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  • October 25, 2011
1st United acquires Anderen

Old Harbor Bank's acquirer makes another Gulf Coast banking deal.

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  • August 10, 2011
Alico quarterly profits triple

The land management firm earned $6 million in its most recent quarter.

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  • May 9, 2017
Airport announces April increase

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport served 181,649 passengers in April.

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  • November 21, 2014
Algenol is hot

Algae fuel company Algenol is the third-hottest company in the field of bioenergy.

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  • November 18, 2011
What a Deal

A trio of entrepreneurs in Naples launched BlocDeals a year ago as a local alternative to Groupon, the successful daily deal website. Their pitch: The money stays here.

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  • October 20, 2024
SWFL health center pays $15.5 million for new Fort Myers HQ

The pair of Colonial Boulevard buildings were previously owned by Tampa REIT Sila Realty Trust.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 9, 2024
50-year-old Pinellas County health care group closing, cutting 245 jobs

Florida Blue-affiliated Diagnostic Clinic Medical Group has notified the state, patients and employees that it is closing its three offices and will cease operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 15, 2020
Travis Ray, 35

Dapper Bowtique, owner; Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, associate managing director

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  • January 8, 2016
The Big Brand Theory

What does the future of marketing hold?

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  • August 16, 2012
John Wooden's lessons get local treatment

Bradenton-based IMG Academies heads straight to the top for its latest leadership development initiative: John Wooden.

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  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Create a successful succession plan

A fundamental element for strong succession, says Sarasota business attorney Jo Ann Koontz, is to plan for it, early and often.

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  • June 8, 2022
160 more build-to-rent homes coming to Fort Myers

Developers to start construction on a second build-to-rent community within The Forum later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 20, 2024
Downtown Sarasota bank building sells for $5.75 million

The Fruitville Road building is the site of a new Chase bank branch that will consolidate two branches across from the Aster & Links project currently under construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 23, 2017
She's Got Mail

Shannon Kirsten Couch didn't set out to take the stationery world by storm. But now her designs are spreading quickly across the industry.

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  • August 12, 2016
Stem sell

What if an entrepreneur sells his company but doesn't really leave? Two self-assured businessmen tackle that atypical challenge.

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  • July 10, 2023
Report: Florida is the luckiest state in the US for Powerball tickets

The Sunshine State is nearing $3 billion in total money won in the national game since 2003.

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  • August 20, 2022
Organization connected to luxury Naples developer buys Sarasota condos for $9.4M

An LLC with ties to The Ronto Group has purchased almost 20 units in three adjacent buildings.

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  • August 13, 2013
Bed bugs and Hollywood

Being lost at sea wasn't a concern for the six entrepreneurs who appeared in the Bravo show “Below Deck.”

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  • August 3, 2012
Sinus-clearing firm all clogged up, again

A once-promising homeopathic nasal spray company with a popular product — but a troubled past — faces difficult times once again.

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  • March 19, 2021
General Services buys Nokomis apartments

General Services Corp.'s $64 million purchase of Treviso Grand represents the latest in a flurry of Gulf Coast deals by the Virginia firm since mid-2017.

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