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Strategies

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Newsmakers

Area movers and shakers.

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Street Sales

Admobile of Tampa Bay tries a new twist on an old concept. But its moving billboards may not be able to stay in one place for very long.

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Historic Conquests

Tampa developer Hamilton Jones discovered a lucrative niche in the Tampa Bay market - redevelopmentof historic commercial and residential properties.

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Two to Thirty

Indigo Coffee founders, Joe Timberlake and Jeff Darrey, think big: They plan to open another 30 locations within three years.

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Land Grab

Claiming Murdock Village is blighted, Charlotte County plans to purchase 3,000 largely undeveloped lots through condemnation. Is it constitutional?

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  • October 10, 2003
Alternative Minimum Tax:Congress Stealth Tax

TAXESIn 2000, an estimated 1.5 million taxpayers were subject to the tax. By 2010, the tax will nab 33 million taxpayers.

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  • October 3, 2003
Newsmakers

Local movers and shakers.

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Q&A with Steve Queior

The incoming president of the Greater Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce shares his early impressions and vision for the county.

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  • October 3, 2003
From Cars to Land

Carl Lindell Jr. is best known for his car dealerships. But his focus is now more on real estate.Tampa entrepreneur Carl W. Lindell Jr. recently discovered what he thinks might be a choice site for a condominium resort on the Bahamas' Treasure Cay w

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  • October 3, 2003
American Made

Who produces anything here anymore? Tampa's Bison Investments Inc. does.Ignoring the offshore outsourcing juggernaut, CEO Birge Sigety is on the lookoutfor manufacturers that can make it in the good ol' US of A.

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  • September 19, 2003
15 Newsmakers (9/19/03)

AccountingKathleen Hargreaves, CPA, a shareholder with Sarasota's Kerkering, Barberio & Co. PA recently published "Physician Asset Protection Planning: A New Urgency" in CPA Today, a Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants magazine. The arti

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Calendar

HILLSBOROUGH, PINELLAS AND PASCO COUNTIES

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22-23 Record Book (Sarasota/Manatee)

------ Building Permits -------The following commercial building permits totaling more than $10,000, were filed Sept. 1-5 in Manatee and Sarasota counties and the cities of Bradenton and Sarasota.CITY OF BRADENTONSouthTrust Bank NA, 3813 Manatee A

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Tourism Upswing

Southwest Florida is hot again. There were more visitors to Lee County in July than in same month prior to 9/11.

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Running Hot

A safety incident at Tampa International Airport offers the federal courts a fresh chance to clarify the rightsof whistleblowers in a deregulated airline industry.

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