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Strategies

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  • January 23, 2009
Full Count

As Lee County's point man for baseball, JohnYarbrough hopes to make Lee County the hub forprofessional teams' spring training. Batting first:the Boston Red Sox. On deck: the Baltimore Orioles.

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  • January 23, 2009
Maintain the Vision

At 91, Nathan Benderson, the founder and visionary behind Benderson Development Co., still maintains the same business mantra he devised when we was 16 years old.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Fantasy man

Telecommunications executive Joe DiMaiohas turned into an entrepreneur and now gives information to fantasy sports league players.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Flight time

By holding down costs and offering competitive rates, Steven Santo has grown Avantair into a growing company in the private jet business.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Bling for your walls

The wallpaper-installation business ishurting from the construction bust, but one company has found a way to thrive byproviding one-of-a-kind touches.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Scary Success

Spending more than $8 million was just thebeginning of a golf and country club renovation plan. The renovation has since given way to a renaissance.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
GAME Prep

The underbelly of preparing for a Super Bowl is no easy region. Reid Sigmon is working with businesses, the National Football League and the community to host Super Bowl XLIII.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Baseball Miracle

Can Fort Myers support two minor-league baseball teams? It's tough making money in that business, but the Fort Myers Miracle is witnessing growing attendance even as the economy slows.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Caged Growth

Danielle Huff has dealt with a broad range of challenges in running a Gulf Coast-based baseball-dependent metals company, all the way up to union struggles. But she's close to finding her sweet spot.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2009
Corporate Report

Progress Energy Florida signs$7.7-billion nuclear plant dealHard To Treat Diseases tobuy Serbian cosmetics firmVeteran clothing exec Dyerhired to head Chico's FASThree Clockwork Home unitsmake mag's Franchise 500 listJohn Acosta appointed to leadWest Florida for Region Bank Sarasota CPA firmchanges name Home Shopping Network adopts stockholder rights plan Pegasus Imaging of Tampa acquires AccuSoft's imagingWalter Industries closes Jim Walter Homes Division

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  • January 15, 2009
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  • January 8, 2009
Strong Foundations

Ray and Susan Woolever serve the Gulf Coast in fillingsinkholes and developing quality standards for the practice.

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  • January 8, 2009
Cattle Call

A Gulf Coast rancher has discovered a novel way to maintain her working independence in a down economy: Brokering livestock deals from Havana to Islamabad.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2009
Life team

The Klars make their family companywork by keeping their egos in check.

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  • January 8, 2009
Corporate Report

Quasar Bio-tech to bringmanufacturing, more jobsBrown & Brown of Indianabuys assets of state companyJim Walter Resources leasesadditional coal reserves Spring Air enters Israelwith Dr. Gav agreementRoper lowers quarter projection,adjusts full-year guidanceProgress Energy, DEP agreeto close two coal power unitsRoskamp Institute identifies potential new Alzheimer's drugsBrown & Brown subsidiarybuys Louisiana's Insurance 1,Lincare Holdingsjoins NASDAQ Q-50 IndexWorld Energy Solutions picksfirm to market its E-ClipsBradenton Beauty and BarberAcademy picks Nuevo agencyInsurer Humana signs dealwith Intercoastal Medical Group Hunt Warfield touts success ofmulti-housing interest debt programDiamondhead Casino sitegranted two permit extensionsNuFix and Nutech settle suitwith Minsurg, parentmarketers open Ericho Direct firm in TampaPhantom Entertainment opens online game storeBeasley Broadcast, CEO buy back shares

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