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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2009
Hedging the health care bill

If you don't think national politics have an impact locally, consider a call Jay Crandall received recently.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2009
Another bank a victim of economy

The scramble for capital playing out inside the boardroom of TIB in Naples (see item above) is becoming a common occurrence on the Gulf Coast these days.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2009
The battle for capital continues for banks

The quest for additional bank capital continues apace on the Gulf Coast, with TIB Financial the latest to announce plans to raise more money.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2009
Commissioner's claims thinning out

State Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty's claims of new capital propping up the property insurance market are again being called out — and this time some powerful people in the state are taking notice.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2009
Trust buys Costa Del Sol Apartments

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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2009
Teknor buys Chem Polymer buildings

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  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2009
Minnesota bank steps out of the cold

Community bankers in Sarasota are abuzz over the latest competitor to the join the trenches, this one via a government-forced ousting of two other institutions.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2009
Cash for hair offer, if you need some hair

It turns out that clunkers aren't just parked in the driveway. Sometimes, they're sitting on your head.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2009
Duette landfill project moves along

MVP Corvus Development Partners has received approval to build a landfill.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2009
Lost Kangaroo Pub owner buys Hardin, Palmer buildings moving

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  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2009
Lake Mary couple buys City Crossings

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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2009
Chico's sales, same-store up

Lower consumer spending isn't holding back Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS Inc. from showing signs of a turnaround.

  • News
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 6, 2009
Back Flip

The flippers are back. Speculators have returned in droves to the Cape Coral-Fort Myers residential market, snapping up foreclosed homes at below-replacement costs and quickly selling them for more. Existing single-family home sales jumped 137% in June. Is this 2005 all over again?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 6, 2009
Fourth Estate Fight

A commercial real estate firm faced a recent business crisis with a head-on, albeit risky, approach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 4, 2009
The key language: No geek speak

Yvonne Graber, 56, was a successful garment district executive who went back to school and made a late career change to computer tech support.

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