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Strategies

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  • February 13, 2004
Taxing Issues

Florida bankers have a wish list for the upcoming legislative session, but one lobbyist doesn't expect action against credit unions.

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  • February 13, 2004
Bush: Another 2.6 Million Jobs in 2004

The U.S. economy will create about 2.6 million new jobs in 2004 and unemployment will decline over the next several years, according to President George W. Bush's annual economic report.U.S. non-farm payrolls will rise to 132.7 million through this year

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  • February 13, 2004
Wal-Mart's Mexico Success

Mexico's largest private employer - Wal-Mart - is given credit for reducing the country's inflation rate. Its rivals are unhappy.

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  • February 13, 2004
Squeezing Argentina

Kenneth Dart, the former Sarasotan, is hoping to squeeze Argentina to pay him the full amount on its debt - even though he bought it at a discount.

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  • February 13, 2004
Unaffordable Housing

Why there's a shortage of affordable housing and how to end it.

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  • February 13, 2004
Indelible Impression

Cody Fowler Davis walks in big footsteps - those left by his grandfather, Cody Fowler, one of the founders of Tampa's Fowler White law firm.

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  • February 6, 2004
'Bring Life to the Streets'

When four-year plans to develop condominiums next to the Quay didn't materialize, Irish developer Paddy Kelly decided to get involved.

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  • February 6, 2004
Knight In Shining Armor

Richard A. Harrison has faced harassment and threats of being sued as a governmental attorney on controversial issues in the Tampa Bay area.

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  • February 6, 2004
Repeat Performance?

Coast Bank of Florida stumbled in 2003 after going public, a familiar situation for founder Gerald L. Anthony.

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  • February 6, 2004
Collier, Lee Lead; Pinellas Stagnant

In Fishkind & Associates' newest 2004 forecast, the region's two southernmost counties will top the population growth charts again. Pinellas and Sarasota are growing at the slowest rates.

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  • February 6, 2004
Indonesia's Legal Labyrinth

Bloomberg News ServiceSINGAPORE - Satrya Wijaya Teja, a Jakarta-based lawyer for two U.S. hedge funds, took a business trip in October that included a six-hour boat ride through forests and a night on the floor of a local mosque.

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  • February 6, 2004
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

Local movers and shakers.

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  • February 6, 2004
Risk Management

How the lawyer who runs the world's largest municipal law office saves New York City millions of dollars.

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  • February 6, 2004
Building Made Easy

You won't hear Anthony Mazzucca complain about the permitting process in Sarasota and Manatee counties. No way. Not after waiting 10 years for a permit in New Jersey.

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  • January 30, 2004
Lightning Master (Tampa edition)

Jay Feaster spends most of his time near the ice rink, not in the courtroom. In Feaster's first full season as general manager of Tampa Bay Lightning, the National Hockey League team won its first division title.

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