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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 12, 2009
Young Galaxy

Why bag groceries when you can net $1,000 a week? Kody Yates hasn't graduated high school yet and his technology import company grossed six figures in sales last year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Lee-Collier): The Pena Sisters

The MTV Music Awards are later this month and you can be sure Erika Pena will be there to add to the bling.Pena is among a handful of jewelry designers invited to display her wares at an MTV Awards "gifting suite," where stars browse the offerings and take what they want as "gifts." There will be Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Jessica Alba and a gaggle of other glitterati you've probably never heard of. "They all pretty much go," Pena says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government actions around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 18, 2009
Review & Comment

S.B. 360 snips only the tip of the growth tumor

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2004
By the Hour or the Job

While a federal court upholds foreclosure lawyers' fees, the law firms still sought help from the Legislature.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Bradenton Beach City Commission wants to review all major development plansOffice vacancy rates shoot upHotel left out of Fruitville development planFifth Third is first

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2004
Garber: Increase Productivity

Avoid common pitfalls in the quest for higher performance. And build a solid foundation.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2004
Limit Exposure to Vicarious Liability

There are steps employers can take to minimize their exposure to vicarious liability and claims for negligent hiring, retention and entrustment, says John-Edward Alley, a Tampa attorney ranked as one of the "Best Lawyers in America."

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Tiger Bay Club of Tampa luncheon focuses on torte reformchael Jamieson appointed to American Bar Assocaition Committee on Corporate LawsInvestment bankers talk politics

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Rauch: Is the Bubble Returning?

George Rauch, Longboat Key, is CEO of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.No. The bubble never left. The above chart is interesting because it tells a story of the market's performance since 1920. Keep

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
YP: Kirstin Severs

YP: Kirstin Severs Second Vice PresidentInvestments, Smith Barney - Sarasota

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Ethnic study finds home-buying differencesDiscount Auto Parts advancesTougher billing, higher deposits planned for Sarasota?Tooting our horn

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • February 12, 2010
Government Digest 2/12/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 18, 2009
Fight On

Entrepreneurs know the path to small business success is never linear. It has been true for Michael Westafer, who rebounded from a frightening start to the year to double his company's revenue in 2009.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
All hands on deck

It's hard to think of a tougher challenge than for a Florida bank to raise capital today. But Bank of Florida Chief Executive Officer Michael McMullan has been here before.

  • Finance
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 25, 2010
Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 25, 2010
Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2010
A Day in the Life

Marco Rubio's campaign has taken him all over Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • November 19, 2010
Real World Knowledge

Retired engineer Paul Wahnish started CTEF as a way to bring tech into local classrooms. The program, which is catching on throughout Florida, aims to fight boredom among students.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 28, 2011
Stuck in Time

Efforts to redevelop historic buildings in downtown Tampa have met with preservation resistance and cumbersome city red tape. The recession added to those obstacles.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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