Strategies

Alex Walsh
December 24, 2009

Building Connections

Many companies are spending at least some of their efforts positioning their business to take advantage of an eventual recovery. For Neil Hammack, that task is his sole focus.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 24, 2009

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Walter Energy Inc. at $3.57 (4.97%), Lincare Holdings at $1.66 (4.64%) and Walter Investment at $1.11 (8.36%). The biggest decliners were Alico Inc. at $-1.65 (-6.23%), Chico's FAS at $-0.48 (-3.44%) and Gerdau Ameristeel at $-0.46 (-5.49%).

Strategies

Mark Gordon
December 24, 2009

Stimulus Success

A local construction company is one of three firms poised to capitalize on a federal economic recovery program in 2010. But working so closely with government is enough to make any entrepreneur jittery.

Strategies

Alex Walsh
December 18, 2009

Tournament business

Not every hobby can be parlayed into a successful business. But Lauri Dagostino's love of youth sports has made her annual national volleyball tournament into the feature item of a multimillion-dollar company.

Strategies

Jean Gruss
December 18, 2009

Intimate business

Now that a new executive team has stabilized sales at its flagship stores, Chico's FAS is investing in its struggling Soma Intimates brand. Lingerie could become a $1 billion business, they say.

Strategies

Mark Gordon
December 17, 2009

Method Men

A Gulf Coast technology company plans to attack the recession in 2010, with a plan that includes hiring at least six more people. A big weapon in its fight: The firm's ability to land work with state and local governments.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

Corporate Report: Tech Data's Tonnison promoted, Osbourn will retire next year

John Tonnison will become executive vice president and chief information officer of Tech Data Corp., the Clearwater-based IT products distributor, on Feb. 1, supervising its global IT systems and e-business infrastructure.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

Advice for Holiday Cards

Ordering your holiday cards this month? Before you make that costly purchase, be sure to think about the impression you want to leave with those receiving them.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

2009 Financial Statements

Quality Distribution net rises to seven cents a share; Kforce quarter profit falls to $5.6 million

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Walter Energy Inc. at $2.43 (3.5%), Wellcare Health Plans at $1.86 (5.41%) and Jabil Circuit at $1.12 (8.66%). The biggest decliners were HSN Inc. at $-1.21 (-6.32%), Raymond James Financial at $-1.11 (-4.60%) and Tigrent Inc. at $-0.50 (-43.48%).

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 10, 2009

Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 10, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Sun Hydraulics at $3.61 (15.59%), Tech Data at $1.71 (4.01%) and Roper Industries Inc. at $1.49 (2.85%). The biggest decliners were First Community Bank at $-1.04 (-29.30%), Jabil Circuit at $-0.40 (-3.00%) and Lincare Holdings at $-0.32 (-0.90%).

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 4, 2009

Resolution: Conflict

A 15-year-old company with a proven record of success — nearly $50 million in sales by 2008 — decided the recession would be a great time to purposely pit executives against each other. The experiment is working.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 3, 2009

Corporate Report: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing first in state to serve Birra Castello

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, the Anheuser-Busch InBev and Corona distributor for Sarasota and Manatee counties, is the first in the state to have local rights to Birra Castello, the first Italian beer in the company's international portfolio.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 3, 2009

Financial Statements 2009 12/4

NeoGenomics' net loss more than triples; Cott Corp. profit leaps to $14 million in quarter

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Building Connections

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Stimulus Success

Tournament business

Intimate business

Method Men

Corporate Report: Tech Data's Tonnison promoted, Osbourn will retire next year

Advice for Holiday Cards

2009 Financial Statements

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Resolution: Conflict

Corporate Report: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing first in state to serve Birra Castello

Financial Statements 2009 12/4

Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide

Longboat Key to get first-ever Goodwill store

$74M Naples botanical garden names interim CEO

Sarasota County buys 3.59-acre Venice waterfront property

Naples senior center founder, prominent social services advocate dies at 75

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