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Entrepreneurs

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  • September 19, 2005
Anything is Possible

In spite of Chris-Craft's two bankruptcies, Stephen Julius and Stephen Heese saw great valuein the name and its history. They've surpassed $50 million in sales; $100 million is the next goal.

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Executive Session with Linda Lemon-Steiner

The Gulf coast Business Review sat down with the Chief Operating Officer, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota

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  • September 13, 2005
Category Five

From salesman to manufacturer, Steven Camposano is taking the hurricane-shutter industry by storm.

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Attorney Fails Second Chance

A death row inmate's records are almost lost when his court-appointed attorney abandons the documents at a storage facility. His lawyer loses his license for the second time.

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Turmoil at the Top

A judge says Carolyn Wilson engaged in self-dealing at Tampa's Wilson Co. Her attorney says she 'isnot the robber baron she is made to be.'

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The Annuity Racket

A Tampa law firm joins attorneys and attorneys general in three states to recover funds from an Iowa insurer that targets retirees for annuity sales.

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Executive Session with Charles Nesbit Jr.

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Chico's

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Uncertainty

Florida's economy weathered last year's hurricanes just fine. Nonetheles rising fuel prices, disruptions in shipping and material and labor shortages are causing CEOs to become more cautious about their strategies. It's good news for the hotel industry.

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Growing Specialty

Law practices change to keep up with Florida's building boom. From amusement rides to roads to jails, the state's growth has created a new specialty - construction law.

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Burned Square

When the Sarasota City Commission votes Sept. 6 to adopt the rezoning of downtown Sarasota, theseproperties owners will see 50% of their property values disappear in an instant. A lesson in New Urbanism.

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Terrorism Hits the Banks

Jerry Williams wants to double the size of Orion Bancorp.'s deposits in Southwest Florida in the next two years. He also plans to carry a big agenda to Washington as the president-elect of the state bankers' association.

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Speculative Growth

Decreased vacancies in the I-75 corridor submarket accounts for why Duke Realty decided to build a new Class A spec building at Highland Oaks.

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  • September 9, 2005
Extra Topping

Westshore Pizza franchisees discovered their shops came with some hefty finance charges. A resulting loan sharking probe nabs a mobster, but spares a lawyer and a retired Tampa Bay Buccaneer.

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  • September 2, 2005
Double Whammy

Regulators said Fort Myers-based First Community Bank had too many construction loans and not enough people fighting terrorism. Bankers take note.

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Traveling Man

Lawrence Hutson led the design and launch of Travelocity.com in 1996. Now, the software visionary is taking the online travel industry to the 'next generation' with Nexgen Travel Distribution Inc.

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