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Strategies

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  • Ted Carter
  • December 30, 2016
Open airways

A niche health care college considers expanding its offerings.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 30, 2016
A bigger quest

ReliaQuest added nearly 100 new employees in 2016 and plans to hire up to 150 more in 2017. Top-notch training programs are paramount.

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  • Randi Donahue
  • December 23, 2016
Partners with purpose

Selling cars and trucks is a means to an end for one area couple. What they really love to do is help people find new hope.

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  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • December 23, 2016
Finding germs

Former Valpak President Jim Sampey is now exploring a new world: fighting bacteria.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 23, 2016
School days

With missions that are closely aligned, an apartment management firm teamed up with a national organization to build a new high school.

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  • Thomas Sowell
  • December 23, 2016
Moral fraud

Empirical evidence convincingly shows the 'do-gooder' policies to help ex-cons get jobs haven't helped at all.

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  • Alicia Ceccarelli
  • December 23, 2016
'Path to peace'

Bob Simpson has leveraged American medical resources to improve health care for children worldwide. Spoiler alert: The pope is a big fan.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • December 23, 2016
Honor to fly

Debi and Sean Lux launched a nonprofit organization that flies area veterans to visit memorials in Washington, D.C.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Ted Carter
  • December 23, 2016
Corporate report

Port expands capabilities with the new cargo area; Law firm grows again, adds three attorneys; School opens second campus in region; Construction underway on senior living complex

  • Strategies
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • December 16, 2016
New coast

After success in Orlando, Seacoast Bank looks west for more growth.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2016
Corporate report

Hertz shuffles board, replaces retiring CEO; Mall at University Town Center names new leader; Lakewood Ranch Medical Center appoints new top executive; Cuba is new Royal Caribbean destination for Port Tampa

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  • Pam Schuneman
  • December 16, 2016
Surprising effects of tax reform

With a new president, tax policies are ripe for change in the coming year. But plans differ in both how much they want to tax businesses and what the new world of deductions will look like.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 9, 2016
Taste the feeling

Startup or billion-dollar business? In Troy Taylor's world, he runs a bit of both. The lessons he's learned in that balance should resonate with any executive.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • December 9, 2016
Just right

Rite Technology aims to make a new name for itself. But changing monikers comes with some unique challenges.

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  • Denise Federer
  • December 9, 2016
Do you need an advisory board?

Even experienced CEOs need an outside perspective from time to time. Forming a panel of trusted professionals can help keep your family business on track.

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