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Real estate agent guilty of fraud

A federal jury found a Fort Myers real estate agent guilty of bank fraud in connection with the sale of condos in Tampa.

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Canadian regulators boost lab firm

Company receives approval for blood sample test.

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Airport posts traffic record

St. Pete-Clearwater International broke a record that had been in place since 2004.

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College to train future pilots

Fort Myers Technical College is launching a pilot ground school that will focus on aerodynamics and communications procedures.

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Accounting firm adds three new partners

Kerkering, Barberio & Co. was founded in 1972.

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Retired CEO wins humanitarian honor

Hodges University in Naples will bestow its Humanitarian of the Year award to retired CEO Alan Korest.

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Online education company names top exec

Jeff Gordon previously ran Tampa-based Syniverse.

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Tampa, Lakeland tops for jobs

The Tampa and Lakeland areas recently claimed the state's top spots for job creation, according to the latest state employment data.

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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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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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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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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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