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  • September 8, 2011
Fort Myers foreclosures down

The area's foreclosure rate is down 16% from its peak level in January 2010.

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  • August 1, 2014
Start them up

A list of the top five service businesses to start based on sales growth contains one surprise: The architecture industry is back.

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  • March 23, 2018
British entrepreneur seeks to win over America with translation software

From a launch in Britain to now Southwest Florida, a tech entrepreneur has high hopes for his unique software firm.

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  • August 23, 2013
Cardinal Point Management, Halstatt buy Carillon Park's Echelon Pointe

The price equated to $172 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2024
Alabama, Pinellas Park men face prison in digital NFT scam

Federal authorities say the two men, one who was convicted and one who pleaded guilty, schemed to defraud investors.

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  • July 26, 2021
Home on the Gulf sells for record $10.5 million

Clearwater Beach house in exclusive community has views of both the Gulf of Mexico and the waters off Redfish Point sets sales record for 2021

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  • July 1, 2010
Florida offers tax amnesty

A new law allows tax delinquencies to be resolved without penalty until Sept. 30.

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  • October 21, 2022
Sarasota man behind $80M Ponzi scheme gets decades in prison

57-year-old convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and money laundering sentenced to federal prison for “insidious scheme.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 13, 2025
50-acre mixed-use project in Lakewood Ranch nearly complete

CASTO executive Brett Hutchens anticipates the development will have its final grand openings in March.

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  • February 6, 2023
Well-known wine festival draws in nearly $26 million

The Naples Winter Wine Festival set a record in its 23rd year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 19, 2010
Lincare earns $45.5M in profits

The company's performance represents a 26% increase in net income.

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  • May 8, 2012
Nadel victims to get $26M

The payments mark the first time in the case that victims will get back money.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 13, 2024
Pasco brewery takes over, reinvents Big Storm Brewing space

Editor's note: This week's News & Notes column is shorter than normal due to Hurricane Milton.

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  • January 13, 2006
VCs Rise Again

Alternative investors are returning to venture capital firms, which have been losing out to hedge funds and private equity shops since the tech bust.

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  • January 6, 2025
Fort Myers land company shutters citrus production, cuts 170 jobs

Alico Inc. is closing its citrus division after more than a decade of declines due to storms and greening.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 20, 2025
Florida rises in national rankings for electric vehicle sales

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation report found Florida has the second-biggest market share gain in buying EVs.

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  • July 16, 2015
Florida real estate sales: All about the Benjamins

The Sunshine State is a national leader in real estate sales paid in cash.

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  • June 17, 2021
Ronto Group adds to Lido Beach site

Naples firm Ronto Group buys Coquina on the Beach hotel as part of a plan to develop a five-star, hotel-branded condominium on Sarasota's Lido Beach.

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  • September 11, 2023
Parrish, Lakewood Ranch home communities near sellout

According to Neal Communities' website, there are five homes still for sale between the Silverleaf and Indigo neighborhoods.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 22, 2012
New law firm comes to Tampa

Miami law firm Farrell & Patel opens Ybor City location.

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