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Industries

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  • December 19, 2003
Bellwethers Buoyed

A late year recovery for the Gulf Coast manufacturing industry has companies looking forward to the new year.

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  • December 19, 2003
Health Care Costs: Up, Up and Away

There's one given when it comes to the cost of medical insurance: Employers and employees will pay more in the new year.

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  • December 19, 2003
Healthy Restraint

The Gulf Coast region's commercial real estate industry is well positioned for growth. Expect to see many new homes.

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  • December 19, 2003
The Future Isn't Now

Bay area leaders have reached a consensus that biomed is how the region can broaden its economic base. But that's not going to happen until well after 2004.

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  • December 19, 2003
2004: Best Year in 20

Prognosticators say most economic indicators are pointing up. Good times are predicted.

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  • December 19, 2003
Good Business (Tampa edition)

All the refinancing action has resulted in older debts being paid off, causing a boon for collection departments and lawyers, including those at Kass, Shuler, Solomon, Spector, Foyle & Singer PA

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  • December 19, 2003
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Attorney gives gift that can't be repaidAttorney named president of the U.S. Golf Association

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  • December 19, 2003
Judge Chastised for Speaking to Paper (Tampa edition)

The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission recommended Dec. 8 that Broward Circuit Judge Robert Lance Andrews be reprimanded for talking to a news reporter about one of his cases.

  • Law
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  • December 12, 2003
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: ResortQuest International buys Longboat's Silver SandsCommodore Realty buysBradenton Kash n' KarryNew Sarasotans take over Parkview ApartmentsMinneapolis franchise owners plan Sarasota DQ Grill and Chill

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 12, 2003
The Cable Guy

Steve Dvoskin took a risky career leap when he came to Comcast. Now he's helping solidify the cable giant's spot in the pole position.

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  • December 12, 2003
From Eyesore to Hilton Brand

Sarasota's Merca Real Estate plans to transform one of the area's most unsightly buildings into an upscale extended-stay hotel.

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  • December 12, 2003
Young and Hungry

Two Sarasota men, in their 30s, took their home building company, Vision Homes of Southwest Florida, from $45,000 in sales to $14 million in just four years.

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  • December 12, 2003
Colonial Battle

A purported whistleblower at Colonial Bank has the tables turned on him.

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  • December 12, 2003
DrugMax Goes for the Max

The stock of Clearwater-based DrugMax lnc. languishes outside of Wall Street's radar. COO William LaGamba says becoming a $1 billion company should take care of that.

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  • December 12, 2003
Ordinary Loss or Fraud? (Tampa edition)

A former stockbroker who sold to Tampa's business elite says large losses should be blamed on the market, not him.

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