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Maryland doctor develops Sanibel complex

Maryland gastroenterologist James Frizzell purchased 2.23 acres on Tarpon Bay Road near Periwinkle Way for $1.5 million.

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Cambridge affiliate buys 18 residential units

Del Ray Condominium Properties LLC, a company affiliated with Naples property management company Cambridge Management of Southwest Florida, purchased 18 units in six condominium developments in Lee and Collier counties for $1.2 million.

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Venice Christian School has filed a site plan for the first of a three-phase expansion project.

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Firm shifts strategy, changes name

Fawley Bryant Architects, one of the leading architecture firms in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, has dropped the word architecture from its name.

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If you follow the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce on Twitter, you may have noticed the tweet posted by the organization last week: How to start a small business in #Tampa. And then a link to a page on the City of Tampa's website, claiming that, “starting a small business in Tampa is as easy as 1-2-3.”

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Meaning of being a local contractor

The cheerleading brigade was in full-force at the inaugural lunch meeting of the Manatee Tiger Bay Club, where a four-man panel debated this question: Does Manatee County Mean Business?

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November Index of Retail Activity

Declines in the retail index in all areas of the Gulf Coast were smaller than the statewide drop of -3.7%. In areas such as Sarasota, Naples and Punta Gorda, the annual-percentage declines in the index were less steep than in previous months.

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Adler Group moves into Naples market

The downturn in the commercial real estate market on the Gulf Coast is attracting more outside investors looking for opportunities.

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Venture capital drought continues

If you're having a rough time finding venture capital, you're not alone.

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Alleged bank fraud and politics mix

As if banks don't have enough trouble, now Bank of America, and possibly other financial institutions that may have misled Florida's pension fund, may come under investigation by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, the leading Republican candidate for governor.

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He who holds the elevator power

Not unlike the ups and downs of a building elevator are political polls such as the two recent ones now showing U.S. Senate candidate and former House Speaker Marco Rubio taking over the lead from fellow Republican opponent Gov. Charlie Crist.

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Technology firm finds the going is actually OK

The recession has actually been good — relatively speaking — to Joe Brachle, founder of CSI Networks, an IT and Web development firm.

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Inflation or deflation? You make the pick

Everyone seems worried about inflation. There's good reason to be concerned because the federal government is pumping billions of dollars into the system even as the economy recovers.

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Gulf Coasters make UGA's Bulldog 100

It has to have been a tough few years for Georgia football fans living on the Gulf Coast of Florida, ever since that quarterback landed in Gainesville.

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Diplomat stays mostly diplomatic in speech

When former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a speech in Sarasota recently, she never uttered the name Barack Obama, save for a one reference to “our current president.”

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