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  • March 4, 2010
Lee County lays a goose egg

For the second month in a row, Lee County issued no permits in February for construction of new commercial buildings.

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  • March 4, 2010
Amendment means unemployment

State unemployment could rise to nearly 15% or more should Amendment 4, the so-called “Vote on Everything” or “Hometown Democracy” amendment to the state constitution, pass in November.

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  • March 4, 2010
Powerbrokers want in on weak banks

Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Bill Isaac, a Longboat Key resident and local businessman, apparently smells opportunity amid the carnage in the banking industry.

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  • March 4, 2010
Philly CEO touts the steady approach

David Montgomery, chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Phillies organization, spoke with Coffee Talk about what has driven the Phillies' success. And while many of his comments had an on-field focus, a discussion about his manager highlighted an approach that may help business leaders coach their own teams to a successful season.

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  • March 4, 2010
Economic crocuses begin to emerge

While a recovery may not be in full swing, small gains in taxable sales indicate things aren't getting worse.

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  • March 4, 2010
Gov. Crist's Ouija board budget

State Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers, has some words of advice for Gov. Charlie Crist and his proposed $69.2 billion budget: “The first thing I would tell Gov. Crist is 'forget about it.'”

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  • March 4, 2010
Correction

A real estate brief on the Asolo Theatre buying a new production center in the Review's January 22-28 issue should have said that Kimberly Rogers is with CB Richard Ellis.

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  • March 4, 2010
TXT MSG 4 $

Interop Technologies executives didn't expect text messaging to grow as fast as it has. When it did, they rebuilt the business and landed big cell-phone customers like Metro PCS and Cox Communications. Now they're launching a $30 million expansion into Latin America.

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  • March 4, 2010
Bankers want to lend, but issues loom

As President Barack Obama pushed his latest government-funded way to get the economy rolling in a March 2 speech — this time it's the Small Business Lending Fund — a room full of bank executives in Sarasota were talking about what they say remains the real issue of the day: raising capital.

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  • March 3, 2010
Global travel firm goes local

The latest celebrity-themed vacation put together by Admiral Travel in Sarasota has a local feel.

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  • March 2, 2010
Nfinanse sings the greens

Nfinanse, the reloadable prepaid card provider just rolled out a music Web site, nFinanSeMusic.com, devoted to free downloads of up-and-coming artists.

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  • February 25, 2010
In-Rel Management buys Tampa center

Lake Worth-based commercial real estate firm In-Rel Management Inc. purchased the 134,463-square-foot Town N Country shopping center on Waters Avenue east of Hanley Road for $7.75 million.

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  • February 25, 2010
Capital Health Group buys Sunset Bay facility

Pennsylvania-based Capital Health Group LLC purchased the 77-bed Sunset Bay assisted-living community on Kai Loop near Rowan Road south of Trouble Creek Road for $5 million.

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  • February 25, 2010
Florida Living Options files Hawthorne site plan

Assisted-living facility owner and operator Florida Living Options has filed a site plan to develop its Hawthorne Manor skilled nursing facility on the five acres at the southeast corner of DeSoto Road and Honore Avenue in Sarasota.

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  • February 25, 2010
Sarasota Memorial looks at Brownfield site

Officials with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System are exchanging information with the city of Sarasota over the future of a 13-acre parcel on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way between U.S. 301 and Mango Avenue.

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