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  • September 24, 2010
Belleair Bluffs family buys Venice bank branch

The Kolitsopoulos family of Belleair Bluffs purchased a 3,418-square-foot vacant bank branch for $1 million.

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  • September 24, 2010
Family Dollar Stores buys leased Bradenton store

Matthews, N.C.-based Family Dollar Stores Inc. purchased a 9,180-square-foot existing Family Dollar building for $1.69 million.

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  • September 24, 2010
LandMark must raise capital

The bank has 90 days to raise capital, or else it must sell to another bank.

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  • September 24, 2010
Guess housing starts, guess recovery

Residential construction will likely pull the Gulf Coast region out of the recession, so the monthly national housing-start estimates are a closely watched economic indicator.

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  • September 24, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Sept. 24 - Sept. 30

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • September 24, 2010
Fraudsters multiply with unemployment

The Better Business Bureau of West Florida has issued a warning about various scam artists attempting to take advantage of jobless residents along the Gulf Coast.

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  • September 24, 2010
King says he will take the heat

Gary King may hold the most thankless government job on the Gulf Coast: city manager of Cape Coral, one of the more dysfunctional and debt-laden cities in the region.

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  • September 24, 2010
Cell phone reception may affect state House candidate

J.D. Power and Associates recognized the Tampa Bay area as having the fewest cell phone problems among 27 national markets studied.

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  • September 24, 2010
Local EDC leads trade trip to Mexico

Who's up for a trip over to Mexico?

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  • September 23, 2010
Cadence absorbed by Trustmark

The merger takes place four years after Cadence bought Suncoast Bank.

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  • September 23, 2010
Lee sells bonds to keep Sox

Red Sox' threat to flee winter home prompts Lee County bond sale.

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  • September 23, 2010
THURSDAY'S CUP: Friends welcome enemies on Amend. 4

If nothing else, state constitutional Amendment 4 on the Nov. 2 ballot continues to prove divisive and controversial.

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  • September 22, 2010
Avantair revenues grow

The Clearwater aircraft operator brought in $143 million in the 2010 fiscal year.

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  • September 22, 2010
DwellGreen raises $1.25 million

The Sarasota retrofitter received angel investor support, plus a county grant.

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  • September 22, 2010
Port of Manatee gets grant

The port represents one end of a marine corridor that receives $3.34 million.

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