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Florida bucks trend in home sales

While most major news outlets have been reporting a 2.7% decline in existing home sales nationwide, the state of Florida is instead enjoying sales growth.

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Veterinary Group buys Sarasota Animal Hospital

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Planning panel has perfect timing

Sometimes an industry panel discussion is perfectly timed with the news of the day.

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Multiplex Makeover

Cookie-cutter multiplex movie theaters promise long lines, rowdy teenagers and unappetizing junk food. Venezuela-based Silverspot Cinema is launching its first U.S. venture in Naples that promises to change that business model.

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Waiting room

Medical-office space, a commercial real estate niche once considered immune from economic shocks, is feeling this downturn and the uncertainty of Obamacare. Medical specialties continue to grow, however.

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Local entrepreneur wins another award

The Review's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is getting some statewide recognition.

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  • September 22, 2009
Orion bank under more scrutiny

Naples-based Orion bank, the second-largest bank on the Gulf Coast in terms of assets, has agreed to a cease and desist order with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation.

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Unemployment numbers stabilize

The unemployment rate for the state of Florida has leveled off at 10.7% for August 2009, almost unchanged from last month's 10.8%, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation.

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Entrepreneur: It's not your bank's fault

Piero Rivolta has had a unique perch from which to watch the current financial troubles.

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  • September 17, 2009
Survive to Win

Lee County has been at the epicenter of the residential real estate bust and the ranks of homebuilders there have been decimated. But the survivors will benefit from the eventual rebound.

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Taking Stock

Unlike some of its competitors, Naples-based Stock Development appears to have escaped the worst of the residential-construction downturn. But from now on it will let others bear the risk of owning land.

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Survey: government cuts, more jobs

The amount of Sarasota County residents who rate the county's quality-of-life as either excellent or good is a robust 89% — and a 3% increase over people who responded that way last year.

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'Millenials' in the workplace

Listen up, Millenial generation. Hunter Lott thinks he's got you figured out

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Sarasota doctor goes with flat fee

For several decades, Sarasota internist Dr. Randy Silverstine ran his own solo medical practice, but that ended last November when he says rising costs convinced him to join a group-run practice.

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