Right time to go flat: Former presidential candidate Steve Forbes spoke with Coffee Talk before giving his speech at the Wall Street Live Money Show at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota last week.Trash pick-up: The West Coast of Florida has attracted the attention of Houston-based waste-management company WCA Waste Corp. That's big news for the Sarasota-Manatee county market.Babcock deal windfall for lawyers, consultants: Six firms will reap $728,000 in fees from the sale of 74,000 acres of Babcock Ranch to the State of Florida. Morgan Stanley and West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson worked on the deal.ER guarantee war?: Coffee Talk reported last week that Sarasota Memorial Hospital plans to offer a 30-minute guarantee in its emergency room later this November.Fowler White jumps into Bonita Springs: Fowler White Boggs Banker, one of Florida's largest law firms, is making a push into fast-growing Bonita Springs in southern Lee County. It plans to open an office there by the end of the year.Heading North: It appears Equity One Inc., a North Miami Beach shopping center owner, sees much more potential for revenue growth in the northern part of the Tampa Bay area.
