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  • March 25, 2010
Reading tourism tea leaves

Airport passenger traffic are the tea leaves of the tourism business and February was a bad month.

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  • March 25, 2010
Pianalto is no Tony Robbins

Sandra Pianalto told a group of executives in Bonita Springs that there remain significant headwinds to an economic recovery.

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  • March 25, 2010
Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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  • March 24, 2010
Lee commissioner wannabees form long line

It's no surprise that 23 county commissioner wannabees have applied to Gov. Charlie Crist for an interim appointment to fill a seat on the commission.

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  • March 24, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Here's what our readers have to say about the latest Gulf Coast issues.

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  • March 24, 2010
First Watch will add locations

Bradenton-based breakfast-brunch-lunch chain First Watch will soon open five new locations in Central Florida.

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  • March 24, 2010
Homebuilder brings on another pro

For the third time in the past year, Pat Neal, one of the most active homebuilders on the Gulf Coast, has a hired away a top executive from another company.

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  • March 23, 2010
Battle for grocery dollars

Two large companies are betting that Bradenton consumers are hungry for grocery alternatives.

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  • March 22, 2010
GunnAllen Financial closes

Regulators have shut down Tampa-based GunnAllen Financial Inc. after the company failed to come up with enough capital over the weekend to continue operations.

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  • March 19, 2010
Hoffman house auction canceled due to buyers

Al Hoffman, the Florida developer who built WCI Communities and later became U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, canceled the March 13 auction for his Fort Myers mansion because he received strong offers in the days leading up to the event, his auctioneer says.

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  • March 18, 2010
Celebrity Apprentice likes Clockwork

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams will be one nervous TV watcher May 2.

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  • March 18, 2010
Tampa fund gets $4 million from state

Florida's economic development officials would love to attract a bunch of high profile, high wage, “high-tech jobs” to the state. But oftentimes, their effort to do so ends up more laughable than laudable.

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  • March 18, 2010
Grim headlines attract buyers

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area continues to be the foreclosure capital of Florida and the runner-up nationally, according to foreclosure tracker RealtyTrac.

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  • March 18, 2010
Manpower survey: Prospects improve

Employers on the Gulf Coast are more optimistic about hiring employees in the second quarter than they were a year ago, a recent survey by Manpower shows.

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  • March 18, 2010
An Audi for Lisa Marazzi

Now that John Marazzi sells luxury cars, it just won't do for his wife to drive a competing brand.

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