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Entrepreneurs

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  • July 15, 2004
Conquering Foreign Lands

Bob Williams, of Vengroff, Williams & Associates, pushes the Sarasota collections and receivables company into the European market. Next up is Central and Latin America.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2004
Calm After the Storms

Ober says he's steadied the Hillsborough state attorney's office.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2004
Perils of Efficiency

Tampa lawyer Michael J. Echevarria has streamlined the mortgage foreclosure process. In business, he would be hailed. Not so in law.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2004
Keeping the Coast Young (40 under 40)

Today, the Gulf Coast is bound once again to the vitality of youth, and not because retirees from New Jersey are still looking for Ponce de Leon's fountain. The young professional class is here, and it is here to stay.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2004
Risk Taker

An established Orlando attorney uproots a successful law practiceto start over in St. Petersburg.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2004
Consumer Victory?

Plaintiffs in a truth-in-lending action against Bill Heard Chevrolet Inc.-Plant City win a favorable ruling on appeal.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2004
By the Hour or the Job

While a federal court upholds foreclosure lawyers' fees, the law firms still sought help from the Legislature.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2004
Entanglement

A Hillsborough County jury awarded $2.3 million to Tampa auto dealer Ernest B. Haire III over a dispute with convicted corporate raider Paul Bilzerian and his wife, Terri Steffen.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2004
A Holistic View of Finance

Susan Moseley is the financial ring leader for her high net worth clients, ccoordinating portfolios that takeinto account the entire financial picture.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2004
Engineer of a Dream

Lloyd Ward pushed himself to the limit to get to the top of several major corporations. His next goal - succeed on his own.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2004
Bridging the Experience Gap

Clearwater's mayor bases his campaign for county clerk on stints in the public and private sectors, discounting bad publicity from a botched construction project in his city.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2004
Fight for Survival

Bradenton attorney Richard M. Shapiro, immediate past president of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, says the state medical association is wrong to blame malpractice cases for rising premiums.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2004
Class Builders

Willis A. Smith Construction Inc. has grown from a small company in 1988 with about $3 million in revenue to one of the larger general contractors in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2004
Second Year Switch

New banks on the Gulf Coast begin to reverse initial losses.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2004
Sweet Spot

Business is good this year for Tampa Bay area law firms, but for the most part growth is conservative.

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