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  • April 9, 2010
UCF releases new forecast

Economists say 2010 marks the start of a slow recovery effort for Florida.

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  • April 9, 2010
Gulf Coast Tourism

This week's snapshot looks at the change in taxable tourism sales.

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  • April 9, 2010
LCM resumes work with Sykes

The relationship may create a growth opportunity for the Sarasota company.

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  • April 9, 2010
PFM buys Largo-based firm

Fullerton & Friar specializes in airport finance with $425 million in deals in '09.

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  • April 9, 2010
Top Florida contractors in '09

Skanska, Balfour Beatty top ranking of national firms based on Florida revenues.

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  • April 9, 2010
Unusual appearance yields contention

Recent comments from Boar's Head chief financial officer Steve Kourelakos featured a refrain common among Gulf Coast leaders.

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  • April 8, 2010
First Banks now under the gun

An agreement between the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and a Missouri-based bank with Gulf Coast ties shows how the wheel can turn in just a few years.

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  • April 8, 2010
Elite Heating & Air buys Ambient Air building

Elite Holdings of Manatee LLC purchased the 7,000-square-foot former Ambient Air flex building for $340,000.

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  • April 8, 2010
Lee's Conservation 20/20 buys land from Waterman

Lee County purchased 136 acres east of Interstate 75 near Wellfield Road.

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  • April 8, 2010
Dessberg pursuing approvals for Stickney Point Plaza

Sarasota developer Rodney Dessberg is moving forward with plans to build Stickney Point Plaza, a strip mall planned for an area just north of Stickney Point Road.

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  • April 8, 2010
Tampa firm buys most of Legacy at Tampa

CCP Legacy LLC purchased 121 units in the 168-unit Legacy at Tampa condo complex for $2.1 million.

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  • April 8, 2010
Profitable bank's stock now for sale

Profits and banking aren't synonymous on the Gulf Coast. Only 12 of the 69 banks headquartered in the region from Tampa to Naples made money in the last year.

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  • April 8, 2010
Lawyers getting a reset with new office

After 27 years with the same law firm, it can be time to reset one's career. And that's precisely what William Hamilton is doing.

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  • April 8, 2010
A scent of optimism is entering the air

A small yet discernible scent of optimism filled the room at a recent networking event on the state of Sarasota-Bradenton's current real estate market.

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  • April 8, 2010
Cheap retirees lead housing recovery

As you waive goodbye to your snowbird friends, hope and pray that more of them will come next year — even if they don't plan to spend that much.

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