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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • December 9, 2011
Teriyaki Experience owner buys Golden Gate apartment

A company led by Canadian businessman Lou Donato purchased the four-unit Outrigger Apartments building on Golden Gate Point for $1.05 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • George Rauch
  • December 9, 2011
Dollars and no sense = indebted mess

It will take a balanced budget and government debt reduction to save the economy. Until then, hard assets are your best bet.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 9, 2011
Scot Success

Spouses Malcolm and Karen Ronney opened MacAllisters in 2006. It was one of the first businesses on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Chico's gets $3.2M to grow HQ

State and local governments approved incentives to help the retailer grow.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Manatee EDC retains Hillstrom

Sharon Hillstrom, the EDC's executive director, has her interim status removed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
MagneGas producing in Mich.

The fuel producer tacks on another market for the sale of its unique product.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Brown stays on FDIC committee

Insignia Bank CEO Charles Brown will serve a third year on the committee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • December 9, 2011
Condo Restart

Tarpon Point in Cape Coral was the crown jewel in a $340 million foreclosure case against the developer. The bankers tapped John Rymer to fix the mess.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Boom times again for Lee-Collier?

Homebuilders are bidding against each other for lots and land in Lee and Collier counties, one of the most famously overbuilt areas of the country.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 9

Regional business news at a glance.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Art maven paints area ripe for comeback

New York art show entrepreneur Richard Rothbard is confident the slumping art industry is inching toward a rebound, with the Sarasota-Bradenton region at the front.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Connie Mack declares on national TV

When Connie Mack officially declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Florida Democrat Bill Nelson, he didn't do it in his hometown of Fort Myers.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
'Chain gang' helps rejuvenate a region

The chain-based retail sector in mid-Sarasota County, left for dead in the recession, is showing some life.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Ft. Myers foreclosures subside

While foreclosures increase statewide, Fort Myers-Cape Coral improves.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2011
Morsanis donate $20M to USF

The University of South Florida will rename its medical school to honor them.

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