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  • October 29, 2004
Calender of Events

The calendar of business events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is available free of charge.

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  • October 29, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Williams Schifino hires new associate, of-counsel lawyersNew associate joins Tampais Bavol JudgeOiDell Townsend to serve on arts-in-courts committeeGeorge Meyer appointed to committee

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  • October 22, 2004
Business Leaders Beware

The Sarasota County Commission is moving rapidly toward adopting new taxing methods to fund affordable housing. Read this memo from the county staff. Your business could end up on the hit list.

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  • October 22, 2004
International Intrigue

Tampa partnership tries to build an electrical power plant in Iraq while dealing with allegations of kickbacks and bribery.

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  • October 22, 2004
Well-Rounded Genius

Picking great stocks isnit the only thing Warren Buffett can do, says an author who writes and lectures on the Berkshire Hathaway chairman.

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  • October 22, 2004
Hi Hat Goes Ranchette

Sarasota Countyis 2050 plan envisioned new-urban villages on the Turner familyis 10,000-acre Hi Hat Ranch. But why do that when thereis a waiting line for five-acre estates?

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  • October 22, 2004
FCCI's Pilot

Russell Currin Jr., the Sarasota-based insurance companyis longtime chairman, is honored posthumously by The Argus Foundation with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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  • October 22, 2004
Sold on Service

The Argus Foundation is honoring Ted Morton, former owner of Mortonis Market, with a Lifetime Achievement Award for nearly 50 years in Sarasota business.

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  • October 22, 2004
'Only in America'

The odds were against a Ukrainian ship captain and his crew who spoke little English.

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  • October 22, 2004
Calender to Event

The calendar of business events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 22, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Vector Properties buys Wildewood Professional Park Earthworks Land Development to develop industrial park Quay ownership closes on land for roundaboutFlagship National Bank buys downtown

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 15, 2004
Imagine: No Fax Machines

It's not hard to do. Visionaries foresee legal documents soon zipping invisibly through the air with the greatest of ease.

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  • October 15, 2004
BlackBerrys to Servers

Cost savings and efficiencies drive law firm investment in technology.

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  • October 15, 2004
Technophobes Beware

The staid legal profession needs to overcome an aversion to devices that can make work easier.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 15, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Partnership to construct office building behind MEAChurchills site developers reduce project height Sarasota credit union plans North Port branchMarquee en Ville developer applies for 1301 Main St.

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