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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2004
Party of 5

Candidates galore want to be the next Hillsborough County clerk.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • February 3, 2023
Sarasota sports pro returns to promote his latest endeavor

When Mark Neifeld realized there wasn't a big league for the sport of fishing, he accepted it as a challenge. After two years, the Sport Fishing Championship has 15 events to its name.

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  • September 10, 2004
Integrity Questions Again

Will Hillsborough County Public Defender Julie Holt ever run for re-election when ethics isn't an issue?

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  • October 17, 2014
Review and Comment

The Amendments

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2004
'Only in America'

The odds were against a Ukrainian ship captain and his crew who spoke little English.

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  • October 15, 2004
BlackBerrys to Servers

Cost savings and efficiencies drive law firm investment in technology.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 29, 2018
The right conditions for succession

Tim Dupre’s ascension to CEO of Conditioned Air frees Theo Etzel to pursue growth. For a company that averages 40 promotions from within per year, it's also validation of a core belief.

  • Leadership
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 16, 2021
Farm workers in desperate need to get housing options

Affordable housing project in often-overlooked community aims to provide relief for farmworkers toiling in poverty and living in deplorable conditions.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2010
Fighting the Fed

By some accounts the end of another Gulf Coast bank could be on the horizon. But the bank's founder, Charlie Conoley, hasn't conceded anything yet.

  • Finance
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  • By Matt Walsh and Joel Schleicher |
  • March 22, 2020
Plea to Gov. DeSantis: Give the state economic hope

This is now a two-front war. Unless there is decisive action, Florida’s economy is facing an epic catastrophe.

  • Opinion
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • February 16, 2012
Kill Bills

Florida is one of the most litigious states in the country. But attempts to change the laws meet intense resistance from trial lawyers.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
Letters: Gov. Crist Recall

Our comments two weeks ago to begin a petition drive to recall Gov. Charlie Crist generated strong pros and strong cons. One reader sent in a $100 check to help jump-start the funding for the campaign.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2004
Pillage or Progress?

The ongoing feud between the Bradenton Beach City Commission and local developers has reached a newfound shrillness. At stake in this battle, between the Hatfields and McCoys, is the future of development on the island.

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  • By Louis Llovio and Mark Gordon |
  • March 3, 2022
Businesses adapt to supply-chain slowdowns, the new reality

The supply chain crisis has businesses down but not out. Some entrepreneurs and executives have dug into creative, nimble solutions.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 26, 2025
5 years later, Gulf Coast executives look back at managing through COVID

On the anniversary of the COVID, several business leaders from a wide swath of fields discuss the decisions they made, their worries and their early response to the pandemic in 2020.

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  • June 23, 2022
Naples cultural and arts pioneer — and longtime ad exec — dies at 96

Myra Janco Daniels was motivated in life by asking herself this question: "What can I do to make my world a better place?"

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • July 14, 2022
Conscious leadership: What it is and how to become one

Leading with empathy can open a lot of doors for your employees, and your organization.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 3, 2022
WIth labor shortage hovering, area builders jump into training programs

With more training opportunities available, trade companies will soon, officials hope, have a flourishing labor pool.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • January 12, 2023
Workplace change: It's a process, not a plan

Change (management) is hard. Here’s how to make it work.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2007
Rue Changes Strategy

The online training company is working primarily through institutions to reach more health care professionals.

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