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  • June 19, 2015
Company looks to master buggy domain

A Tampa-based pest control company seeks to boost its over-the-counter Pink Sheets portfolio by joining forces with a Nevada-based competitor -- as a franchisee.

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  • June 19, 2015
Record setter

NorthStar Healthcare Income's $93 million senior housing purchase ranks as the top sale in Sarasota County's history.

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  • June 19, 2015
Dow gets taste of Milwaukee

Tampa-based Dow Electronics already represents the Gulf Coast well, with consumer electronics distribution centers in 11 states across the South. But now it's adding a big name to its lineup.

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  • June 18, 2015
Centennial Bank buys Tampa lender for $102M

Bay Cities Bank has six branches in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, with $541 million in assets.

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  • June 18, 2015
Drug company targets $3.7M

Rock Creek will use the funds for clinical development and working capital.

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  • June 18, 2015
Monthly defaults rise in Fla., but not Fort Myers-Naples

One in every 409 housing units in the state had a foreclosure filing in May.

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  • June 17, 2015
Cape Coral firm changes owners, plans 20 hires

Mike Patrick founded Mike Patrick Electric in 1983.

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  • June 17, 2015
Michael Saunders to move Sarasota sales office

Firm has been in office at Main Street and Osprey Avenue downtown since 1982.

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  • June 17, 2015
HSN cuts distribution center, 350 jobs

The cable television retailer is combining two of its four distribution centers, moving work from Virginia to Tennessee.

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  • June 16, 2015
Clearwater medical device firm CFO quits

Jay Ewers will temporarily replace the departing Peter Donato at Bovie Medical Corp.

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  • June 16, 2015
National concrete firm pours growth into Florida

Milwaukee-based Concrete & Masonry Restoration opens an office in Sarasota County.

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  • June 16, 2015
Estero names top development officials

Village officials hire seasoned professionals for posts.

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  • June 15, 2015
Water panel quenches board members

Florida Gov. Rick Scott reappoints five people to Swiftmud governing board.

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  • June 15, 2015
Liquid biopsy tests could boost cancer lab

NeoGenomics introduces a line of 12 proprietary tests.

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  • June 15, 2015
Tampa apartments sell at $160K per unit

Pollack Shores of Atlanta picks up Lexington Park at Westchase for $64.5 million, the second-largest Hillsborough deal this year.

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