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Park Tower: Outstanding Building of the Year

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Tampa Bay recognized the downtown high-rise following energy efficiency upgrades.

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Punta Gorda airport traffic spikes

Punta Gorda Airport more than doubled passenger traffic in January as Allegiant Air boosted service.

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Trust firm assets rise 25% to $700M

Caldwell Trust Co. also plans to move into a new headquarters in Venice in 2014.

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Hizzoner goes back to the future

James Humphrey, the mayor of Fort Myers who guided the city's downtown redevelopment during the real estate boom, is back with the partners of a law firm he founded in 1982.

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10-month-old co. buys 93-year-old factory

That's right, Harry's, an online shaving retailer that focuses on “a great shave, at a fair price,” bought Feintechnik, a company that has been manufacturing razors since 1920.

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WellCare names new CIO

The Tampa-based managed-care company has appointed a former FairPoint Communications executive as its chief information officer.

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Facebook hits the ripe old age of 10

Facebook turned 10 on Feb. 4. Who knew the social media site would last this long? And it doesn't seem to be slowing down.

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Heart, stroke care lauded at Sarasota hospital

Sarasota Memorial earned Joint Commission recertification for two programs.

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  • February 10, 2014
Passwords or 'pain' words

I'll let you in on a little IT humor. We techies are a wild and crazy bunch, so be warned. Picture the scene, your friendly neighborhood computer consultant — think Brad Pitt in glasses — is typing away feverishly on a user's computer when he suddenly turns — his muscles rippling and his flowing blond locks cascading in a wave off his neck — to ask, “Okay, what's your password?”

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  • February 10, 2014
Oncology company names president

21st Century Oncology names Bryan Carey president. Daniel Dosoretz remains CEO.

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  • February 10, 2014
Firm accounts for expansion strategy

One of the largest and most established tax and accounting firms in Sarasota-Bradenton, Kerkering, Barberio & Co., has taken a shot at expansion in a bigger market: Tampa.

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Construction jobs up in Tampa, Sarasota

Report shows a drop in building industry employment in Cape Coral-Fort Myers.

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Carillon apartment sells for $45.8 million

TA Associates Realty purchased the 334-unit Promenade at Carillon in St. Petersburg.

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Report shows a drop in building industry employment in Cape Coral-Fort Myers.

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Harvest delays plague grower

Agriculture giant Alico reported a quarterly loss as it delayed the citrus harvest.

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