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  • December 9, 2011
Scot Success

Spouses Malcolm and Karen Ronney opened MacAllisters in 2006. It was one of the first businesses on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Chico's gets $3.2M to grow HQ

State and local governments approved incentives to help the retailer grow.

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  • December 9, 2011
Manatee EDC retains Hillstrom

Sharon Hillstrom, the EDC's executive director, has her interim status removed.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
MagneGas producing in Mich.

The fuel producer tacks on another market for the sale of its unique product.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Brown stays on FDIC committee

Insignia Bank CEO Charles Brown will serve a third year on the committee.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • December 9, 2011
Condo Restart

Tarpon Point in Cape Coral was the crown jewel in a $340 million foreclosure case against the developer. The bankers tapped John Rymer to fix the mess.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Boom times again for Lee-Collier?

Homebuilders are bidding against each other for lots and land in Lee and Collier counties, one of the most famously overbuilt areas of the country.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 9

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Art maven paints area ripe for comeback

New York art show entrepreneur Richard Rothbard is confident the slumping art industry is inching toward a rebound, with the Sarasota-Bradenton region at the front.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Connie Mack declares on national TV

When Connie Mack officially declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Florida Democrat Bill Nelson, he didn't do it in his hometown of Fort Myers.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
'Chain gang' helps rejuvenate a region

The chain-based retail sector in mid-Sarasota County, left for dead in the recession, is showing some life.

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  • December 8, 2011
Ft. Myers foreclosures subside

While foreclosures increase statewide, Fort Myers-Cape Coral improves.

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  • December 8, 2011
Morsanis donate $20M to USF

The University of South Florida will rename its medical school to honor them.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Sarasota firm leaves for L.A.

Having acquired L.A.-based Pringo, MobileBits is moving its headquarters.

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  • December 8, 2011
Odyssey Marine chairman dies

David Bederman, 50, was an expert on maritime law, and chairman since 2010.

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