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Port Dolphin Energy signs with Port

The Manatee County Port Authority has approved a long-term $30 million agreement with Port Dolphin Energy LLC for it to lease 35 acres at the port and additional property for its pipeline.

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Family partnership buys Regency Palms, Oasis

SME Apartments LLC and EM Apartments LLC, led by Tampa's Elvis Ramon, purchased the final judgments of foreclosure and have taken title to the Regency Palms Apartments and Oasis Apartments from Sovereign Bank.

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Morton Plant hospital develops new campus

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital has completed its new Starkey Medical Tower and its Medical Arts Building.

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Gloomy outlook for lawsuit abuse

The lawsuit climate for businesses in Florida is in the bottom fifth of the country, according to a new survey.

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Bank staging an encore in Florida

Contrary to recent news reports, Thomas Ray wants you and his sister to know he isn't leaving Florida.

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Reading tourism tea leaves

Airport passenger traffic are the tea leaves of the tourism business and February was a bad month.

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Pianalto is no Tony Robbins

Sandra Pianalto told a group of executives in Bonita Springs that there remain significant headwinds to an economic recovery.

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Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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  • March 24, 2010
Lee commissioner wannabees form long line

It's no surprise that 23 county commissioner wannabees have applied to Gov. Charlie Crist for an interim appointment to fill a seat on the commission.

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First Watch will add locations

Bradenton-based breakfast-brunch-lunch chain First Watch will soon open five new locations in Central Florida.

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Homebuilder brings on another pro

For the third time in the past year, Pat Neal, one of the most active homebuilders on the Gulf Coast, has a hired away a top executive from another company.

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Battle for grocery dollars

Two large companies are betting that Bradenton consumers are hungry for grocery alternatives.

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GunnAllen Financial closes

Regulators have shut down Tampa-based GunnAllen Financial Inc. after the company failed to come up with enough capital over the weekend to continue operations.

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  • March 19, 2010
Hoffman house auction canceled due to buyers

Al Hoffman, the Florida developer who built WCI Communities and later became U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, canceled the March 13 auction for his Fort Myers mansion because he received strong offers in the days leading up to the event, his auctioneer says.

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