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  • May 27, 2022
Deep Lagoon Seafood & Oyster House headed to Lakewood Ranch

The restaurant is the final anchor restaurant at Waterside Place.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Thomas P. Vartanian and William M. Isaac | Guest Columnists |
  • June 30, 2022
Time to get smart about financial technology — and how to regulate the $10T market

Regulators ignore the crypto world at their peril, contend a pair of longtime prominent industry officials and executives.

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  • November 8, 2019
Home sweet (vacation) home

Annual real estate report reveals higher demand for second homes, increasing prices

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  • August 2, 2022
First Watch kicks plastic straws to the curb

The daytime dining concept announced a partnership that will provide sustainable straws instead.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • November 20, 2008
Presidential Boost

Tampa Steel Erecting Co. is hoping more federal funds will help its bridge-building business.

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  • February 6, 2004
George Edgecomb

A tribute to his courage and integrityIt has been 28 years since the death of Judge George E. Edgecomb. It is more than just apparent today his memory lives in the hearts and minds of those who loved and respected the man who became Hillsborough County'

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  • September 24, 2004
Deciphering the Attribute Index

What is the key to successful business excellence? asks Stephen Garber, who lives and works in the Sarasota area, provides executive coaching for individuals and organizations to enable them to select, retain and develop performance champions.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2009
Big out of Small

Surviving the recession not only required Kerrie Ann Lehnert to rethink her entire business plan. It has taken a rebooted mindset, too. 'You have to be able redefine your ego,' she says.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 7, 2011
Home Run Swing

After 25 years with his father's company, and now in his second term leading Tampa's chamber, Chuck Sykes does not flinch from taking tough stands.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2010
Out of the Rough

Two hospitality industry entrepreneurs think they're on to the next big thing in sports and family entertainment. They think big.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • December 17, 2010
'Chase everything'

Rojo Architecture, a Tampa design firm, is out to prove a point that good building design can be handled more affordably. It's how the principals keep their own lights on.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • January 1, 2012
Hidden Profits

Superior Bank's profitable start to 2011 was even better than many realize.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 31, 2013
Rinse and repeat

A pair of entrepreneurs hopes to make good, for a second time, on an auto racing business. The risks, however, are thornier this go-around.

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • January 9, 2013
Diagnosing Your Car

Carvoyant hopes drivers, auto dealers and repair shops will adopt its system, which could bring in thousands of new data customers.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 23, 2011
A Fresh Start

Two entrepreneurial contractors strike out on their own after more than a decade working for one of the Gulf Coast's largest commercial builders.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 7, 2011
Software Savvy

David Romine took a big risk when he left a 'Big Five' accounting firm to start his own company. That bet has paid off.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2011
Vroom with a View

A laid off executive-turned-entrepreneur is on a mission. His aim: to bring class, decorum and respectability to the auto and tire repair business.

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  • May 18, 2012
Capitol Chatter: May 18

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

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 14, 2012
Size Matters

A Gulf Coast wealth management firm with a nationwide network of financial planners will pound its strategy to survive the onslaught of industry regulations. The gist: Grow rapidly, so it can deftly handle new rules.

  • Finance
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