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  • October 23, 2015
Hiring boom continues

September isn't usually a big hiring month in Florida because it's the slowest time of year for tourism and hospitality.

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  • October 23, 2015
Housing inventory: It's coming

At first blush, this may seem like a challenging time to be opening a new residential real estate brokerage firm.

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  • October 23, 2015
Talk this way

Champion auctioneer Sara Rose Bytnar plans to boost the number of homes sold at auction in Florida.

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  • October 23, 2015
Colliers absorbs Pointe Group

Colliers absorbs Pointe Group; More Benderson building

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  • October 23, 2015
A new kind of view

The people at Squaremouth sure have a lot of fun for a company that runs an online platform for users to compare travel insurance products.

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  • October 23, 2015
Food firm looks to hone pitch

Healthy Earth, a Sarasota-based sustainable food company that launched a $25 million capital raise in July, is taking its pitch out west.

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  • October 22, 2015
Retail project is another coup for big builder

Satterfield & Pontikes has overseen nearly 20 projects from its Florida office.

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  • October 22, 2015
Restaurant franchise sets sights on global expansion

The Melting Pot targets China, India and Brazil, among other countries, for growth.

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  • October 22, 2015
Home prices surge 21%

The median sale price of an existing single-family home in Lee County rose 21% in September compared with the same month in 2014.

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  • October 21, 2015
Area agent among tops nationwide

Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group agent Gail Bowden is solidifying her place in the upper echelon of the nationwide brokerage firm.

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  • October 21, 2015
Cancer lab to double sales after $275M deal

Cancer-testing laboratory NeoGenomics' revenues will double with the acquisition of Clarient, a unit of General Electric.

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  • October 21, 2015
Bank bumps up top young exec

Jordan Hallam focuses on SBA loans at Gateway Bank.

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  • October 21, 2015
Florida foreclosure rates drops, still among the worst

One in every 186 units in Florida had a foreclosure filing in the third quarter.

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  • October 20, 2015
University seeks new president

Hodges University has started searching for a new president who will be appointed early next year.

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  • October 20, 2015
Homebuilder ends summer on hot streak

Neal Communities closed on more than 100 homes in September.

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