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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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Realtor gets top nod for state group

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

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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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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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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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  • September 4, 2015
Looking beyond The Vue

As its hotel and condo project sells out, Kolter Group has designs on a pair of premier Sarasota properties.

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  • September 4, 2015
Iberiabank cashes in tower

With office rents rising and vacancies falling in the market, the bank decided to sell its prominent Naples building and reduce its presence there.

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  • September 4, 2015
Where are my pants?

Someone should tell Chico's to get the bananas off the boat before more bad luck hits.

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  • September 4, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: John Harshman, President and Founder, Harshman & Co. Inc., Sarasota

John Harshman formed Harshman & Co. in downtown Sarasota in 1989, seven years after beginning his commercial real estate career.

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  • September 4, 2015
Inflation? What inflation?

As the Federal Reserve meets to discuss raising short-term interest rates, one of the key questions officials will ponder is whether inflation is high enough to warrant an increase.

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  • September 4, 2015
California's Focus Group buys Hidden River Grande

La Jolla, Calif.-based The Focus Group purchased the 212-unit waterfront Hidden River Grande Apartments for $8.3 million.

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Minnesota's TPI Hospitality buys Pierview Hotel & Suites

Willmar, Minn.'s TPI Hospitality purchased the 70-unit Pierview Hotel & Suites for $10.9 million.

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