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  • August 18, 2009
Minnesota bank steps out of the cold

Community bankers in Sarasota are abuzz over the latest competitor to the join the trenches, this one via a government-forced ousting of two other institutions.

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  • August 18, 2009
Cash for hair offer, if you need some hair

It turns out that clunkers aren't just parked in the driveway. Sometimes, they're sitting on your head.

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  • August 17, 2009
Duette landfill project moves along

MVP Corvus Development Partners has received approval to build a landfill.

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  • August 10, 2009
Lost Kangaroo Pub owner buys Hardin, Palmer buildings moving

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  • August 10, 2009
Lake Mary couple buys City Crossings

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  • August 7, 2009
Chico's sales, same-store up

Lower consumer spending isn't holding back Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS Inc. from showing signs of a turnaround.

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  • August 6, 2009
Back Flip

The flippers are back. Speculators have returned in droves to the Cape Coral-Fort Myers residential market, snapping up foreclosed homes at below-replacement costs and quickly selling them for more. Existing single-family home sales jumped 137% in June. Is this 2005 all over again?

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  • August 6, 2009
Fourth Estate Fight

A commercial real estate firm faced a recent business crisis with a head-on, albeit risky, approach.

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  • August 4, 2009
The key language: No geek speak

Yvonne Graber, 56, was a successful garment district executive who went back to school and made a late career change to computer tech support.

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  • August 3, 2009
Foreclosures still tarnish Gulf Coast

Lee County is a leader yet again when it comes to a statistical reading of the housing market.

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  • August 3, 2009
Florida: Tax oasis or wasteland?

The old saw that statistics can be bent to prove any point of view rings especially true when it comes to economic rankings of states. Florida is no exception.

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  • August 3, 2009
Station demolished, project delayed

Nokomis is losing one eyesore gas station, but don't expect Finergy Development LLC's mixed-use development to follow it soon.

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  • July 30, 2009
Tampa firm keeps its cool during recession

Tampa-based Simpson Mechanical Inc., only 18 months from seeing its annual revenues plunge from nearly $10 million to under $5 million, is on the rebound.

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  • July 28, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Lee-Collier

Diversified Yacht Services buys marina land

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  • July 27, 2009
Recession fuels a sunny exodus

The Sunshine State isn't so sunny — at least when it comes to migration data from United Van Lines, one of the biggest moving companies in the country.

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