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  • August 13, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Aug. 13 - Aug. 19

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2010
Fight goes on for Sarasota's Fishman

For the second time in two years, Sarasota entrepreneur Jordan Fishman has won courtroom vindication in a business case that has consumed his life since 2005.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2010
Obamacare IQ survey says...

Very few respondents to a Manatee Chamber of Commerce online survey seem to have much of a grasp of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2010
CoStar survey offers signs of hope

The industrial sector of the commercial real estate industry, desperate for any sliver of good news, can find some in a new survey.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2010
Plant City company not so public anymore

Investors wondering what has happened with Paradise Inc., a Plant City-based manufacturer of candied fruit and plastics, may have a difficult time getting answers.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2010
Another day, another order

Bank regulators are handing out enforcement orders like downtown meter maids issue parking tickets.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2010
Sabler's gig nets jazz CD

Many business people know Les Sabler as a senior property manager for EastGroup Properties Inc. in Tampa.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2010
Gov. Crist getting support

Gov. Crist is now favored in the race for Florida's U.S. Senate seat.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2010
THURSDAY'S CUP: No bad publicity? Saying may prove true

A mostly negative story in USA Today about the stalled recovery of the Fort Myers housing market had people wondering whether it might attract more buyers.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2010
Energy park gets clearance

Hillsborough County moves forward with an alternative energy proposal.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2010
Fraudster targets contractors

The U.S. Department of Transportation warns of recent fraud activity.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2010
Aug. 11: HCII, WAC, INV, OMEX

Homeowners Choice and Walter Inv. profit; Innovaro and Odyssey struggle.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2010
Housing sales soar, prices slip

Quarterly sales volumes and median prices were released by Florida Realtors.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2010
Fort Myers lands TZ Insurance

The company may receive nearly $600,000 in tax incentives to create jobs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2010
Medical practice embraces innovation

Paul Duck says his first six months as the new CEO for a Bradenton-based orthopedic and sports medicine practice has been geared toward altering opinions.

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