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Adam Hughes
January 6, 2006

Rebuilding Momentum

Hillsboro Printing Co. CEO Dick Lange plans to triple revenue to $30 million in two years in the competitive, changing printing industry, looking for tuck-in''acquisitions.

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Adam Hughes
January 6, 2006

Mr. Channelside

A Miami native who has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Buffalo is creating a buzz as the unofficial spokesman for Tampa's Channel District.

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Adam Hughes
January 6, 2006

Stand Up Guy

Northern Trust economist Robert G. Dederick uses humor to make his predictions about 2006.

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Adam Hughes
January 6, 2006

A National Trust

Tampa's Members Trust Co. is expanding across the country, helping credit unions to offer trust services. Florida's bankers are not amused.

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Adam Hughes
December 30, 2005

'Leap of Faith'

Does your company need an IT guy? Don't hire one. Vertical IT Solutions Andrew Cohen has a different approach: Fix them before they break.

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Adam Hughes
December 30, 2005

30-Year Plan

Ricardo Espino was all set to be his own boss. Then he got an offer he couldn't refuse. In a year and a half, Universal Insurance's premiums have topped $130 million a year.

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Adam Hughes
December 30, 2005

Executive Session: Heidi Colgate-Tamblyn

The GCBR sat down with the president of SunTrust Bank of Lee County

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Adam Hughes
December 30, 2005

How homebuilder Daniel Dodrill learned to delegate. 'I'm not going to Africa. I've got a business to run,' Dodrill told a Rwandan missionary. 'If I'm not around, it doesn't get done right.' But Dodrill went. And, guess what?Here's how Dodrill juggles his business, charity and family.

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Adam Hughes
December 30, 2005

Five Stars from 2005

Two Fort Myers companies' stock prices showed the biggest gains among the Gulf Coast's public companies.

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Adam Hughes
December 27, 2005

Fur-flying Fun

With Fun Friends' manufacturing done in China, entrepreneur Julian Parry has parlayed furry cell-phone coversinto a fashion accessory for teenaged girls.

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Adam Hughes
December 27, 2005

EO-Tampa: Packed Pipeline

Downtown Tampa and Clearwater will be catching up with downtown St. Petersburg in 2006 with the development of residential projects. But the labor shortage will continue to put constraints on companies' growth.

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Adam Hughes
December 27, 2005

EO-Sara/Mana: A 'Mild' Correction

Home builders say the four-year period of hyper growth was unsustainable. For 2006, the pace of growth will be slower but still strong.

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Adam Hughes
December 27, 2005

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Adam Hughes
December 27, 2005

Economic Outlook: Help Wanted!

Gulf Coast businesses are boosting pay to get and keep employees, but higher wages aren't all that will be required to fill persistent vacancies.

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Adam Hughes
December 27, 2005

EO-Lee/Collier: Creative Hiring

High housing costs and low unemployment may temper growth in Lee and Collier counties in 2006.

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Rebuilding Momentum

Mr. Channelside

Stand Up Guy

A National Trust

'Leap of Faith'

30-Year Plan

Executive Session: Heidi Colgate-Tamblyn

Missionary CEO

Five Stars from 2005

Fur-flying Fun

EO-Tampa: Packed Pipeline

EO-Sara/Mana: A 'Mild' Correction

Events

Economic Outlook: Help Wanted!

EO-Lee/Collier: Creative Hiring

South Seas buys 22-acre artist retreat on Captiva

Pizzeria closes on Main Street in Sarasota

Naples man faces decades in prison for cheating elderly woman

Southwest Florida construction firm opens Tampa office

Sheriff: Sarasota gambling probe nets 66 slot machines, two arrests

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