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The price equated to $39,179 per acre.

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Real estate agent, investor buy Fountains Shopping Plaza for $2.1 million

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The tourism arm for the county received a Gold Adrian Award for its feature touting Sarasota as the Las Vegas for the Amish community.

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Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center buys Crystal Beach Plaza

The price equated to $205 per square foot.

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Jockeying for Radel's seat

Now that U.S. Rep. Trey Radel has checked himself into a rehab facility following his guilty plea of cocaine possession, some wonder how the freshman congressman from Fort Myers can govern effectively.

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A startup business competition partially backed financially by Shad Khan, owner of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, seeks companies for its spring 2014 program.

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Part-time Longboat Key resident Philip Kotler, considered one of the leaders of modern marketing, can add another title to his mantel.

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Tampa limousine firms announce merger

The Tampa-area companies plan to create a combined company called Ambassador Group of North America.

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Car-rental giant Hertz completed a $3.2 billion bond deal to finance its fleet.

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HMA sale OK after all

When Glenview Capital Management led a shareholder revolt to oust the board of Naples-based Health Management Associates, it questioned the board's deal to sell HMA to Community Health Systems for $7.6 billion.

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WellCare growing Medicaid services

By the first of the year, the Tampa company will provided its services in all but one county in the state.

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FDA approves Sarasota firm's dry-eye test

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