Domino's founder backs Naples bank: Domino's Pizza founder and Catholic philanthropist Tom Monaghan is behind the formation of a new commercial bank in Naples called Gulf Coast Bank.Changesat RJ Bank?: The chief financial officer at Raymond James Financial Inc. recently disclosed a bit of the internal thinking at the firm regarding one of its best-performing subsidiaries.Manufacturing cell phone messages?: It put Coffee Talk off guard to see Peter Straw as the head of a non-manufacturing company, and one on in Tampa, no less. The Germans are coming: Coffee Talk knows German tourists love Southwest Florida. Apparently, so do investment bankers.Bye-Bye, Bill: Bill Theroux, executive director of the Bradenton Downtown Development Authority, hoped the major improvements to Manatee Avenue would prove a capstone to his time with the city.Brisk business: Pinellas County's Class A vacancy rate dropped to 12% by the end of 2005, yet the coastal county's average rental rate of $18.92 per square foot is still $2 less than Tampa, according to an analysis of the 2005 commercial real estate market by Randy Smith of GVA Advantis.
