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  • February 9, 2016
Tampa-based Boca Kitchen plans Sarasota eatery

Popular farm-to-table focused restaurant will open a location on Main Street.

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  • February 9, 2016
Airport posts January traffic record

St. Pete-Clearwater International airport served more than 124,000 passengers in January.

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  • February 9, 2016
Business college promotes full-time dean

James Curran took over as interim-dean when Robert Anderson retired in October 2014.

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  • February 9, 2016
Citrus producer posts sales increase

Citrus giant Alico says sales rose 8% in the first quarter compared with the same quarter one year ago.

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  • February 8, 2016
Airport increases flights to Canada

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is adding a third weekly flight to and from Toronto.

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  • February 8, 2016
Ohio firm moves headquarters to Tampa

The IT and staffing services company, Cohesion, works with Fortune 1000 companies.

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  • February 8, 2016
Logistics firm promotes exec to COO

Transportation logistics firm Allyn International named Michal Svoboda chief operating officer.

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  • February 5, 2016
Sarasota cash sales down nearly 10%

Cash sales in North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton fell 9.6% in October compared to October 2014.

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  • February 5, 2016
Banker promoted to senior vice president

Thomas Welsh has been with HomeBanc since 2010.

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  • February 5, 2016
Airline hints at Cuba flights from Fort Myers and Tampa

Silver Airways plans to fly nonstop from Fort Myers and Tampa to Nassau, Bahamas, starting in May. Cuba is on the radar.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 5, 2016
A proper disposal

When Chico's FAS announced it had sold its Boston Proper brand on Jan. 19, investors shrugged.

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  • February 5, 2016
Market surge

Commercial real estate leaders believe the region's future is bright for apartments, hotels and offices

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  • February 5, 2016
Stoked on entrepreneurship

When Florida Gulf Coast University quietly opened up its entrepreneurship classes a year ago to the whole campus, Sandra Kauanui wasn't sure how well it would go over with students outside the business school.

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  • February 5, 2016
Angry voters create angst

Angry voters make money managers nervous. After all, they're paid to worry about the risks to their clients' investments, and the presidential elections are a big worry.

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  • February 5, 2016
UTC owner sues Jackie Z

An affiliate of Taubman Centers Inc. has sued Jackie Z Style Co. and its owner for exiting the Mall at University Town Center last fall.

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