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Industries

  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 10, 2010
Trust us

Independent non-deposit trust companies on the Gulf Coast have been quietly and steadily making money, largely avoiding the turmoil in the rest of the financial-services industry. That's just the way they like it.

  • Finance
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 10, 2010
Ratio Redux

A bank's true health is often a mystery to even the most astute observers. A new ratio on the scene might help the process.

  • Finance
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2010
2nd Quarter Banking Charts

Total assets, returns on assets, returns on equity and net incomes are listed for each bank headquartered along the Gulf Coast.

  • Finance
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 10, 2010
The Right Fit

A capital infusion in a recession isn't an impossible dream for community bankers. One of the industry's old pros has proved it so.

  • Finance
  • By Jay Brady
  • September 10, 2010
Public Union Power Play

Government workers' unions are funneling record amounts of money to political campaigns — 92% of it to Democrats — in hopes of protecting pay and benefits.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Publix Super Markets buys Shops at Silverleaf

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets purchased the 59,950-square-foot Shops at Silverleaf retail strip center for $11.25 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
European investor group buys medical office building

An international investment group purchased a 17,000-square-foot office building in Gulf Coast Medical Park for $3.42 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
First National Bank buys Colonial branch

Naples-based First National Bank of the Gulf Coast purchased a 4,139-square-foot onetime Colonial Bank branch for $1.61 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
The Furniture Warehouse buys land for fifth store

The Furniture Warehouse purchased 1.88 acres of vacant land near the Ellenton Prime Outlets for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Investors buy The Edge at USF

A joint venture of real estate investors purchased an 800-bed, 13-story student housing development for $2.75 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Mental Health Care buys Holiday Oak

Tampa-based Mental Health Care Inc. purchased the 38-unit Holiday Oaks apartment complex for $1.03 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Creative Contractors Inc. builds for Neighborly Care

Clearwater-based Creative Contractors Inc. recently completed construction of a corporate headquarters for Neighborly Care Network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jay Brady
  • September 3, 2010
'Virgin Territory'

Big Labor sees the Gulf Coast's government employees as ripe for organizing, and has already made in-roads. While private-sector union membership tanked by one quarter during the recession, public sector union membership actually grew.

  • Florida
  • By Jay Brady
  • September 3, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 3 - Sept. 9

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2010
Insurance firm buys First State Bank building

The Stanley Dean Insurance Agency Inc. purchased the 6,292-square-foot First State Bank building for $850,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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