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Home prices rise again in Sarasota-Manatee

Prices increased at a rate more than double the national average.

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Freight firm plans to hire 80 employees

R+L Global Logistics plans to double the size of its operation in Fort Myers.

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Window firm seeks to fill 100 jobs

The hiring event will take place Jan. 9.

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Oil company gushes over growth plans

Amalie now has two facilities with deep-water access in major U.S. ports.

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NeoGenomics completes $310M Clarient acquisition

NeoGenomics completed its blockbuster deal of Clarient, making GE Healthcare a major shareholder in the combined companies.

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Big Sea of Opportunity

Big Sea Inc., a St. Petersburg-based marketing agency, doubled its size following a recent merger with ThinkTank Inc.

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Home Appreciation

The Sarasota and Fort Myers areas posted some of the strongest rebounds in the region in house price appreciation since the bust five years ago.

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Promoter in chief

Everybody loves free pens.

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New store aids growth surge

Jim Miller's multimillion-dollar e-commerce Amish furniture business, JMX Brands, took a big step right before Christmas: After 12 years of being exclusively online, the Sarasota-based company opened a brick-and-mortar location.

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Bullish on 2016

Rising interest rates, economic turmoil abroad and an unpredictable election year in 2016 don't seem to faze business owners and executives in Lee County.

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Made for TV

Kim McGinnis, director of production for Creative Sign Designs, a Tampa-based custom sign business, was ecstatic to see her company recently featured on one of her favorite TV shows.

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Right on track

The $2 billion plan for Tampa's 42-acre Channelside district will come together in 2016, with infrastructure and other work set to begin.

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Real estate doers honored

Three people with connections to Sarasota were among the real estate stars named in the nationwide Inman Top 101, a list of the most influential people in the industry.

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2015 Top Deals: Tampa Bay

The largest sale of the year in the Tampa Bay area also occurred later in the year than other, similar transactions.

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2015 Top Deals: Charlotte-Lee-Collier

The Mercato retail and office complex has come to be synonymous with Naples luxury, with its bevy of upscale restaurants, European design flare and high-end merchants.

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