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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
Coffee Talk

In 2006, I resolve...Coffee Talk dialed up several Gulf Coast senior executives last week and asked their plans for the next 12 months. Here's what five of them told us what they want and how they're going to get it in 2006:Corey J. Coughlin: President, chief executive, First State Bank, SarasotaDennis Gilkey:President, CEO, Bonita Bay Group, Bonita SpringsGuy King: President, M.E. Wilson Co., TampaWalter Crawford: President, CEO, Heatherwood Construction Co., Bonita SpringsBob Macomber: Chief Executive Officer, Atwell-Hicks, Tampa

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
Tax funding won't solve gridlock; it's time for tolls

Lee and Collier counties want to privatize expansion of I-75. Waiting forfederal funds is futile.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
A Victory for Business?

Three weeks have passed since the city of Sarasota's new downtown Andres Duany-influenced master plan became effective. But it's still not finished. The City Commission was scheduled to address about 20 proposed amendments to the plan at its Jan. 23 meeting.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Early Returns

The fledgling Sarasota Economic Development Corp.'s budget rose 24% in a year. The results? Its seeds are germinating.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

Manatee county administrator receives environmental awardTop sales producers honored at 'Night of the Stars'Palmetto tomato packer celebrates 70th anniversaryArgus Marine changes name, adds maintenance programMichael Saunders offers profit sharingMCC administrators speak during conferenceMay is Law Month in Manatee County

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Carlton Fields hires real estate attorneyTampa businessman wins trial against former partnerBavol Judge hires firm administratorFowler White hires new associateStetson professor to chair environmental groupsPhelps Dunbar hires Gore as associateChambers USA recognizes Holland & Knight lawyersGrayRobinson lawyer elected to YLD boardCarlton Fields attorneys honored by Chambers

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Bye, bye Buddy?Tit for tat in 13th Judicial Circuit Judge raceNo corrections necessary

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Clearwater Bar Association just earned the single largest rebate, $19,830, in the programis recent historyBank spars with analystFire intensifiesMr./Mrs. Clearwater

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Housing authority: Tail between its legs?Criminally dumbChange of plansIndustry ownershipGuardian Solutions in the spotlight

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  • By Bloomberg News |
  • January 7, 2011
U.S. Unemployment at 9.4%

The nation's employers added 103,000 net jobs in December 2010.

  • News
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 15, 2010
Changing the Channel

Tampa's WMOR promotes itself as one of the nation's top independent TV stations. By way of digital conversion, it has evolved from one channel to three.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 14, 2013
Sorry, not enough people have died yet

Put another way, not enough people died or suffered irreversible maladies on their hour-long or 30-minute ambulance rides to one of the far-away hospitals.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 19, 2011
Rules Redux

Bruce Mitchell, president of Clearwater-based Rally Stores Inc., and chairman of the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, sees the bottom-line benefit to the proposed repeal of a redundant state rule impacting his industry.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 25, 2012
On the Loading Dock

Tenants aren't vacating warehouses like they did during the economic downturn. In some areas, they're starting to fill space again. Could development be far behind?

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 20, 2021
Brewing company relies on out-of-the-box thinking for success

Jen Whyte used the pandemic to try new business practices

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 10, 2021
Bradenton coffee company prioritizes staying approachable

As a coffee-loving duo grow their business, they seek to be different from the competition — starting with the front door.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 15, 2021
Local law firms get creative in recruitment

The current hiring environment for law firms, like in most industries, is complicated. A few firms have found new ways to move head, while keeping some features that work.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 11, 2020
Insurance firm builds up leadership team in recent months

Insurance executive Steve Herrig has learned some big lessons about hiring top leaders over the years. A big one: don’t do it alone.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 7, 2020
American made: Biotech firm, fed up with foreign foes, launches manufacturing incubator

Tampa, Florida-based biotech firm SynDaver has launched a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing incubator at its headquarters.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2020
Bioscience firm makes progress on another kind of vaccine

Making good long-term decisions, the lifeblood of any thriving business, is a pressure-packed task at Morphogenesis. The impact — good or bad — could take years to materialize.

  • Strategies
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