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Industries

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2007
Growth Snatchers

A Gulf Coast firm with a niche in making synthetic lifelike body parts for medical testing seeks $1 million in real investment money.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2007
System Secure

A medical billing firm goes Fort Knox in building its new company headquarters.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2007
Corporate Report

WCI delays earnings, assets worse than expectedDowning-Frye Realty ranked 81st by Realtor MagazineInvestor loans Tampa energy company $750,000Brown & Brown bets on horse insuranceStockholders back GeoPharma and Dynamic Health mergerWalter Industries' United Landbuying Tuscaloosa ResourceSeminole Electric buying landfill gas energyXCPT reaches rep dealwith Lifecore Biomedicale-Path Communications offering WiFi to Long IslandHSN partners with Ellefor week of showsTervis Tumbler lands license with Rally for the CureWabasto Marine hiresDesign Marketing GroupCAE USA developing chopper trainer for NavyTampa company introduces Hispanic Web siteChico's June sales up, comparables continues fall

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Columbia Sussex buys Sanibel Harbour ResortMcGarvey Development plans Cape Coral flex parkNew retail center planned for Naples BoulevardAdams Brothers Cabinetry plans future expansionBenderson acquires Jacaranda PlazaGE Capital Franchise acquires land for PerkinsFlorida Cancer Specialists opening Lakewood officeWoolbright buys Carrollwood's The CascadesProvidence Management buys, repositions PortofinoInvestment group acquires Armenia Center

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2007
Healthy Productivity

Getting better control of the health insurance process for your employees and lowering costs takes planning, communication and a holistic approach.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2007
Static Success

Good thing Anthony Murfin doesn't listen to doubters. The former airplane mechanic's defiance toward nay-sayers has been the catalyst in launching a $3 million-plus flooring company.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2007
WCI bets on Bal Harbour

WCI Communities' executives fight to keep the company's cash coming in as they soothe anxious lenders who are owed $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, billionaire investor Carl Icahn and two hedge fund allies formed a majority on a newly created board to be elected Aug. 30.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2007
PREngineers

Engineers and urban planners now have to sell their clients' projects to neighbors, environmentalists and government agencies. One firm melds this brand of public relations with its engineering and planning services.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
For the money

Large personal-injury firms have mostly stayed away from smaller, more conservative areas of Southwest Florida. Not Morgan & Morgan, which hired top corporate lawyers, including Florida Lt. Gov. Jeffery Kottkamp.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
The Coming Land-use War

Tampa attorney Ron Weaver has been involved in some of the largest development projects in Florida and says companies need to get involved in shaping the future of Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
Practice, Practice and More Practice

Clark Toole is running the biggest, and still growing, residential real estate firm in Florida. His message to sales agents in an era of few sales: Keep working at it.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

McGarvey Development plans large office parkHotel joint venture buys Naples Courtyard4-M Properties, Fireservice plans industrial buildings, HQPennsylvania fund buys Tuscany ApartmentsCritical Path Development planning Toledo Blade CenterKoll Development nears Tampa Intellicenter startLargo's Patel family buys New Port Richey hotelSkin treatment centerexpands, starts classes

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
Corporate Report

People's Community Bank becomes Superior Bank"Rip" du Pont retiring from Whitney BankWachovia appoints Nicholas to head Gulf CoastPestAgon Termite & Pest bought by Massey ServicesArtisTree Landscape 67th largest in nationRadiation Therapy Services buys California centerMcGarvey Development adds new COOPetermichael associates creating Chesapeake Bay reportTIB Financial buying back 10% of sharesMerrychef USA lands oven deal with Subway systemHSN adding productsfrom Colin CowieTauck World Discovery CFO joins eSuites HotelsPilgrim Software servicing Scantibodies Laboratory

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
Figuring out Government

Tampa attorney Steve Anderson has brought business and government to the negotiating table to find positive results for both sides.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2007
Brick by Brick

Florida's masons gathered on Lido Beach last weekend to compete for the title of the state's best and fastest brick layers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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