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  • September 30, 2011
Make room for the woman road warrior

It turns out businesswomen are on the road as much as their male counterparts, and one Fort Myers hotel has set aside rooms just for them.

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Uncertain Diagnosis

Medical office space has suffered along with the remainder of office space, but hospital-located and other high-class properties tend to remain strong.

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Mise en Place: Dining with Tampa's finest

Maryann Ferenc and Marty Blitz have owned the establishment for 25 years. Blitz also serves as the head chef.

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  • September 29, 2011
HSN initiates regular dividend

The company also announced its first share repurchase program.

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  • September 29, 2011
Fund lends Florida banks $70M

The U.S. Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund is helping capitalize banks.

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  • September 29, 2011
Syniverse, China Unicom link up

The Tampa firm's newest mobile partner serves 900 million subscribers.

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  • September 29, 2011
Ballast Point promotes Rice

A St. Petersburg firm with $200 million in investments has a new principal.

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  • September 29, 2011
Teltronics to sell its assets

The firm, which has been in bankruptcy since June, will exit via an asset sale.

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  • September 29, 2011
Leasing veteran foresees market turnaround

Commercial real estate broker Barry Seidel, one of the more prominent agents in several areas south of downtown Sarasota, won't buy into the doom-and-gloom line that permeates the region.

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  • September 29, 2011
Sarahs (and Saras) of the world unite

Sarah Palin and Sarah Jessica Parker seem to have little in common. But both eligible to win a trip to Sarasota through a new contest.

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  • September 29, 2011
The best table for Arthrex

Here's a sight we never expected to see a year ago: Reinhold Schmieding sitting at the center-front table of the Economic Development Council of Collier County's awards ceremony.

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  • September 29, 2011
Inflation worries refuse to go away

A new stock market and economy survey from Sarasota-based Moneyshow.com has some bad news for optimists.

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  • September 28, 2011
Jabil posts $381M in profits

The St. Petersburg firm set a new record with its 2011 fiscal year profits.

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  • September 28, 2011
Consumer confidence still low

Confidence rose slightly in September, but is still near record lows.

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  • September 28, 2011
Colony selects redeveloper

Club Holdings LLC will redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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