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Strategies

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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 28, 2005
Lawyer Flight

Nearly a third of the lawyers in Akerman Senterfitt's Tampa office have left over the past several months.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 28, 2005
Tort Reform

Associated Industries of Florida proposes a number of changes that would benefit business and restrict lawyers.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 28, 2005
Calendar of Events (Sara/Mana edition)

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 28, 2005
Sound the Charge

Sarasota's retooled First State Bank looks to use IPO proceeds to expand along the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Who's Coming to Dinner

The who's who of the National Restaurant Association will soon hit Sarasota.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Backing a Bull

The chairman of financial giant Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. talks equities and the economy.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Fishkind Swims with the Tide

An Orlando economist doesnit like what higher interest rates could do to Florida real estate sales in 2005.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Pancake Tower

Bob Leonard, president of IHOPis largest franchise, discusses how his company stacks up against the competition.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Business that Sizzles

Chris Miller, CEO of Ruthis Chris and the next chairman of the restaurant association, explains the growth in higher end steakhouse market and why itis not the industryis fault consumers get fat.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar is available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Time for Change?

Floridais Growth Management Act might be rewritten for the first time in two decades.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Charging Forward

The head of RARE Hospitality International explains his vision for the companyis restaurant chains and the consequences of inconsistency.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 21, 2005
Casual Dining King

The CEO of Applebeeis International talks turkey on the prime importance of market share.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 14, 2005
High-Rise Follwers

Coscan Homes, contract developer for Alinari at Rosemary Place, knows it pays to collaborate.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 14, 2005
Parking Plot

A Tampa valet service with alleged underworld ties goes to court - of all places - when a former employee starts a competing company.

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