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  • January 13, 2012
Tampa firm makes marathon app

Haneke Design will create a mobile app for the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2012
Smith & Assoc. opens in St. Pete

Smith & Associates Real Estate will move 50 agents to St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2012
Mayor chases downtown Fort Myers hotel

Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson told a group of real estate executives that he's working hard to bring a new hotel downtown.

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  • George Rauch
  • January 13, 2012
Continuous stagnation

Capital goods purchases by businesses continue to improve. That's good. Orders for consumer goods, however, remain flat.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2012
Gulf Coast Week: Jan. 13

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2012
Corporate Report: Jan. 13

The latest from Yippy, Sun Hydraulics, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Survey says: Worries are widespread

Turns out entrepreneurs and executives have some company in one of their greatest worries about the 2012 economy: The fear of uncertainty.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Entrepreneur aims for another successful year

Gulf Coast homebuilder Pat Neal will be in good shape if his 2012 resolution is to have more of the same from 2011.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Chomp to success, one store at a time

Steve Martin keeps opening more Tijuana Flats restaurants on the Gulf Coast, yet the question of why he has launched another business in a recession keeps dogging him.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Power talks

With the winter snowbird season in full swing, the Gulf Coast will get its share of important speakers.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Grossman stars on Bloomberg TV

Mindy Grossman has served as CEO of HSN Inc. since 2008. The Mentor, a show on Bloomberg Television, took her from behind the desk to in front of the camera to tutor Kelly Delaney on running her small business.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Rental properties show promise in Tampa Bay

Real estate investment has been a sore subject for Tampa Bay, but a recent study shows the opportunity is in rentals.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Award winner has mixed record

One of the most partisan, outspoken and liberal members of Congress, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, now has quite the ironic trophy to hang on her mantle: pro-business champion.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Medallion's record year: $43M

The Bradenton builder closed on 142 new homes in 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2012
Tampa's Pointe sells for $47M

Parkway Properties bought the Rocky Pointe Island waterfront office property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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