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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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  • December 24, 2010
Red Sox stadium will spur growth

Construction crews recently broke ground on the new Boston Red Sox spring training stadium in Fort Myers, but the bigger news may be the widening of Daniels Parkway.

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  • December 23, 2010
Savtira hires 65 in Ybor City

An e-commerce company will open its doors in Ybor City on Jan. 4.

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  • December 23, 2010
Tech ranking comes with a caveat

Tampa has made the top 25 rankings of U.S. cities with the most technology jobs by Bloomberg Businessweek magazine.

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  • December 22, 2010
November home sales down 15%

Roughly 2,000 fewer homes were sold last month compared to a year ago.

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  • December 22, 2010
Whitney Bank sells to Hancock

The New Orleans bank with Gulf Coast assets sold for $1.5 billion in stock.

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  • December 22, 2010
Federal taxpayers merry-go-round

Thanks to an 80-year-old federal law, the new Red Sox spring training stadium in Lee County will now cost another $2.7 million more than planned.

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