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Finance

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2009
B of A files foreclosure on Colony assets

Bank of America has filed a foreclosure suit against Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Chairman and owner Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 10, 2009
The next show

Commercial real estate lending is the bread-and-butter business of community banking on the Gulf Coast. With vacancies rising, could this sector overwhelm banks with bad loans?

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 10, 2009
The next shoe

Commercial real estate lending is the bread-and-butter-business of community banking on the Gulf Coast. With vacancies rising, could this sector overwhelm banks with bad loans?

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  • By Brian Steiner
  • April 10, 2009
Re-Visiting Refis

Rock-bottom interest rates are attracting more and more homeowners interested in refinancing. But the number of actual refinancings has plummeted.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 10, 2009
Gulf Coast Bank and Thrifts

Return on Equity and Return on Assets

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  • April 10, 2009
Gulf Coast Bank and Thrifts

Assets

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  • April 10, 2009
Gulf Coast Bank and Thrifts

Net income YTD and Net Income quarterly

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2009
Gulf Coast Money Manager Performance

The charts on this page show the performance of Gulf Coast-based money managers and the accounts they run, through Dec. 31.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 9, 2009
A Second Chance

The banking industry shakeout is underway. Former top executives of once high-flying banks are seeking — and finding — new jobs.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • February 26, 2009
Solutions for Land

Randy Thibaut and Ron Inge helped homebuilders gobble up land when they rushed into Lee County during the housing boom. Now, they're helping banks that are acquiring distressed projects.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 23, 2009
Buyback Bondoggle

Repurchasing a $500,000 loan from the government sounds simple enough. It isn't, as three prominent Gulf Coast businessmen learned firsthand.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2009
Victims or Culpable

Once Art Nadel is apprehended and answers questions about themoney, investors will focus next on the other partners: What did they know?

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Middle Market

A pair of Northeast transplants is trying to put fun and family into retail banking on the Gulf Coast. So much for bankers' hours.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • December 4, 2008
Public Challenge

Investors flocked to publicly traded banks during the recent boom. But they've punished the banking sector in the downturn, pushing down stock prices to multi-year lows. 

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  • December 4, 2008
Financial Statements

View Financial Statements from Teco Energy Inc and First State Financial Corp.

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