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  • December 17, 2018
Area entrepreneur agrees to pay $17 million for export, smuggling violations

Eric Baird founded shipping company Access USA Shipping, then known as MyUS.com, in 1997.

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  • December 17, 2018
Health care executive appointed to governor’s transition group

Hope Healthcare’s Samira Beckwith will serve on Ron DeSantis’ Transition Advisory Committee on Health and Wellness.

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  • December 15, 2018
Nonprofit names major gifts officer for $7 million campaign

Lives Transformed: The Campaign for Hammock Place is an initiative to build a 40-home neighborhood.

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  • December 14, 2018
Long-serving CEO of tech industry consortium to retire

Global Technology Distribution Council CEO Tim Curran plans to retire from the St. Petersburg, Florida-based organization in January after leading it since 2002.

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  • December 14, 2018
Airline offers new route to Albany, NY

Allegiant adds route between Punta Gorda and Albany, New York

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  • December 14, 2018
Belle epoch: A new era begins for an iconic property

St. Petersburg, Florida-based JMC Communities has unveiled its reimagined version of the historic Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Belleair, Florida.

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  • December 14, 2018
Bean counters: Local coffee roaster takes big next step

St. Petersburg-based Kahwa Coffee is on a quest to become the top coffee brand in Florida. It's closing in on the completion of a $6.5 million capital raise.

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  • December 14, 2018
Good help is hard to find

MetLife, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index

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  • December 14, 2018
q&a: Julia Silva Rettig

"Last-mile distribution" is shaking up the industrial real estate industry, and causing investors to look twice at older, smaller properties that are close to urban centers and could be retrofitted for today's logistics firms

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • December 14, 2018
DeSota could garner $80 million in sale

The forthcoming sale of the 10-story DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota could set a record for the market for multifamily deals when it trades, as is anticipated early next year.

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  • December 14, 2018
Barron Collier Cos. CEO named to Consolidated-Tomoka board

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has tapped Barron Collier Cos. CEO Blake Gable to be a member of its board amid a corporate shift in strategy.

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  • December 14, 2018
New tour company gives visitors, residents inside look at Sarasota

Discover Sarasota Tours offers city tours, circus tours and ghost tours.

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  • December 14, 2018
Lights, camera, action

Can Florida revitalize its film production industry? Should it?

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  • December 14, 2018
Kolter Group’s long-range focus influences Florida projects

Kolter Group has become one of Florida's most prolific real estate developers since shifting its operations from Toronto to the Sunshine State, with projects from Tampa to Fort Myers.

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  • December 13, 2018
Medical device maker changes name, stock listing

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has changed its name to Apyx Medical Corp. and plans to move its stock to the NASDAQ exchange.

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