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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
Gang Green

Steven Winter, the granddaddy of green building concepts, thinks there are greenbacks aplenty for companies that use the environmentally friendly concept.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Lee-Collier): George Ghanem

George Ghanem's party palace is almost ready. By this summer, Ghanem's company will have moved into its new corporate headquarters in Fort Myers. The 60,000-square-foot, $8-million building will house the company's commercial laundry, a showroom and will have enough parking so that employees can load 10 delivery trucks at a time with tents, chairs and all the equipment for a party.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2009
Corporate Report

Kinetic Concepts wound-care patent negated in Germany

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  • September 4, 2008
Sowell: The Capitalist

Barack Obama's change is an economic recipefor turning the clock back to the Great Depression.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 18, 2010
CEO Fitness: Two New Knees

Scott Fischer recovered from the surgical replacement of both of his arthritic knees in May.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2010
Sales Driver

John Marazzi takes great care to hire the right people. Then he becomes their cheerleader.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 21, 2010
Risk Brothers

Quadrupling the size of a company's workspace while knee-deep in a recession might sound crazy. But to entrepreneur Leo Riza, it's the natural next step — he hopes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2010
Oracle of Tampa

Tampa Bay Editor Carl Cronan talks with business celebrity John Sykes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • December 28, 2012
A Whirlwind Year

Entrepreneur Nancy Tedeschi's invention took off, and now she's traveling the world to grow her company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 22, 2013
Seven up

Flexibility, an integral attribute for any business owner, is a learned skill for some. A local nurse-turned-convenience-store franchisee recently made that discovery.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 6, 2011
Thinking Ahead

Leaders of three mid-Florida cities urge cooperation in an increasingly competitive economic landscape. A former mayor says that will become necessary during the next two decades.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 2, 2012
Work of Art

The office behind a successful independent florist is all about family, fun and feeling relaxed.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 23, 2012
Reengineered

Al Reynolds led WilsonMiller through the real estate boom and now Stantec in the recovery. But his map has gotten a lot bigger.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2012
Outsized Success

David Peace, after a rough patch, turned some difficult business circumstances into a sizable advantage. He plans to keep riding the momentum.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 3, 2012
Capitol Chatter: August 3

The weekly roundup of what's happening in government and how it affects business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
Gen Y employees want time and love

Hey old-timer, admit it. You're having trouble understanding how to work with all of those “Gen Yers."

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  • March 13, 2021
Nonprofit assembles committee to oversee use of $10 million gift

The committee will offer guidance for using the contribution from MacKenzie Scott.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2021
Omnivore hires pair of top executives

Dan Singer and Shane Whitlatch join the Clearwater company Omnivore in the wake of $13 million capital raise in 2018 that's fueled growth

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2021
Think tank: Florida is a national leader in liberty

Florida trails one state in annual freedom report.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 27, 2019
Apartment, office deals in near equilibrium

Overall sales volume decline in two Gulf Coast submarkets — Southwest Florida and Sarasota/Manatee counties — during 2019 was offset by strength in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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