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  • December 1, 2009
Largo publisher takes on the NBA

It's not every day Random House is forced to make such a late change to their publishing schedule. But when the book in question tells all about what could be the most damaging breach of officiating integrity in sports history, it can be one of those days.

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  • November 30, 2009
More evidence banks not lending

Businessman Harvey Vengroff, who has a total of nearly $100 million worth of loans, has some that have reached maturity with virtually no prospects for another bank to take them on.

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  • November 25, 2009
Om Ventures, investors buy Tampa's Palms Center

Tampa Palms Center LLC, a partnership of Om Ventures Inc. and a group of investors, purchased the two-building Palms Center office development on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard west of Interstate 75 for $2.7 million.

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  • November 25, 2009
The Richman Group develops Sabal Ridge

West Palm Beach-based The Richman Group of Florida Inc. purchased 19.36 acres at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Clewis Avenue near Interstate 75 for $3.5 million.

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  • November 25, 2009
Kompo Family Co. LLC buys bank headquarters land

Kompo Family Co. LLC, a limited liability company headed by Sarasota chiropractor Dr. Gary Kompothecras, purchased the 1.7 acres housing the corporate headquarters of Community Bank of Manatee for $1 million.

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  • November 25, 2009
Fontanot buys building, considers Mexican restaurant

Manuel Fontanot's Fontanot LLC purchased a 9,313-square-foot building at the southwest end of St. Armands Circle from a Maus family-owned trust for $3 million. The purchase price equated to $322 per square foot.

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  • November 25, 2009
Tidewell Hospice buys Lakewood Ranch building

Sarasota-based non-profit Tidewell Hospice purchased the two-story building housing its Lakewood Ranch office for $6.55 million. The purchase price equated to $179 per square foot of building space.

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  • November 25, 2009
Alpha-Omega buys 72 units in Reserve at Naples

Naples-based Alpha-Omega Cos. Inc. purchased 72 units in the 300-unit The Reserve at Naples condominium development near Pine Ridge Road for $3.2 million. The purchase price equated to $44,444 per unit.

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  • November 25, 2009
Four Danes buy Edgewater Inn

Edgewater Inn LLC, a partnership of four owners from Denmark, purchased the six-unit Edgewater Inn on the western end of Estero Island for $1.2 million.

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  • November 25, 2009
Lee County buys 77 acres from Jamerson Farms

Lee County government purchased 76.69 acres of farmland running along the property line of Jamerson Farms from State Road 82 south to property owned by Florida Rock for $1.69 million. The purchase price equated to $22,000 per acre.

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  • November 25, 2009
Feds may jack up Florida sewer bills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to establish stringent, numeric nutrient water quality standards throughout the state will be impossible to meet and impose serious economic hardship, according to a coalition of Florida businesses, associations and public entities.

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  • November 25, 2009
Horizon hangs on, chief sees better

Charlie Conoley, a veteran Gulf Coast community banker at the helm of Bradenton-based Horizon Bank, has had better weeks than the one that began Nov. 17.

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  • November 25, 2009
Tweeting isn't free, but still useful

If you own a business, you must know by now: you've just got to be on Twitter! It's free advertising, right?

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  • November 25, 2009
And now playing, the health care dodge

Lee Memorial Health System President Jim Nathan doesn't usually avoid tough questions.

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  • November 25, 2009
October Gulf Coast Employment

Economic Snapshot: Every area of the Gulf Coast reported larger percentage declines in year-over-year employment in October than the state (-4.4%) except for Punta Gorda, the smallest metro area.

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