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  • September 10, 2015
Insurance business readies itself for $36M sale

Tampa-based Prepared Insurance was founded in 2009.

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  • September 10, 2015
Firm shoots for growth in vaccines, ID cards

Roper Technologies adds to more companies to its portfolio.

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  • September 10, 2015
Aerospace company wins $210K in subsidies

Lee County and state officials will give a $210,000 tax subsidy to an aerospace firm that plans to expand.

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  • September 9, 2015
Fruit firm will chew on new owner

The buyers plan to continue to operate Florida Bulk Sales from Lakeland.

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  • September 9, 2015
Doctors target fast-growing area

Lee Physician Group is opening two offices in Bonita Springs to cater to the fast-growing area of south Lee County.

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  • September 9, 2015
Sarasota embraces light regulations on taxis, Uber

A Sarasota city commissioner wanted to avoid over-regulating.

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  • September 9, 2015
Prolific homebuilder launches mortgage firm

Mortgage firm aims to “improve the overall customer experience,” says an executive.

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  • September 8, 2015
Utility reaches deal for $10B sale

Canadian company Emera offers to buy Tampa's TECO Energy for $27.55 per share.

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  • September 8, 2015
Realtor gets top nod for state group

Barry Grooms has been a Realtor in Florida for 15 years.

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  • September 8, 2015
Bank wins healthy business award

Edison National Bank was one of three winners of the healthy business awards in Lee County.

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  • September 4, 2015
Gulf Coast homes included in $402M megadeal

Private equity firm buys 98 rental homes in Sarasota and Polk counties.

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  • September 4, 2015
Court upholds $60M trademark win for storage firm

PODS Enterprises won a trademark infringement trial against U-Haul last year.

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  • September 4, 2015
Cancer lab wins purchasing deal

Cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics says it signed a group-purchasing agreement with Premier, which represents more than half the hospitals in the U.S.

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  • September 4, 2015
Airport dip: Not for long

Southwest Florida International Airport recently reported fewer passengers passed through the terminal in Fort Myers in July.

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  • September 4, 2015
In Memoriam: John Germany, 1923-2015

Hillsborough County native John Germany saw a lot of action in World War II, commanding a tank unit in European Theater.

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