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Owners of Miami Hospital Supply Firm to Buy Stake in Basketball Team.

By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 30--In a far-reaching business deal, the de Cespedes brothers, owners of a huge Miami hospital supply business, announced Thursday they're buying a large minority stake in the new Charlotte Bobcats basketball team while establishing a nationwide medical supply firm in partnership with Robert L. Johnson, majority owner of the Bobcats.

The brothers refused to put a dollar figure on the transaction for the National Basketball Association team, which begins play next fall, "but it

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