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  • February 3, 2006
Thomson: Is more money best for schools?

Research, combined with good old-fashioned common sense, suggests that the best students come from solid families, not from big spending.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Brains, Not Brawn

Cheap labor overseas won't stay cheap forever. USF professors say by using their heads, American businesses can stay ahead of the rest of the world.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
How to Minimize Trouble

Four lawyers, including the chief counsel for the Outback Steakhouse chain, advise CEOs what to do when a company is accused of sexual harassment.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Generation Flap

Corporate America values younger workers because they are more flexible than Baby Boomers who don't deal with upheaval like they used to.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
The Old & the Rested

An economist who studied the Tampa Bay area's appeal to 'the young and the restless' thinks the region could bring in more retiring Boomers.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 28, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Jury sides with Rywant-Alvarez team in federal bad-faith lawsuitState Supreme Court reprimandsSt. Pete attorney Nina BaumanAfter 30 years, Trenam Kemker's John Vento retires from Air ForceOlson & Bearden discovers flaw in barter deal with client

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Hard Times

County governments throughout the Gulf Coast are in the throesof a budget crisis as the economic downturn lingers. One countycommissioner hopes to bring businesses back into the conversation.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
Smart Growth?

The slowing economy isn't the only worry facing business owners. Government growth decisionsare troubling some entrepreneurs, too.

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  • July 13, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Lee-Collier

TIB Bank takes back three properties

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  • July 23, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
Real estate rebirth

Leroy Moore and the Tampa Housing Authority have teamed up with Bank of America to transform a former public housing project into a thriving 28-acre commercial and residential area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Finding says Colonial Bank did not violated the law last by dismissing Anthony GonzalezWilkes & McHugh PA listed in National Law JournalTwo attorneys help Family Justic Center receive $1.1 million grant

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  • August 13, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Gerald Anthony is going to give community banking another shot.The redesign of an interactive store display has landed Sarasota-based Design Marketing Group a contract with the nation's largest specialty-retailer of

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  • August 13, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: A win for GonzalezNew fee opportunities for attorneys who represent Hillsborough County traffic violators apparently increased significantly during the first six months this yearHart takes offense

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2004
Ranch Arena Almost Iced

Salvador Diaz-Verson Jr. and two of his companies claim Bank of America improperly backed out of financing a land purchase for the Lakewood Ranch arena.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
From Eyesore to Hilton Brand

Sarasota's Merca Real Estate plans to transform one of the area's most unsightly buildings into an upscale extended-stay hotel.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2004
Office Users Go Away ?

Business owners say the Sarasota City Commission should alter the retail portion of the downtown master plan.

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  • October 8, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Tampa attorney Domenic Massari III will spend 12 months in federal prison for helping a client hide millions of dollarsDavid Demersgave an upbeat assessment of the state court system in Pasco and Pinellas counties

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  • October 22, 2004
FCCI's Pilot

Russell Currin Jr., the Sarasota-based insurance companyis longtime chairman, is honored posthumously by The Argus Foundation with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Diana Moreland elected to judgeship by linking with law enforcement.Portofino reborn as CityPointeLet the suits beginMost influential

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