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  • May 31, 2016
Credit union names new top executive

Brian Best has been with the credit union since 2010.

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  • October 13, 2014
Shuttered bank signs $650K deal with regulators

No formal action taken against former LandMark Bank officers and directors.

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  • October 21, 2015
Florida foreclosure rates drops, still among the worst

One in every 186 units in Florida had a foreclosure filing in the third quarter.

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  • December 15, 2015
Business radio station cranks up debut

New station features local and national business radio hosts.

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  • August 5, 2015
Sarasota-Manatee area home prices rise 10%

The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton market is up 2.3% month-over-month.

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  • August 21, 2015
Airport traffic drops in July

Southwest Florida International Airport posted the first year-over-year monthly decline in passenger traffic in July in nearly two years.

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  • August 28, 2015
Housing remains on track

Recent concerns about an economic slowdown haven't hurt new-home construction in the Lee-Collier area.

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  • August 31, 2007
Corporate Report

Aerosonic Corp. acquires Oregon display firmGeneral Dynamics granted two more dealsProgress Energy Florida reports new energy peakGeoPharma plans stock buy-backInsignia Bank creates investment arm

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  • March 5, 2004
Search for the 'Right Customers'

Not all customers are created equal. Some are pushy and difficult. Choose ones you know you can satisfy.

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  • April 10, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Transactions Sarasota-Manatee

Wisconsin entrepreneur buys Helping Hands

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  • October 28, 2011
Clear Growth

Crystal Culbertson, co-owner of Crystal Clear Technologies, took 2006 off to rethink her firm's strategy. Unprecedented growth followed.

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  • March 8, 2013
Fresh Start

Mediation services are a fast-growing segment of the legal industry. An entrepreneurial husband-wife team seeks to capitalize on the trend with a focus on divorces.

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  • August 11, 2011
Conditioned for Success

Unscrupulous operators plague the air-conditioning contracting industry, but Theodore Etzel III is raising the bar. Revenues grew 35% last year.

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  • August 11, 2011
That's a Lot of Hot Dogs

Now that the NFL lockout is over, Ovations Food Services can go back to projecting $250 million in revenues for 2011.

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  • August 8, 2014
Purchasing Power

Donna Marks knows how to get the best deals on supplies and services. She learned from a billionaire nicknamed 'grave dancer.'

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  • February 26, 2016
Gear change

Dallas Council is the epitome of an accidental entrepreneur. But he's turned fortuitous opportunity into a growing enterprise.

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  • July 25, 2023
AeroVanti founder resigns CEO, chairman positions

New CEO Scott Hopes says the troubled private air service company has received a $2 million loan to help stabilize the business.

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  • February 15, 2013
Businesses don't pay taxes; consumers do

Business tax cuts and corporate-recruiting incentives will be prominent policy issues for the Legislature this year.

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  • June 24, 2023
Former Navy lieutenant, Cisco exec to oversee Tampa investment fund

SCP & CO intends to enhance its technology investments.

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  • December 19, 2012
Firms beat tax deadline with big payouts

At least four Gulf Coast companies joined a national trend in giving money back to shareholders in a move timed to beat massive potential tax increases in early 2013.

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