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  • December 24, 2010
JPMorgan Chase Bank buys Lakewood Ranch bank building

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA purchased a 4,949-square-foot former LandMark Bank of Florida branch for $2 million.

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  • December 24, 2010
Pineapple Square project gains extension

The Sarasota City Commission approved a revised development agreement with Pineapple Square, a mixed-used project planned for downtown Sarasota.

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  • December 24, 2010
Urgent care center acquires restaurant

The Sarasota County Public Hospital District purchased a 4,719-square-foot restaurant building for $1.8 million.

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  • December 24, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 24 - Dec. 30

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • December 24, 2010
Want that Ferrari? Or a '56 convertible?

Even in Naples, where luxury cars jostle for parking spaces on tony Fifth Avenue, the 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia will make a few jaded heads turn.

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  • December 24, 2010
Rise of the engineer in fibromyalgia battle

Fibromyalgia is a painful subject to anyone afflicted by it. Now a Clearwater company believes it may have a new solution to the chronic disorder

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  • December 24, 2010
Clockwork keeps ticking under new leader

Jim Abrams, one of the Gulf Coast's most dynamic CEOs, will move into an advisory role at Clockwork Home Services in 2011.

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  • December 24, 2010
Who's your (poll) daddy? Could be Joe Gruters

An unscientific online poll favors Sarasota GOP Chairman Joe Gruters to be the next chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.

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  • December 24, 2010
New shopping channel cancels self in first year

A Clearwater-based home shopping channel didn't make it through its first year in business.

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  • December 24, 2010
No surrender for local firm

Art Lambert, co-founder of Sarasota-based LexJet, says he refused to let the recession dictate how he runs his business, a digital printing and software firm.

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  • December 24, 2010
Appeal ruled frivolous costs environmental groups

Two environmental groups are doing more than licking their wounds after losing an appeal of a growth management case.

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  • December 24, 2010
Firm upgrades device with help from NASA

When Clearwater-based Advanced Protection Technologies needed help developing a new type of surge protector, they looked to the skies for help.

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  • December 24, 2010
Airport traffic bodes well economically

Passenger traffic at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers indicates this winter tourism season is off to a much better start than last year.

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  • December 24, 2010
Link between corporate profits, political gifts?

It's difficult to say whether political involvement makes a company perform any better, but a University of South Florida business professor sees a solid line connecting the dots.

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  • December 24, 2010
TIA shuttle driver gains reality fame

Kenny Garcia could very well be the only person to ever fire his boss and get promoted as a result.

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