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April 6, 2007

'Capitalism at Its Finest'

Small- and medium-size companies are benefiting from increased competition among Tampa Bay area banks for their business now that the housing market has slowed.

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April 6, 2007

Lending Lessons

Loan loss reserve portfolios are increasing up and down the Gulf Coast, and for good reason: Banks don't want to be left without a seat when the real estate music stops.

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April 6, 2007

Regional Expansion

Regions Financial is focused on merging with AmSouth Bancorporation, but expect the bank to grow aggressively in Southwest Florida when that's done.

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April 6, 2007

Rising interest rates boosted income at Bank of Tampa, which had as much as 36% of its deposits in checking accounts in 2006. As for real estate loans, the bank has a lower percentage than other community banks.

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April 6, 2007

Free to Grow?

There's no such thing as quiet expansion in the heavily regulated - and highly competitive - Gulf Coast banking industry.

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April 6, 2007

The Big Picture

Jerry Pearson, Florida chief investment officer at Fifth Third Bank Investment Advisors, considers the broad economic themes before making his investment picks. It might make you think differently about your portfolio.

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April 6, 2007

Affordable housing comes with strings

Developer asks city of Sarasota to partially fund affordable housing units. At the top end, he is asking for $250,000 in tax increment financing for each unit to be built.

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April 6, 2007

Young Quest

Two twenty-somethings are building a medical-manufacturing business. They aim to build it slowly to avoid costly mistakes.

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March 30, 2007

The Buying Experience

Making the car-buying process easier for buyers and sellers sounds like an impossible dream. But a pair of marketing gurus is doing it anyway, creating a profitable business in the process.

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March 30, 2007

The anchor holds

A boat repairman mortgages his home to pay the patent costs on an anchor designed to replace the same old style that has been around for centuries. Hunter Anchors might be coming to a store near you soon.

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March 30, 2007

Painful Pullback

Cutting employees will never be pleasant. But take it from a CEO who did it twice in eight months: Be prepared.

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March 30, 2007

Nice on the Ice

NHL hockey coach learned to supervise with positives and yelling moments that were few and strategic.

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March 30, 2007

Get the best to Trump the Slump

Only 45 of the 246 units at Signature Place remain available. One of the two largest penthouses, a three-level luxurious unit, sold for $3.6 million to a rock star. The developer owns the other.

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March 30, 2007

Wheelin' and Dealin'

Buying and selling foreclosed properties is the Next Big Thing in real estate. Cash and knowledge - along with a risk-adverse stomach - are essential to doing it right.

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March 30, 2007

Spec's Return

Developers are building speculative office and industrial buildings along the Gulf Coast as vacancy rates drop and rents rise. Overbuilding isn't a problem so far, brokers say.

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'Capitalism at Its Finest'

Lending Lessons

Regional Expansion

'Best Year Ever'

Free to Grow?

The Big Picture

Affordable housing comes with strings

Young Quest

The Buying Experience

The anchor holds

Painful Pullback

Nice on the Ice

Get the best to Trump the Slump

Wheelin' and Dealin'

Spec's Return

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From restaurant CEOs to a golf course owner: March on 'From the Corner Office'

2026 top 50 contractors zoom past $10B in annual revenue

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