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Business Observer Staff
July 15, 2004

Affordable housing land trust: Flawed scheme

Affordable housing. That's the political motherhood-and-apple-pie issue these days. And yet, as demonstrated with SMR and 2050, the social engineers can't seem to grasp the consequences of limiting supply when demand is huge.

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July 9, 2004

A Risky Market - Going Nowhere

The stock market remains overvalued and in a position where the average investor could get hurt again as badly as he did in 2000. George Rauch is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.

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Business Observer Staff
June 25, 2004

Choose One's Own Way

So even though we cannot control the external circumstances of our lives, we each have a choice in our response. Barbara Glanz is an author and motivational speaker who resides in Siesta Key.

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June 18, 2004

GET BIG think small

Your corporate 'road to riches' is assured with segmented market niches.

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June 11, 2004

Reach More of Your Audience

Knowledge of the four dimensions of behavior makes one a more effective communicator.By Stephen Garber, who provides executive coaching to enable people to select, retain and develop performance champions.

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June 4, 2004

Failure to Learn

If we don't continue to consume, our economy will crash. We are dependent upon the over consumption of goods and the consequent continued growth of debt.

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May 28, 2004

Throw Away Stereotypes

The U.S. is wasting the economic benefits of immigration from Mexico. It's time to include the human factor in NAFTA. Johannes Werner is a Sarasota-based business journalist, who publishes a trade monthly Cuba Trade & Investment News

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May 21, 2004

Airport Subsidy

Comments not all fair, balancedBy Fredrick J. Piccolo and GCBR's respone to his criticism.

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Business Observer Staff
May 14, 2004

Improve Performance Management

Studies show that employees seek rewards not only from their salary, but also from recognition for their performance.

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Business Observer Staff
May 7, 2004

Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

When Fred Piccolo, president of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, stood before Sarasota and Manatee counties' elected officials April 26 to ask for a $500,000 taxpayer subsidy to attract a low-fare airline to the airport

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Business Observer Staff
April 30, 2004

Remember the Mission Statement

Defining the company's mission is like taking a trip in a time machine to some point in the future.Stephen Garber provides executive coaching in the Sarasota area

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Business Observer Staff
April 23, 2004

Bias or Poor Marketing?

A Sarasota chemical engineer says he has found a way to greatly reduce pollutants at power plants. But no one is buying.

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Business Observer Staff
April 16, 2004

Lasday: 'You've Got Bragging Rights'

Be ready with a quick self-commercial. In today's economic environment, bragging is a must.Lou Lasday, an independent marketing advisor who resides on Longboat Key, creates action-oriented strategic marketing initiatives for emerging companies.

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Business Observer Staff
April 9, 2004

The Answer to Affordable Housing: Shoes

Here's the reality: Sarasota County will never have an ample supply of affordable housing. It will never have an ample supply no matter what government handouts and subsidies and trust funds it creates. And the reason is simple: Sarasotans ...don't want i

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Business Observer Staff
April 2, 2004

Happy Employees Create Happy Customers

Employees need managers who can empathize with their stress and pain and who honestly try to create an environment in which they feel valued and respected despite all the changes going on around them.Barbara Glanz is an author and motivational speaker.

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Affordable housing land trust: Flawed scheme

A Risky Market - Going Nowhere

Choose One's Own Way

GET BIG think small

Reach More of Your Audience

Failure to Learn

Throw Away Stereotypes

Airport Subsidy

Improve Performance Management

Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

Remember the Mission Statement

Bias or Poor Marketing?

Lasday: 'You've Got Bragging Rights'

The Answer to Affordable Housing: Shoes

Happy Employees Create Happy Customers

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Fort Myers land zoned for single-family houses sold

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