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  • January 22, 2016
Home listings rise 30%

New listings of existing single-family homes in the desirable Bonita Springs-Estero area between Fort Myers and Naples rose 30% in December compared with one year ago.

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Tech industry on fast track

The IT sector in Tampa, from managing complicated systems to lockdown-tight cybersecurity, is a scorcher — both for growth in customers and an urgent need for employees.

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  • January 22, 2016
Minnesota's business chiller

It's not just the freezing winters that pushed Lonny and Robin Kocina to open an office in Fort Myers.

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  • January 22, 2016
Price discovery

Three Florida Gulf Coast University professors find home-price data from real estate agents may be off, especially during downturns.

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  • January 22, 2016
Can't get enough economic development

Bradenton city officials believe there's room for another economic development agency in the region.

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  • January 22, 2016
Less pain, more gain

Significant declines in inflation and loan delinquencies helped Americans feel more satisfied with their personal finances in the fourth quarter than they were one year ago, an accounting trade group says.

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  • January 22, 2016
A tax not worth dying for

A death tax lives on in Florida.

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  • January 22, 2016
Sembler expands its portfolio

Sembler expanding its portfolio; Tampa's GE bid short-circuited; Validus Senior Living adding projects; Power brokers change firms to start 2016

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  • January 22, 2016
Scientific method

Lakewood Ranch is making a push to aggregate life sciences in a new 265-acre campus that its backers say will be anything but clinical.

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  • January 22, 2016
Q&A | Steve Cunningham

As the qualifying broker for LandQwest Commercial, Steve Cunningham overseas the brokerage's entire operation, from strategic planning to operational analysis.

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  • January 21, 2016
Prominent broker named to tech firm board

Lee Arnold Jr. founded Arnold Associates in 1974.

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  • January 21, 2016
British festival company opens Sarasota office

British-based ID&C moved into its new office Jan. 4.

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  • January 21, 2016
Fly to Key West from Punta Gorda

Raven Air Island Hoppers plans to start nonstop flights from Punta Gorda to Key West next month.

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  • January 20, 2016
Meet the richest person in Tampa

Forbes finds the wealthiest people in America's 50 largest cities.

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  • January 20, 2016
Swiss company moves U.S. office to Bradenton

SpecPage Inc.'s previous location was in Rhode Island.

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