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  • August 31, 2010
Wine Festival chief ends successful run

Dawn Montecalvo, one of the most successful charity fundraisers on the Gulf Coast, is leaving the Naples Children & Education Foundation in March.

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  • August 31, 2010
Chico's repurchasing won't end growth

With a huge pile of cash and no big plans to spend it, Chico's FAS is starting to return some of it to shareholders.

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  • August 30, 2010
Flagship adds to board

Joseph Sorota Jr. is the newest director at Flagship Community Bank.

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  • August 30, 2010
Parrish loses jobs

A shrinking plant production business leaves 66 people unemployed.

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  • August 30, 2010
QualaWash expands nationally

A former Quality Distribution subsidiary acquired a competitor.

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  • August 30, 2010
AVI-SPL president resigns

Stephenie Scanlon is calling it a career after 24 years with the Tampa firm.

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  • August 30, 2010
Fewer bargains in Fort Myers

Sales of existing single-family homes in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers fell 27% in July, but the drop isn't as dire as the numbers might look at first blush.

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  • August 27, 2010
Two primary winners already in

Republicans Corcoran and Deutsch win in their counties when others drop out.

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  • August 27, 2010
Urban Trust enters Sarasota

The Lake Mary bank expanded its mortgage services earlier this month.

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  • August 27, 2010
Insurance firm buys First State Bank building

The Stanley Dean Insurance Agency Inc. purchased the 6,292-square-foot First State Bank building for $850,000.

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  • August 27, 2010
ValleyCrest Landscaping buys Sarasota warehouse

A California-based national landscaping company purchased a 16,200-square-foot warehouse in the Centre Park Industrial Subdivision for $1.45 million.

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  • August 27, 2010
Firm buys Landings at Boot Ranch

St. Petersburg-based WRH Realty Services Inc. purchased the 232-unit The Landings at Boot Ranch apartments for $11.25 million.

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  • August 27, 2010
The Royal Shell Cos. opening Naples office

A firm affiliated with a Sanibel real estate company purchased the 4,683-square-foot former Congress Jewelers building on Fifth Avenue for $2.4 million.

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  • August 27, 2010
Kolter Land Partners buys North Port lots

Kolter Land Partners purchased 110 lots in the gated Villas at Charleston Park community for $623,700.The price equated to $5,670 per lot.

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  • August 27, 2010
Tampa General Hospital buys land for parking

Tampa General Hospital purchased 2.5 acres on Fielding Avenue for $4 million. The price equated to $1.6 million per acre.

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