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Adam Hughes
June 9, 2006

Market Shift

The theme of a recent meeting of the Urban Land Institute in Southwest Florida says it all: 'How Low Can You Go?' Pretty low, it turns out.

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Adam Hughes
June 9, 2006

Reduced Risk

Utilizing a niche in the market, a pair of Sarasota money managers has discovered a way to invest without obsessing over the daily Wall Street news barrage.

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Adam Hughes
June 9, 2006

Shopping Mecca

The area between Fort Myers and Naples is no longer a no-man's land. Developers are planning enough shops, offices and warehouses that would fill 263 football fields.

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Adam Hughes
June 9, 2006

Executive Session: Tricia Fulton

The Review sat down with the CFO of Sun Hydraulics

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Adam Hughes
June 9, 2006

Don't need an IT guy?

An intimate gathering of small business owners hears why consultants might be better than the old hope-for-the best theory when it comes to computers.

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Adam Hughes
June 2, 2006

Risk Killers

Finergy Development's Enzo Gagliardi seeks to eliminate doubts in an unstable market. His mantra: Be patient.

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Adam Hughes
June 2, 2006

'Mark of the Beast'

A former telecom investment banker and a techie with an eye for good finds prove that buying stuff on the cheap isn't always bad business.

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Adam Hughes
June 2, 2006

For the Love of Boats

The Eggebrecht family's passion for fishing and boating sparked the idea for a custom boat building business that focuses on Panga-style crafts known for their fuel efficiency and shallow draft.

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Adam Hughes
June 2, 2006

Bright Future

Two solar energy equipment distributors have survived lean times. They hope their resilience will be rewarded.

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Adam Hughes
June 2, 2006

Hooked on Florida

Window-maker PGT became a $333-million revenue company by riding the post-Hurricane Andrew construction changes. It wants to go public to pay down more than $350 million in long-term debt.

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Adam Hughes
May 29, 2006

Come Sail Away

Few lenders were willing to fund a new business designed to sell art via a yacht docking in wealthy cities. Support ultimately came when the company known for bulldozers and cranes climbed aboard.

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Adam Hughes
May 29, 2006

'Passion brings focus'

Fort Myers CPA Gail Markham built one of the largest firms in Southwest Florida. In the process, she has seenhow startups succeed and fail.

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Adam Hughes
May 29, 2006

Generation Flap

Corporate America values younger workers because they are more flexible than Baby Boomers who don't deal with upheaval like they used to.

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Adam Hughes
May 29, 2006

The Old & the Rested

An economist who studied the Tampa Bay area's appeal to 'the young and the restless' thinks the region could bring in more retiring Boomers.

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Adam Hughes
May 29, 2006

Immigration vs. Florida's Economy

Florida has recorded the third-biggest immigration wave in the country since 2000. The economic effects are mostly positive - especially if the immigrants are educated and highly trained; less positive when they're not.

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Market Shift

Reduced Risk

Shopping Mecca

Executive Session: Tricia Fulton

Don't need an IT guy?

Risk Killers

'Mark of the Beast'

For the Love of Boats

Bright Future

Hooked on Florida

Come Sail Away

'Passion brings focus'

Generation Flap

The Old & the Rested

Immigration vs. Florida's Economy

Englewood roofing company to lay off 65 workers

After nearly $39M land deal, Parrish residential project begins selling homes

Orlando investor pays $2.6 million for Manatee building

Sarasota Square developer pre-leases 88% of initial commercial space

Largo industrial buildings sell for $23.5 million

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