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  • April 30, 2010
Beasley profits from cuts

The Naples-based company overcame decreased revenues by reducing costs.

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  • April 30, 2010
Billionaire wants nomination

Investor Jeff Greene will run for Florida's U.S. Senate seat as a Democrat.

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  • April 30, 2010
FRIDAY'S CUP: Republicans react to Crist's change

The response from Republican leadership has been exactly as expected, but one pollster says Crist didn't have a choice.

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  • April 30, 2010
Review seeking 40 under 40

The Review is scouting for bright, young business leaders.

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  • April 30, 2010
RLJ Development buys hotel for $77 million

RLJ Lodging Fund III purchased the 360-suite Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa for $77 million.

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  • April 30, 2010
Tropics Software buys credit union headquarters building

Sarasota-based Tropics Software Technologies purchased the 11,314-square-foot former Sarasota Coastal Credit Union headquarters building for $1.9 million.

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  • April 30, 2010
Halvorsen Holdings buys land for Publix-anchored retail

Boca Raton-based Publix developer Halvorsen Holdings purchased 20 acres at the corner of Bayshore and Slater roads in North Fort Myers to develop a Publix-anchored shopping center.

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  • April 30, 2010
Preservation commission improving McCollum Hall

The city of Fort Myers Historic Preservation Commission voted to approve repairs to stabilize the building and a new roof for historic McCollum Hall.

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  • April 30, 2010
Georgia couple buys units in Beach House Resort

James and Myra Frady of Cumming, Ga. purchased four units in the gulf front Beach House Resort condominium on Bradenton Beach for $1.36 million.

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  • April 30, 2010
Donor gives building to Habitat for Humanity

Suzanne and Richard Ayers donated a 16,386-square-foot industrial building to Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota County Inc.

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  • April 30, 2010
Canadian real estate investor buys Brooks Village BofA

Real estate developer Sidney Spiegel purchased a 6,855-square-foot Bank of America building for $2.3 million.

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  • April 30, 2010
5244 Ramsey Way LLC buys Wellington Academy property

Seema Rihani of Fort Myers and Ashok Nanda of Bonita Springs purchased the building and business of Wellington Academy in Fort Myers, a private preschool and daycare center.

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  • April 29, 2010
Crist runs independently

The move makes the race for Florida's U.S. Senate seat a three-way contest.

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  • April 29, 2010
Peninsula Bank under more duress

Despite gloomy numbers, executives at the bank based in Englewood say they don't believe the institution's failure is a certainty quite yet.

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HMA Inc. earnings rise

The Naples-based health services firm continues to post solid financials.

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