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Tampa foreclosure rate up 111%

Lender repossessions and foreclosures rise statewide, too.

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  • June 14, 2012
Brown & Brown plots growth

Insurance giant CEO says firm's expansion plans stretch nationwide.

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Collier County's floodgates

Josh Evans knew about the federal flood-map revisions in Collier County long before the recent outcry over this government swamping.

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  • June 13, 2012
HealthPlanOne opens call center

Insurance brokerage opens Tampa office, looks to hire service representatives.

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  • June 13, 2012
Former bank CEO gets six years

Orion Bank co-founder Jerry Williams previously admitted to fraud.

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Bank stalwart takes new role

Bill Klich, who ran BB&T in Florida, joins an association for bank directors.

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  • June 13, 2012
Dude, where's the party?

Punta Gorda made the “10 worst cities for singles” list from personal-finance publisher Kiplinger.

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  • June 12, 2012
Airline could expand to SRQ

A new Florida-based airline, already in Tampa, aims for Gulf Coast expansion.

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  • June 12, 2012
WCI raises $175M

Homebuilder, in third year of comeback, will use some of the money for growth.

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Savtira exec grabs new post

Longtime financial executive Geoff Bicknell will join a Sarasota software firm.

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  • June 12, 2012
Hotel firm seizes better days

The recession has been particularly painful to The Plasencia Group, a niche brokering hotel acquisitions firm.

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  • June 11, 2012
Local publisher takes UF post

Diane McFarlin will leave the Herald-Tribune to run a journalism program.

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Alstott teams up with MagneGas

Prominent former Bucs fullback will tackle new role with natural gas firm.

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Property sells for $4.9M

A Florida investor buys a 30-year-old center, which includes a Bealls.

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  • June 11, 2012
Retired exec donates $125K

Lou Oberndorf focuses on scholarships.

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