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  • December 10, 2009
Mercantile boosts Naples bank

Scratch The Royal Palm Bank of Florida off the endangered-bank list.

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  • December 10, 2009
The Trend is your friend ...

In the midst of the ongoing debate over funding SunRail during last week's special legislative session, Florida Trend's Web site poll asked readers to weigh-in on the costly central Florida commuter rail line proposal.

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  • December 10, 2009
Economic Snapshot: Clunker Hangover

The boost in auto sales from the federal “cash for clunkers” subsidy in August on the Gulf Coast didn't carry over into September.

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  • December 10, 2009
Mergers, acquisitions will pick up

A vast majority of selected experts in the merger and acquisition industry expect deals to pick up over the next six months, according to a recent survey.

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  • December 10, 2009
Newsflash: Dog beds are in

The post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza otherwise known as Black Friday was a big day for Beall's Inc., the $1.15 billion Bradenton-based retail chain.

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  • December 10, 2009
Airport parking gets competition

More than 7 million passengers pass through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers each year.

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  • December 10, 2009
Courage required for renovations

For most people, $14 million is a lot of money to spend. For John Belden, chief executive officer of Davidson Hotel Company, it was basically a necessity.

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  • December 10, 2009
Hiring boost for winter season

The recent Manpower hiring survey shows employers will boost staffing over the next three months, but it's not clear how much of that is seasonal or permanent.

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  • December 9, 2009
Chief executives stay employed

The year has been surprisingly kind to the nation's chief executive officers, at least when it comfes to job security.

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  • December 4, 2009
Sen. Bill Nelson: No public option

Sounds like U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson heard his constituents loud and clear on the health-care bill.

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  • December 4, 2009
Local firms hope for fertile consultants

Hidayet Kutat, owner of a Sarasota sign company and a former DuPont executive, cornered a local economic development official at a networking luncheon about a year ago with a big concern.

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  • December 4, 2009
Kindergartner plaintiff in lawsuit

Rounding up children and parents as plaintiffs, a couple of groups wanting Florida to spend more money on public schools filed suit Nov. 18 with the Leon County circuit court in Tallahassee, claiming the state has failed to meet its constitutional mandate to adequately provide a high-quality public education.

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  • December 4, 2009
Senior living construction

Last week, the Review profiled Hennessy Construction, a 90-year-old Tampa Bay construction company that is finding additional work in new markets.

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  • December 4, 2009
Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy season

A good indicator of the upcoming tourism season is airport traffic. Tourism officials in Fort Myers and Naples cheered in August and September when Southwest Florida International Airport reported more passengers than in the same months last year.

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  • December 4, 2009
SW Florida foreclosures continue to decline

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area always garners headlines about being one of the worst places in the country for foreclosures.

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