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  • March 24, 2009
Mack first to call for Geithner's ouster

At a time when Florida's governor has fallen under President Barack Obama's big-spending spell, one politician hasn't been entranced by stimulus siren song. U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, who represents the area that stretches from Port Charlotte to Naples, became the first congressman to call for the ouster of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner this week.

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  • March 20, 2009
TRIM notice lacks truth and millage

The truth-in-millage notice, commonly known as the TRIM notice, that every property owner receives each year is supposed to give an estimate of proposed property taxes and assessments. But it apparently has lacked a degree of truth, not to mention the word “millage.”

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  • March 20, 2009
Know what you want before you buy

Commercial retail broker Michael Milano with Colliers Arnold may be on to something.Milano recently closed a sale of the 143,000-square-foot Western Way shopping center in Brooksville for $11.5 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2009
Gulf Coast banker hits back

Century Bank President John O'Neil spent part of the past week in Washington, D.C. with some of the country's top banking regulators. He was there for a fight.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2009
Bank shrinks its executive base

Florida Bank Group, a Tampa-based institution trying to grow its presence statewide through a series of independent subsidiary banks, could be on the verge of a strategy shift.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 26, 2009
Risk Redux

Developer Steven Kossoff has a knack for turning doubts into demonstrable success. Can he do it during a recession?

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  • Jean Gruss
  • February 26, 2009
Conservation Collision

A conservation group backed by millions of dollars from wealthy Naples residents is seeking tighter federal restrictions on large-scale development in rural Collier, Hendry and Lee counties.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 23, 2009
Landlords missing out on tax savings

In another possible indicator that conditions may be improving or at least changing in the residential real estate market, Realtor.com, one of the most visited real estate research Web sites is reporting more interest nationwide in discounted properties.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2009
Tampa Bull

More residents, events and a riverwalk are among the reasons Christine Burdick is bullish on downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Partnership buys San Carlos building

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2009
Bank shrinks its executive base

Florida Bank Group, a Tampa-based institution trying to grow its presence statewide through a series of independent subsidiary banks, could be on the verge of a strategy shift. The company recently let go six mangers, including Mike Worthington, a longtime Gulf Coast banking executive it brought in to run its Sarasota division early last year.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 23, 2009
Big Dreams

An empty, publicly owned lot on prime real estate in downtown Sarasota is in play — again. An ambitious developer hopes to succeed where so many others have failed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 15, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

SMH buys space in Heritage Medical Plaza

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2009
Shedding those accounts receivable

What do you do if you're a Gulf Coast business and you're waiting a little longer these days to get paid by other businesses? It can be a major challenge during a tight economy.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2008
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