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  • March 24, 2010
First Watch will add locations

Bradenton-based breakfast-brunch-lunch chain First Watch will soon open five new locations in Central Florida.

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  • March 24, 2010
Homebuilder brings on another pro

For the third time in the past year, Pat Neal, one of the most active homebuilders on the Gulf Coast, has a hired away a top executive from another company.

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  • March 23, 2010
Battle for grocery dollars

Two large companies are betting that Bradenton consumers are hungry for grocery alternatives.

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  • March 22, 2010
GunnAllen Financial closes

Regulators have shut down Tampa-based GunnAllen Financial Inc. after the company failed to come up with enough capital over the weekend to continue operations.

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  • March 19, 2010
Hoffman house auction canceled due to buyers

Al Hoffman, the Florida developer who built WCI Communities and later became U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, canceled the March 13 auction for his Fort Myers mansion because he received strong offers in the days leading up to the event, his auctioneer says.

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  • March 18, 2010
Celebrity Apprentice likes Clockwork

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams will be one nervous TV watcher May 2.

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  • March 18, 2010
Tampa fund gets $4 million from state

Florida's economic development officials would love to attract a bunch of high profile, high wage, “high-tech jobs” to the state. But oftentimes, their effort to do so ends up more laughable than laudable.

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  • March 18, 2010
Grim headlines attract buyers

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area continues to be the foreclosure capital of Florida and the runner-up nationally, according to foreclosure tracker RealtyTrac.

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  • March 18, 2010
Manpower survey: Prospects improve

Employers on the Gulf Coast are more optimistic about hiring employees in the second quarter than they were a year ago, a recent survey by Manpower shows.

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  • March 18, 2010
An Audi for Lisa Marazzi

Now that John Marazzi sells luxury cars, it just won't do for his wife to drive a competing brand.

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  • March 18, 2010
Industry hangs tough despite economic woes

A meeting made up of executives in an industry that depends partially on a low unemployment rate might be reason to bring out the gallows humor and woe-is-us chatter.

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  • March 18, 2010
Harrington hopes to find next big invention

Since appearing on ABC's “Shark Tank,” St. Petersburg's Kevin Harrington says he's been inundated with “hundreds of thousands” of pitches for new products.

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  • March 18, 2010
Local firm goes for offering local stimuli

Count Sarasota construction executive Joe Holland as yet another Gulf Coast business leader who hasn't been impressed with federal stimulus packages.

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  • March 18, 2010
Rail train saves 33 minutes? Unlikely

The high-speed rail train will take 56 minutes to get from Tampa to Orlando if it ever gets going. It's hoped to be up and running by 2015.

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  • March 18, 2010
Will M&I bank collect on Orion?

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank recently won a $16.9 million judgment against Orion Bancorp.

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