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  • January 8, 2016
Low inventory issue looms

With December left to count, leaders with the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee are confident 2015 will be a record for total sales in the two-county region.

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  • January 8, 2016
Not so lazy

Lazydays, the Seffner-based recreational vehicle giant, is adding a new brand of RVs to its fleet to help the firm make a push into a new market.

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  • January 8, 2016
Fight for jobs

The business of industry recruitment isn't for the faint of heart.

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  • January 8, 2016
Florida legal climate feels hellish

Florida gets no love from the American Tort Reform Foundation's latest Judicial Hellhole report.

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  • January 8, 2016
Brain preservation

The issue of “brain drain,” when college grads leave town, armed with an education to go work and make a life somewhere else, has confounded Sarasota-Bradenton economic development officials for years.

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  • January 8, 2016
Tech jobs heat up

There's a shortage of java in the Tampa area, and according to several executives, it's about to hit crisis levels.

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  • January 8, 2016
Hammering the deal

When Fort Myers-based cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics announced the deal to acquire rival Clarient from General Electric's health care division in October, it was the culmination of negotiations that dated back to November 2014.

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  • January 7, 2016
Rural lands generate interest

The spotlight is shining on rural areas again.

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  • January 7, 2016
Tampa exec to lead statewide accounting firm

Lee Bell leads the Tampa office of Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund.

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  • January 7, 2016
Lender re-ups real estate leadership post

Maryann Mize is a senior vice president at Charlotte State Bank & Trust.

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  • January 7, 2016
Airport posts 33% passenger growth

Punta Gorda Airport passenger traffic rose 33% in 2015 compared with 2014.

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  • January 6, 2016
Mortgage banker named chair of housing group

Linda Kemp will lead the board for the second time.

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  • January 6, 2016
Massachusetts investor buys apartment complex for $70.5M

The Yacht Club at Heritage Harbour is a 392-unit apartment complex in east Manatee County.

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  • January 6, 2016
Collier industry recruiter quits

Bruce Register, Collier County's economic development director, resigned after three years in the position.

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  • January 5, 2016
Bankruptcy attorney named partner at large firm

Jacqueline Simms-Petredis is one of 10 attorneys recently promoted by Burr & Forman.

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