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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • September 16, 2010
Gulf Coast Signs buys competitor

The Sarasota firm purchased Fort Myers-based Images Graphics Specialties.

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  • September 15, 2010
Next-Mark opens new office

The Sarasota marketing firm will work from the city's downtown area.

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  • September 14, 2010
New director for restaurant group

Kate Atkin will lead the Sarasota-Manatee Originals as executive director.

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  • September 13, 2010
Bradenton raises property taxes

City hopes a 15% hike helps revenues, despite decreased property values.

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  • September 13, 2010
Horizon Bank fails

The Florida Office of Financial Regulation shut down the Bradenton-based bank.

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  • September 10, 2010
D.R. Horton buys lots in Palmer Oaks

Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. purchased 15 lots in Palmer Oaks for $800,000.

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  • September 10, 2010
Asset management firm buys Longboat Chamber building

Sarasota-based PFG Asset Management purchased the 4,756-square-foot Longboat Key, Lido Key and St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce building for $533,900.

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  • September 7, 2010
Community moves branch

With $20 million loaned this year, the bank's business in Tampa is expanding.

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  • September 3, 2010
TV studio in Lakewood Ranch

Officials say an unnamed production business could create 117 jobs.

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  • September 3, 2010
The Furniture Warehouse buys land for fifth store

The Furniture Warehouse purchased 1.88 acres of vacant land near the Ellenton Prime Outlets for $1 million.

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  • August 27, 2010
Urban Trust enters Sarasota

The Lake Mary bank expanded its mortgage services earlier this month.

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  • August 27, 2010
Insurance firm buys First State Bank building

The Stanley Dean Insurance Agency Inc. purchased the 6,292-square-foot First State Bank building for $850,000.

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  • August 27, 2010
ValleyCrest Landscaping buys Sarasota warehouse

A California-based national landscaping company purchased a 16,200-square-foot warehouse in the Centre Park Industrial Subdivision for $1.45 million.

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  • August 20, 2010
Unemployment rises in July

Gulf Coast jobless rates are up from last month, as well as this time last year.

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  • August 20, 2010
North Port executive buys Center

Retirement home operator Zia Butt purchased the Pan American Professional Center for $2.5 million.

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