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Entrepreneurs

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  • August 20, 2004
Recovery Begins

Business owners deal with chaos as they pick up the pieces after Hurricane Charley.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2004
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

Movers and Shakers moving and shaking. This is provided free of charge.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2004
Unintended Consequences

Problems plague court and constitutional officers as the state assumes funding for the courts.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2004
Got It Covered

Sarasota Memorial Hospital started the Varsity Health Charter Plan to cover small businesses that cannot afford commercial health insurance.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2004
Finding Green in Green

WCI Communities Inc., Florida's largest master-planned community developer, plans a major expansion in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2004
Profitable Cause

Property-rights advocate Bill Moore, managing partner of Brigham Moore LLP, plans to organize a powwow of legislators to clear up Florida's eminent domain law, even if it means codifying redevelopment as a 'public use.'

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2004
Profitable Cause

Property-rights advocate Bill Moore, managing partner of Brigham Moore LLP, plans to organize a powwow of legislators to clear up Florida's eminent domain law, even if it means codifying redevelopment as a 'public use.'

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2004
Construction Growth

Most sectors grew, even though home construction declined in some areas.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2004
The Target

Trial lawyer Kevin C. Ambler finds his occupation to be a liability as he seeks a second term in the Florida House of Representatives.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2004
Four vying for Judge Rapkin's circuit seat

GCBR looks at the judicial candidates competing for the 12th Circuit Court judicial seat.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2004
Conspiracy to Defraud

A Tampa business owner accuses a Temple Terrace lawyer of secretly sharing in $1.2 millionin life insurance commissions.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2004
Party of 5

Candidates galore want to be the next Hillsborough County clerk.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2004
Business Shift

Trial lawyers file fewer nursing home negligence complaints. Are residents getting better care?

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2004
Welcome to Skip Sack's Neighborhood

Burton 'Skip' Sack made his Applebee's neighborhood restaurants one of the chain's most successful franchises.Now he's bringing his recipe to the National Restaurant Association.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2004
Profit on a Hot-tile Roof

Jesse Lynn, president of Circle L Roofing Inc., found a niche in the roofing industry that has made the company one of the top players.

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