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  • February 4, 2010
Clear speakers unite: There is hope

The Center for Plain Language, a nonprofit dedicated to helping business executives and government officials write and speak with clarity and purpose, has picked a curious spot to host its first ever reception and dinner to honor the coherent among us: Washington, D.C., land of impenetrable jargon, confusion and all-around gobbledygook.

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  • February 4, 2010
Owners in distress

Commercial real estate defaults are increasing and brokers and bankers are preparing for a growing number of foreclosures on office buildings, shopping centers and warehouses. Bankers have been slow to take back property.

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  • February 4, 2010
Corporate Report: Jabil, BP Solar deal expands to Mexico

St. Petersburg-based Jabil Circuit Inc. will assemble BP Solar modules for the North American market at Jabil's Chihuahua, Mexico, plant beginning in the second quarter through a recent agreement.

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  • February 3, 2010
Construction firm picks up new name

A Pennsylvania-based construction firm with a small but growing Florida office based in Sarasota has changed its name, from Hostetter Construction to Holland Construction.

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  • February 2, 2010
China grows financial data

Osprey-based Burton-Taylor International Consulting sees a lot of room for financial-data firms to make money in China, and it plans to be among them.

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  • February 1, 2010
Hawes' new pet project

Lee County Administrator Karen Hawes initiated her own blog on the county Web site last month in an effort to improve communication with citizens and staff.

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  • January 30, 2010
Local music company sings a happy tune

Despite the still-lingering recession, the next 12 months could prove to be a high note in the life of the Cavanaugh Co., a Sarasota-based musical accessories manufacturer.

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  • January 30, 2010
Jobs, jobs, jobs, but mostly in D.C.

When U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, called a press conference for Jan. 25 to announce his five-point jobs plan on a visit to the Sarasota Jobs, ETC., the Congressman was quick to get to the point, saying: “We really need to be focusing on jobs, jobs, jobs.”

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  • January 29, 2010
Economic Snapshot: Business Investment

Business investment continues to decline on an annual percentage basis in every area of the Gulf Coast.

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  • January 29, 2010
Tampa gets 'distress relief'

The trend of investment groups buying and managing large numbers of distressed, single-family homes, which has been documented extensively in the Review, continues in Tampa.

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  • January 29, 2010
Health care debate: More people want out

Political pundit Peggy Noonan, who writes a weekly column for the Wall Street Journal, has a precious personal anecdote from the health care reform bill drama.

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  • January 29, 2010
Off the shelf bank deal was from New York

When news spread last week that a group of Naples investors had acquired all the assets and deposits of failed Premier American Bank in Miami, local bankers wondered who that was.

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  • January 29, 2010
Crist: Small Business Tax Break

Gov. Charlie Crist announced Wednesday a plan to reduce Florida's corporate income tax rate from 5.5% to 4.5% on the first $1 million of taxable income.

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  • January 29, 2010
Hotels scores rosy in romantic rankings

Hopeless romantics on the Gulf Coast now have hope: Two local properties — the Bungalow Beach Resort on Bradenton Beach and the Sara Sea Resort on Siesta Key — were ranked in the top 10 in a nationwide survey of the country's most romantic hotels.

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  • January 29, 2010
Hodges University's buy to handle enrollment

Hodges University, a private, non-profit college offering 24 undergraduate and seven graduate degree programs of study, announced it is expanding its Naples campus.

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