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  • July 15, 2011
Madison Marquette buys retail

A Washington, D.C.-based group acquired four retail properties in Naples.

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  • July 15, 2011
Tampa airport traffic increases

Tampa International Airport passenger traffic increased 3.7% in May.

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  • July 15, 2011
Hispanic Boom

The Gulf Coast's Hispanic population grew 91% in the last decade, accounting for nearly half of the region's population growth. Now, nearly one is six Gulf Coast residents is Hispanic.

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  • July 15, 2011
Arthrex spat could benefit Lee County

An increasingly bitter fight between giant Naples-based surgical equipment maker Arthrex and Collier County Commissioner Georgia Hiller could have a winner: Lee County.

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  • July 14, 2011
More on Ft. Myers' Cuba connection

Don't break out the Cohiba cigars quite yet, but you can add the Fort Myers airport to the short list of Florida gateways to Cuba.

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  • July 14, 2011
Lamb to lead Fifth Third Tampa

Brian Lamb is named market president for Fifth Third Tampa Bay.

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  • July 14, 2011
Bulova receives $3 million loan

The Clearwater-based defense contractor borrows from a private investor.

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  • July 14, 2011
Sarasota bonds down, Florida up

Sarasota County bonds lowered to Baa2, Florida's bond outlook stable.

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  • July 13, 2011
Tampa realty improves slightly

Hillsborough's residential real estate market is clearing out bad inventory.

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  • July 13, 2011
Maseda new CoAdvantage CEO

Mike Maseda is the new chief executive of the growing Tampa-based PEO.

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  • July 13, 2011
North Port homes selling cheap

Roughly 92% of all area homes sold in June went for less than $200,000.

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  • July 13, 2011
Good beach climate poor for business?

By some accounts, Florida is one of the most improved states to do business in, according to an annual report on the subject from cable business news channel CNBC.

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  • July 12, 2011
Sarasota condo sales increase

While home sales slowed, condo sales kept Sarasota's realty market active.

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  • July 12, 2011
Sebring buys Scalix for $12M

The Sarasota-based firm acquired an email and calendar software platform.

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  • July 12, 2011
Interop expands to Brazil

The Fort Myers-based mobile communications firm is set to grow.

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