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The business of baseball can be brutal, as municipalities fight to win or keep a team for their town.

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Chicago-based DRW Real Estate Investments LLC purchased the 180-unit Windermere Apartments on Main Street for $10 million.

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Cheapskates rejoice: Tampa is the second most affordable place to rent a car in the country, behind only Orlando, tied with Fort Lauderdale and ahead of Las Vegas and San Diego.

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The burger restaurant franchise wants to add at least four restaurants in the metro area and more units statewide.

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Cancer firm postpones IPO

Turbulence in the financial markets forces Fort Myers-based 21st Century Oncology Holdings to postpone its $348 million initial public offering of stock.

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Churchgoers victimized in $3.8M Ponzi scheme

Sarasota financial adviser Gaeton Della Penna faces multiple fraud counts.

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Fort Myers living trusts buy Charlotte Harbor Apartments

The Donald J. Rechtzigel Irrevocable Trust and Donald J. and Jayne L. Rechtzigel Living Trust of Fort Myers purchased the 24-unit Charlotte Harbor Apartments for $1.5 million.

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Fort Myers airport traffic jumps

A late Easter helped boost April passenger traffic at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.

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RN Cancer Guides joins incubator

The Wesley Chapel-based oncology nursing services company received funding from the Pasco Economic Development Council. to help it grow.

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Sarasota home sales hit 10-year record

Total number of closed transactions in the county is the best since April 2004.

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The Cove apartments sell for $53 million

Chicago-based The Laramar Group and Philadelphia-based Lubert-Adler Partners LP purchased the 689-unit South Tampa apartment through an online auction.

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Aircraft parts firm names new CFO

Honeycomb Company of America adds a former MarineMax exec to its leadership team.

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Hertz earnings delayed

Hertz missed the deadline to file its first-quarter earnings because of accounting issues and will report results nearly one month late.

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ITZ Studios will film a television pilot in Naples and Fort Myers in June with a crew of 50 people.

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