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Recovery Begins

Business owners deal with chaos as they pick up the pieces after Hurricane Charley.

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Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

Movers and Shakers moving and shaking. This is provided free of charge.

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Unintended Consequences

Problems plague court and constitutional officers as the state assumes funding for the courts.

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Got It Covered

Sarasota Memorial Hospital started the Varsity Health Charter Plan to cover small businesses that cannot afford commercial health insurance.

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Finding Green in Green

WCI Communities Inc., Florida's largest master-planned community developer, plans a major expansion in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

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Profitable Cause

Property-rights advocate Bill Moore, managing partner of Brigham Moore LLP, plans to organize a powwow of legislators to clear up Florida's eminent domain law, even if it means codifying redevelopment as a 'public use.'

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Profitable Cause

Property-rights advocate Bill Moore, managing partner of Brigham Moore LLP, plans to organize a powwow of legislators to clear up Florida's eminent domain law, even if it means codifying redevelopment as a 'public use.'

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Construction Growth

Most sectors grew, even though home construction declined in some areas.

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The Target

Trial lawyer Kevin C. Ambler finds his occupation to be a liability as he seeks a second term in the Florida House of Representatives.

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  • July 30, 2004
Four vying for Judge Rapkin's circuit seat

GCBR looks at the judicial candidates competing for the 12th Circuit Court judicial seat.

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Conspiracy to Defraud

A Tampa business owner accuses a Temple Terrace lawyer of secretly sharing in $1.2 millionin life insurance commissions.

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  • July 30, 2004
Party of 5

Candidates galore want to be the next Hillsborough County clerk.

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  • July 30, 2004
Business Shift

Trial lawyers file fewer nursing home negligence complaints. Are residents getting better care?

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  • July 30, 2004
Welcome to Skip Sack's Neighborhood

Burton 'Skip' Sack made his Applebee's neighborhood restaurants one of the chain's most successful franchises.Now he's bringing his recipe to the National Restaurant Association.

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  • July 30, 2004
Profit on a Hot-tile Roof

Jesse Lynn, president of Circle L Roofing Inc., found a niche in the roofing industry that has made the company one of the top players.

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