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Tampa-based managed health insurance giant WellCare's stock is one of the top performers in the region, with a price hovering around $120 a share.

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Site and underground utility work has begun at Gasparilla Island's Hill Tide Estates.

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Sarasota copy firm prints new owner

Sarasota-based Omega Office Systems had $3 million in sales last year.

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Landmark restaurant will be razed, replaced

Richard Gonzmart and the Columbia Restaurant Group bought Pattigeorge's over the summer.

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KW Property Management now manages residential communities in at least 35 upscale developments in Southwest Florida.

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Luxury community busts through $70M in sales

Quail West has processed 43 sales so far in 2016.

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Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group bought the Bay Harbor Best Western hotel in October 2015.

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Budge Huskey has spent some of his executive career in Florida.

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Florida beats New York and California when it comes to small business owners who believe less is more with government.

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