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Strategies

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  • April 11, 2008
Shutter Control

Relinquishing control can be a struggle, an entrepreneur discovers as he develops new strategies. But projected 20% sales growth in a down economy helps ease the pain.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2008
Back to the future

After less than four years as a publicly traded company, Radiation Therapy Services returned to private ownership. It's a deal the founders of the company couldn't resist.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2008
No More Passwords

Ceelox Corp. offers a way for CEOs to secure sensitive information in computers by using fingerprint identification technology.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2008
Problem Solvers

Health Integrated finds holistic solutions to help people with mental and physical illnesses as it controls health care costs.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2008
Corporate Report

HMA sells interest in seven hospitalsDigital marketing firm opens Tampa officeBrown & Brownbuys assets of Calif. firmOil, gas energy firm buys Utek subsidiarySpain drops some claims to Odyssey's Black SwanShells Seafood Restaurants back New York CEO

  • Industries
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 11, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Tampa Bay scores slip: The Tampa Bay area slipped from second to fourth among its five other Southeast competitors in the latest economic scorecard dashboard report from the Tampa Bay Partnership, released this week.Gerdau buys Century Steel: Tampa-based Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. has acquired all the assets of Century Steel, Inc.Tampa to sell land: Despite the slow economy, Tampa is trying to sell parcels of vacant land.Building height vote: Charlotte County commissioners, reeling from a pair of recent economic development blows, are considering passing new zoning rulesReds off to the desert: The Cincinnati Reds baseball team signed a contract with officials of Goodyear, Ariz. April 8 to play Spring Training games in that cityBuilding permits reinstatedLee moratorium talk: A moratorium on development of new mines on sparsely populated 83,000 acres in South Lee County will be debated at open forums scheduled for April 17, 22 and 24.

  • Finance
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Betting on a Winner

Two prominent Southwest Florida families are betting that TIB Financial will weather the storm battering the state's community banks. Will their investment pay off?

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Brokers to the Banks

Defaulted commercial real estate loans at banks in Florida could spell opportunity for brokers. One firm in Fort Myers recently set up a separate division to manage those.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
That's not the ticket

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur struggles to succeed against the titan of his industry: Ticketmaster. A state bill that offered a little help was recently defeated in a debate over free markets.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Sustained Stubbornness

A simple warehouse expansion project has turned out to not be quite so simple. But the $1 million risk one entrepreneur took could be paying off soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Home Base

When First National Bank of Pennsylvania bought Seminole Bank in 1998, former Seminole employees organized First Home Bank, another community bank in Seminole.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Bank Blues

Non-performing loans on the books of Gulf Coast community banks have topped half-a-billion dollars. What's a banker to do?

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Gulf Cost Week

Poe officials face lawsuit: Florida insurance and financial regulators are suing several members of the Poe familyPols still getting money: Some things never change in politics, such as politicians.More development delays: The weight of the slumping housing market has recently forced several developers of residential real estate projects in and around downtown Bradenton to scale back or completely postpone the projects.Arena sale close: After several years of starts and stops, the foreclosure sale process of a partially built hockey arena in Lakewood Ranch could finally be on the verge of happening.Lee permits continue slide: Permits for residential and commercial construction continued to fall at a steep pace in March, according to figures from the Lee County Community Development Department.Collier's foreign buyers: Home sales to non-U.S. buyers in Collier County rose in January and February by 67% and 43%

  • Finance
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Legendary builder

Arthur Rutenberg, 80, has been through numerous homebuilding cycles in Florida and he thinks we're close to the bottom of this one. There are opportunities for well-financed builders to acquire lots for less money.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2008
Corporate Report

Obee's board backs stock reverse splitStinger says study shows S-200's saferGulfview Automotive Group opens Tarpon Springs locationSyniverse Technologies debuts payment systemTampa Electric issues RFP, seeks power alternativesUtek helps Artilium buy location technologyTreviso Bay developer hires club managerTech Data exclusive with Parallels

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