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  • November 5, 2009
Coastland expanding to Bonita Springs

James and Kimberley Walker of Coastland Auto Body in Naples purchased a 12,844-square-foot industrial building on Production Circle east of U.S. 41 for $1.2 million.

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Temp hiring may be good sign

When you rely on economists for economic projections, you're betting on massive trends. GDP. Unemployment rates. Inventories.

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  • November 5, 2009
Reality called; No one home

Sarasota City Commissioners got their anti-business, anti-jobs, anti-economy reputation the old-fashioned way — they earned it.

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  • November 5, 2009
Where was Mr. Sunshine?

Ray Judah, the chairman of the Lee County Commission and longtime environmental advocate, faulted Gov. Charlie Crist for missing Barack Obama's visit to Arcadia recently.

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  • November 5, 2009
Economic Snapshot: Retail Activity

Every area of the Gulf Coast reported smaller decreases in the retail index than the state (-7.3%), a sign that this coast may have seen the worst of the retail problems.

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  • November 5, 2009
Lee County hits another epicenter

It seems Lee County is always at the epicenter of something bad lately. First it was foreclosures. Now, it's health care.

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  • November 5, 2009
Commercial broker goes outside

A rumor circulating around the Sarasota commercial real estate community regarding the demise of Abbey Realty & Management is false, the firm's majority owner tells Coffee Talk.

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  • November 5, 2009
Bank in crisis mode gets a new leader

In a byproduct of the recession, banking regulators stiff-armed Tony Leo in his attempts to open a new bank in Sarasota.

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  • November 5, 2009
$24K per clunker claim fuels White House backlash

The federal government's $3 billion investment in last summer's Cash for Clunkers program ended up costing taxpayers $24,000 per vehicle that would not have been sold anyway, according to an analysis by an Edmund.com team of Ph.Ds and statisticians.

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  • November 5, 2009
Homeowners, 21st Century talks perplexing

The target called the offer “wholly inadequate.” The potential buyer said the behavior was “absolutely stunning.”

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  • November 5, 2009
Commercial real estate struggles could linger

Pessimism is permeating the commercial real estate market, according to a well-followed national survey on the state of the industry conducted by LoopNet, an online listing service and broker network.

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  • November 5, 2009
BB&T jumps the gun on Oswald Trippe

Executives at Oswald Trippe were taken aback recently when BB&T announced it was acquiring the Fort Myers-based insurance company.

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  • November 5, 2009
Southern Stability

The management team at Southern Crafted Homes decided to avoid getting swept up in the boom of 2005. By focusing on serving “a different kind of buyer,” the company is already seeing significant sales growth in 2009 — and 2010 could be even better.

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  • November 5, 2009
Hospital ranks high in survey

Modern Healthcare magazine's annual best places to work list has a new number one hospital: Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.

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  • November 4, 2009
Commercial brokerage firm goes outside for a core task

A rumor circulating around the Sarasota commercial real estate community regarding the demise of Abbey Realty & Management is false, the firm's majority owner tells Coffee Talk.

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