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  • January 23, 2012
Sunovia terminates its CEO

Erich Hofer will replace Art Buckland as chief executive for the interim.

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  • January 23, 2012
AirTran to abandon SRQ in 2012

The discount airline will discontinue service from Sarasota's airport in August.

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  • January 23, 2012
Developer pleads guilty to fraud

Lehigh Acres developer Harvey Miles Lowell pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

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  • January 23, 2012
Sarasota to spend $376K on jobs

County to approve incentives for three companies at Thursday meeting.

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  • January 23, 2012
Synovus' Dunbar set to retire

David Dunbar, the bank's regional CEO since 2009, steps down in April.

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  • January 23, 2012
Tech company takes big baby steps

The latest version of 'what recession?' stars a Gulf Coast mobile software firm.

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  • January 20, 2012
Atlanta retail investor buys The Shoppes at The Royale

Atlanta-based Halpern Enterprises Inc. purchased the 46,020-square-foot The Shoppes at The Royale retail center for $7.55 million.

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  • January 20, 2012
Lee Roy Selmon's buys building for Brandon restaurant

MVP Holdings, the company behind the Lee Roy Selmon's restaurant chain, purchased a 5,969-square-foot former Giordano's Italian restaurant building in Brandon for $1.65 million.

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  • January 20, 2012
Florida Leather Gallery moving, growing

Stewart's Sleep Center Inc., the parent company of Fort Myers-based Matter Brothers Furniture and Clearwater-based Florida Leather Gallery, purchased the 19,344-square-foot former Bacon's Furniture & Outdoor retail building for $2 million.

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  • January 20, 2012
Bayside Pet Resort & Spa buys U.S. 41 bowling alley

Bayside Pet Resort & Spa Inc. purchased the 22,000-square-foot former Rip Van Winkle Lanes bowling alley on U.S. 41 for $2.6 million.

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  • January 20, 2012
Naples investor group buys two Tamiami buildings

Naples Private Financial Group LLC, an investment group managed by Bonnie Inman, purchased the former Robb & Stucky Patio Store and a second building on Tamiami Trail for $1.68 million.

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  • January 20, 2012
Thank you, Myra

More than 4,000 people showed up at the two-day retirement party for Myra Janco Daniels on Jan. 14 and 15, the founder of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts.

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  • January 20, 2012
Unemployment falls below 10%

The jobless rate for December 2011 is the state's lowest since April 2009.

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  • January 20, 2012
Property sales up, prices sag

Units sold increased by 10%, but median prices fell by 2% in 2011.

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  • January 20, 2012
Tech star headlines St. Pete talk

Josh Greenberg, co-founder of Grooveshark, to appear at AdTalks.

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