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  • October 10, 2003
Land Grab

Claiming Murdock Village is blighted, Charlotte County plans to purchase 3,000 largely undeveloped lots through condemnation. Is it constitutional?

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  • October 10, 2003
Alternative Minimum Tax:Congress Stealth Tax

TAXESIn 2000, an estimated 1.5 million taxpayers were subject to the tax. By 2010, the tax will nab 33 million taxpayers.

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  • October 3, 2003
Newsmakers

Local movers and shakers.

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YP: Brian Keenan

First National Bank of Florida is the largest Florida-based bank holding company. Now worth about $8.3 billion, the bank is going through a spinoff of its Florida operations;according to Tampa Bay area President/CEO Brian Keenan.

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Q&A with Steve Queior

The incoming president of the Greater Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce shares his early impressions and vision for the county.

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  • October 3, 2003
From Cars to Land

Carl Lindell Jr. is best known for his car dealerships. But his focus is now more on real estate.Tampa entrepreneur Carl W. Lindell Jr. recently discovered what he thinks might be a choice site for a condominium resort on the Bahamas' Treasure Cay w

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  • October 3, 2003
American Made

Who produces anything here anymore? Tampa's Bison Investments Inc. does.Ignoring the offshore outsourcing juggernaut, CEO Birge Sigety is on the lookoutfor manufacturers that can make it in the good ol' US of A.

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YP Sarah Hoffe

Sarah Hoffe, a radiation oncologist for 21st Century Oncology, talks about work, dealing with death, who has mentored her and more.

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  • September 19, 2003
14 YP: Russ Hunt, Managing Director Kendrick Pierce & Co. Inc.

BUSINESSProfile: Kendrick Pierce & Co., established in 1994, is a boutique investment banking firm. The Hyde Park company offers advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and general finance. Typical clients are community banks just starting o

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15 Newsmakers (9/19/03)

AccountingKathleen Hargreaves, CPA, a shareholder with Sarasota's Kerkering, Barberio & Co. PA recently published "Physician Asset Protection Planning: A New Urgency" in CPA Today, a Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants magazine. The arti

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Calendar

HILLSBOROUGH, PINELLAS AND PASCO COUNTIES

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  • September 11, 2003
YP: Marc Blumenthal of Intelladon Corp. Tampa

USINESSProfile: Tampa's Intelladon Corp. offers online learning to corporate customers, government organizations and non-profits. Company founder Scott Gostyla designed the company's main asset, a software program called Advanced Learning Platform, whic

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Tourism Upswing

Southwest Florida is hot again. There were more visitors to Lee County in July than in same month prior to 9/11.

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Running Hot

A safety incident at Tampa International Airport offers the federal courts a fresh chance to clarify the rightsof whistleblowers in a deregulated airline industry.

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Head Start

Developer Roland Rogers transforms old hotels into upscale condominiums. The result: A spike in property value and an improved look for the beach.

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