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  • January 12, 2015
Clearwater Chamber hires Johnson Pope COO

Carol Hague will become president and CEO of the organization, replacing the retiring Bob Clifford.

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  • January 12, 2015
Pharmacists sentenced to prison

A federal judge sentenced a pharmacy owner and manager to prison for money laundering and unlawful drug distribution.

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  • January 12, 2015
Embezzler sentenced to five years

Palmetto woman also ordered to pay $651,300 in restitution and forfeit $745,000.

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  • January 9, 2015
Local drug maker forms clinical panel

Intezyne Technologies created the group to help it build studies for its cancer treatments.

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  • January 9, 2015
Bradenton tech firm bites into new CEO

Ryan Brown has run sales and marketing at xByte Technologies for five years.

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  • January 9, 2015
Interstate 75 scammer sentenced

A federal judge sentenced a Punta Gorda man to nine years in prison for wire fraud and to forfeit $5.7 million to victims of an Interstate 75 road-construction scam.

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  • January 9, 2015
GreenPointe Communities buys Quay land for future development

GreenPointe Communities, a subsidiary of GreenPointe Holdings, purchased the 14.54-acre former Sarasota Quay land for $27 million.

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  • January 9, 2015
Live it and love it at the mall

The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota, which opened in October, is the test site for a new personalized smartphone shopping app with unique indoor navigation technology.

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  • January 9, 2015
Law society fetes Supreme

Naples is a must-stop area on the speaker circuit at this time of year, and one of the hottest tickets in town is sure to be this one.

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  • January 9, 2015
Tampa Electric buys lumberyard for Channelside land clean up

Tampa Electric Co. purchased a 1.63-acre lumberyard east of Channelside Drive and north of Adamo Drive for $6 million.

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  • January 9, 2015
Wine fest goes virtual

Ever since the Naples Winter Wine Festival launched in 2001, it's been a super-exclusive event for guests only.

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  • January 9, 2015
Joe Redner Sr.-led company buys Sears Parts & Repair Center building

A company owned by businessman and strip club owner Joe Redner Sr. purchased the 23,914-square-foot former Sears Parts & Repair Center building for $1.13 million.

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  • January 9, 2015
Welcome to the village

The Gulf Coast's newest town is about to be born, and it's in one of the hottest development areas of the Gulf Coast.

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  • January 9, 2015
Seeking a real good location

The people behind the Columbia Restaurant chain, moving forward on a mission to restore the Goody Goody brand in Tampa, have taken to Facebook for help in a big part of the project: site location.

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  • January 9, 2015
Stock Development buys Estero Crossing land

Naples-based Stock Development purchased 42.97 acres of vacant Estero land for $5.81 million.

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