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The banking industry, preparing for new Financial Accounting Standards Board rules coming late this year, crystallizes a conundrum many business face: the danger of too few people who know what to do.

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The median price of an existing single-family home in Lee County rose 12% in February, even as sales fell and the number of listings rose.

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  • March 22, 2016
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