April 25, 2024

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Fort Myers --First Independence Bank agreed to merge its three Lee County banks, with $74 million in assets, into Montgomery, Ala.-based Colonial BancGroup's (NYSE-CNB) subsidiary, Colonial Bank. Colonial BancGroup operates... Read more »
Published on 7/1/1997

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Clearwater --Kaydon Corp. (NYSE-KDN) agreed to acquire hydraulic cylinder maker and distributor Great Bend Industries of Great Bend, Kansas, for approximately $22 million. Kaydon makes custom-engineered products for the medical,... Read more »
Published on 6/1/1997

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Bradenton --- NovaCare bought two Bradenton professional employee organizations, Employee Services of America, which employs 9,000, and Prostaff Human Resources with 400 employees. Pennsylvania-based NovaCare is the country's second-largest provider... Read more »
Published on 4/1/1997

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Clearwater Software developer Information Management Resources Inc. acquired transitional outsourcing software company Link Group Holdings Ltd. of the U.K. for about $5.5 million in cash and stock. Ellenton Gulf Coast... Read more »
Published on 3/1/1997

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Fort Myers --Clear Channel radio will buy three radio stations, two FM stations in Fort Myers and one AM station in Port Charlotte, from Connecticut-based Osborn Communications for approximately $11... Read more »
Published on 2/1/1997

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Tampa Bay A federal bankruptcy court judge approved a reorganization plan for Geonex, the St. Petersburg map and chart manufacturer. The company is emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after only... Read more »
Published on 2/1/1996

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