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  • September 26, 2013
Coach pours some sugar

Hall of Fame football coach Joe Gibbs, in Sarasota recently to plug his book, “Game Plan for Life,” says adversity, in life and business, can really be a secret weapon for success.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
WellCare hires N.C. Medicaid director

Carol Steckel resigned her North Carolina position effective Oct. 11 to become WellCare's senior director of public policy.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Hospital firm reviews sale

Health Management Associates hires investment bankers to review the company's sale.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Exec scores new gig at microloan organization

Tim Dutton, who previously ran SCOPE, now heads up Suncoast Community Capital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Beware of faux press releases

The most basic public-relations tool could turn into a PR headache.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
Resident Techie: That computer's on fire! Oh No!

It's going to happen. You know it will. But still you put it off and now, disaster has struck. There's no telling what form it'll take. It could be everything from the more obviously sinister burglar or virus to that seemingly innocent (yet dastardly) glass of water. Or it could happen with a whimper, something as simple as a strange clicking noise that means your computer has become a giant paperweight.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
CFO-for-hire joins Tampa CPA firm

CFO Solutions Resource Inc. will merge with Hallmark CPA Group.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
Vitera paying $644 million for firm

The Tampa firm's parent company agrees to buy Georgia's Greenway Medical Technologies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
Lee commissioner faces prison time

Tammy Hall agrees to plead guilty to embezzling campaign money for personal expenditures.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
Startup picks up $500K

Chicago hedge fund manager Francis Wisniewski, who received national notoriety when he launched a high-end gym for extremely overweight people in 2011, has led a $500,000 investment into a Tampa technology startup.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2013
BlueGrace buys Baltimore firm

Riverview company acquires United States Transportation Consultants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2013
Mobile marketing firm to add 40 employees

MobileBits will also expand its Sarasota facility by 2,000 square feet.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2013
Sarasota votes on $1M economic development budget

County commission will consider the funds at an upcoming meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2013
Naples home prices jump 36%

The median price of an existing single-family home in Naples reached nearly $300,000 in August.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2013
Financing eludes many homebuilders

If you're in the market for a house, good luck finding a model home.

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