago in partnership with her mother-in-law, Heather Squires, she made one crucial, yet common, misstep.

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  • December 26, 2012
Business outlook brightens at Gulfeagle

In another sign that the housing market is improving, Jim Resch, the founder and CEO of Tampa-based Gulfeagle Supply Inc., predicts that his business will grow in 2013.

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  • December 25, 2012
TUESDAY'S CUP: Does Collier need economic development?

Until this summer, Collier County has been without an economic development organization for more than a year.

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  • December 24, 2012
The 'greening' of Sarasota is game on

Will Sarasota be the next Greenville, S.C.?

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