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  Waste Pro exec is passionate about garbage

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  Is this firm too broke to fix homes?
  
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  Communities can learn from Venice, PBS says
  
• Drywall repair estimates for one house vary by $142,000
  
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  Bipartisan vote in Senate sends Obama jobs bill
  
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Grand Opening

• This week's books events (March 15)
  
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  Grand Openings: Adams Insurance, Sarasota Natural Health and others
  
• Feb. 28 Books events
  

Matt Sauer:
  The Edge

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  Bad news on the job front, but perseverance will pay off

• One business pushes back against effects of recession
• Online job ads drop nationally, but rise in Sarasota area

John Hielscher

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  Buyer of Flagship Bank has tapped a new manager

• IberiaBank loads up again to buy more failed banks
• Florida banks' big '09 losses began tapering off late last year

Aaron Kessler

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  Drywall evidence presents dilemma for Lennar Corp.

• New tools: foreclosure tours and smart-phone software
• D.R. Horton touts profits, but stays mum on drywall

Tom Bayles:
  In the House

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  Increasingly, generations are moving in together

• Realtors remain committed to international ventures
• A look at the housing market that may induce some chills

Jerry Chautin:
   Let's Talk Business

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  Working-capital loans made without collateral

• Women in business: like men in business?
• Now is a good time to shop for a business
• Single-purpose building usually hard to finance

Dr. Robert Stepleman:
   The Rational Investor

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  Done right, asset allocation still pays off for portfolios

• If investors ignore realities, it could be off with their heads
• Ways that income investors can develop smart portfolios

Featured columnists

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  jack mccabe

  Is bulk buying of assets dictating market prices?

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  sean snaith

  Democrats preparing to lay a big health care egg

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  eric basinger

  Money available to make staff more productive

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  kathy baylis

  Please be kind to tourists. At home they may be CEOs.

NY Times' David Pogue, on tech

• Multitouch not ready for the multitude
• Windows Live, er, lives -- and it's really pretty useful
• Buzz is Google's simply complex answer to Twitter
• Vudu wants you, too
• TECH: Get more camera for $300

Government records

• March 15: Transactions, foreclosures, etc.
  
• March 08: Transactions, foreclosures, etc.
  
• March 01: Transactions, foreclosures, etc.
  
• Feb. 22: Transactions, foreclosures, etc.
  
• Feb. 15: Transactions, foreclosures, etc.