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Kitchen Sink Business owners with a varied portfolio — and a hefty investment in money and people behind it — seek some big wins. PAGE 10
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Florida has a pair of aces when it comes to the national Powerball lotter y game: The numbers are picked here, and the state is the luckiest in the nation. PAGE 6
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Pair of Lakewood Ranch companies find new use for h ig h-tech $135,0 0 0 machine by donating it to State College of Florida for workforce development. PAGE 7
Open-air shopping malls, which aim to draw in customers with experiences that go beyond retail, are i ncrea si ng ly becom i ng magnets for investors, too. PAGE 12
Westin Tampa Bay hotel sold for $43.36 million. 13 Global builder awarded $109 million hospital project in Polk County. 13
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Jerry Benstock spent some six decades tinkering with a nd lead i ng a Pi nel la s County uniform manufacturing company to national prominence. PAGE 3
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