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Tax fraudster gets three years in prison

Rhonda Yvette Brooks submitted fraudulent tax returns thorough Turbo Tax.

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Doctor group buys Manatee County land for expansion

Intercoastal Medical Group will move to a new Lakewood Ranch location.

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Firm launches biotech entrepreneurship program

Algenol Biofuels scientists will teach students at FGCU.

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Blast from the past in real estate

News snippets nationwide have documented the recent housing market surge and one recent source, in a front page Wall Street Journal story, is a familiar voice to the Gulf Coast: Budge Huskey, a top Florida executive for NRT and Coldwell Banker, based in Sarasota, in the early and mid-2000s.

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St. Petersburg's Heritage Insurance buys Clearwater AmeriLife buildings

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Builder WCI Communities purchases Sarasota National

The price equated to $20,217 per acre.

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