Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
November 7, 2003

A Fair Count

Two Clearwater entrepreneurs say they have come up with a smarter way for state fairs to get all the money coming to them.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
November 7, 2003

× Mario Pezzella was appointed vice president and chief executive officer for Sarasota-based LandMark Bank of Florida. Pezzella joined LandMark Bank from First National Bank (formerly West Coast Guaranty Bank), where he was commercial lending vice preside

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

YP Tony Squitieri

Regional Vice PresidentU.S. Home Corp. - Charlotte, Manatee and Sarasota counties

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

Aberrant Attorney Fees (Sara/Mana)

The Sarasota city staff projection of the cost of hiring staff attorneys strikes public and private attorneys as fairly outrageous. Here's our independent analysis.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

Free Parking

All the talk about the city of Sarasota getting 300 public parking spaces at a bargain price at the Whole Foods development is just that - talk. Read the contract?

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

New Leases on Life

When FCCI moved and Arthur Andersen collapsed, two of Sarasota's largest corporate office centers went vacant. The landlords' solution: convert them to multi-tenant use.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

Patently Offended

BillingNetwork.com, an Internet medical-billing company, notified 250 competitors they may be in violation of federal patent laws. It has sued four of them.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

Newsmakers

× Arvil Stanford, a certified public accountant, joined Bradenton-based CPA Associates as a partner.× Susan Welch rejoined the private bank at Bank of America in Sarasota as a senior trust officer.× Paula Halling was appointed executive chef at Bay V

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 31, 2003

Flattering Figures

Chico's is the hottest women's retailer in America. But its founders are stepping back a third time. New CEO Scott Edmonds, a former plumbing wholesaler, must now prove the third time's a charm.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 24, 2003

Ahead of the Wave

Transplanted British developer Derick Coles sees rising British investment and immigration coming to Florida. His New Horizons' clients are bringing $500 million a year into Florida.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 24, 2003

Lifetime Achievers

Two Sarasota businessmen will be recognized at the next Argus Foundation meeting. Charlie Stottlemyer and the late Jack Graham will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 24, 2003

Cheers?

Anchor Glass Container Corp.'s latest IPO didn't shatter any records. But the troubled Tampa bottle manufacturer envisions a rebound - with help from a Bud or two.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 24, 2003

Whole Foods: The Whole Story

The city of Sarasota wanted the Whole Foods grocery downtown so badly it skipped over many of its owndevelopment policies and practices.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 24, 2003

Newsmakers

Area movers and shakers.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 24, 2003

Dearth of Dirt

Competition between local and national homebuilders has created a new land rush throughout Florida's Gulf Coast.

Entrepreneurs

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A Fair Count

Newsmakers

YP Tony Squitieri

Aberrant Attorney Fees (Sara/Mana)

Free Parking

New Leases on Life

Patently Offended

Newsmakers

Flattering Figures

Ahead of the Wave

Lifetime Achievers

Cheers?

Whole Foods: The Whole Story

Newsmakers

Dearth of Dirt

St. Pete asks residents to design its next creative neighborhood

Charlotte warehouse developer once jailed over alleged Hamas connection

Report: 4 markets in region among top 10 nationally in home price cuts

Frontier Airlines offers new Virginia flight from Tampa International

450-unit Nokomis apartment complex opens near Legacy Trail

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