Hamburgers and postcards: What does the founder of a direct mail company and an executive of a fast-food hamburger company have in common?A magnet for Florida market: Salt Lake City-based MagnetBank wants to loan money to businesses in the Sunshine State.Building material costs still rising: Builders and consumers better get to used to steadily higher materials costs, according to Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America. New Old Harbor raising capital for growth: A 3-year-old Clearwater bank that broke even for the first time in 2005 hopes to close at the end of this month on a public stock offering.Lee County schools foundation chief resigns: Darlene Ann Grossman recently resigned from the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools after building it into one of the county's leading charitable organizations.Commercial market still going strong: The National Association of Realtors in its latest Commercial Real Estate Outlook is predicting an improving commercial real estate market nationally at least through the end of the year.Special interests plague Babcock Ranch deal: West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson says special interest groups deluged him when a bill for the state to purchase 74,000 acres of Babcock Ranch was passed on the final day of the legislative session.
