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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Senate confirms Judge CovingtonMaking tardiness a habit Sweating it out in Palma Ceia?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Analyst: Dump BankAtlantic Florida's most convenient bank is heading for a fall.Rumor fuels media frenzing over Schiavo case judge Nuisance abatement issue his Florida SenateSarasota Palm proposals narrowed to five

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Delano Stewart accepted this year's Herb Goldberg Award David Russell Stahl talks about $18 million jury verdictTECO Energy Inc. faces role reversal in current caseBrothers' favorite

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank is really pushing its purchasing-card systemLakewood Ranch postal opportunityd Sarasota attorney Miles Ferris from suspended for his work as a psychotherapist

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Buying Horizon University Parkway office space red hot Barbara A. Peterse, president of the First Amendment Foundation, says it isn't easy to keep open as much as possible about Florida government.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Glass Ceiling Breakers

Gulf Coast womenbusiness leaders makea showing on a list of Florida's top executives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 4, 2013
New Structures

Neil Simon and Stephen McKenna Jr. launched their commercial construction firm in late 2011. Good timing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
Sporting life

Soosie Lazenby has lived several business lives, including growing Adidas into a billion-dollar business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 1, 2013
The Economics of Blackmail

For all those Tea Partyers chafing over Gov. Rick Scott's switcheroo to accept Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid spending in the state, sometimes you just have to take ipecac.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 29, 2011
Masters of Their Atoll

A father-and-son team finds success in the movies and on the Naples waterfront. It pays to be diversified in the marine business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2021
Local brands hope to score big wins in signing college athletes

NCAA rule change opens floodgates for businesses — but vague and varying details of the regulations could pose issues.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 9, 2021
Readers unload on ivermectin story

Common theme: Stick to business — not science .

  • Opinion
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 1, 2021
Clothing subscription box business goes national

In the crowded subscription box sector, Amber Duncan values quality over quantity in her customer base. The strategy is paying off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 27, 2021
Entrepreneur sees the light on virus elimination

Forward-thinking entrepreneur makes pandemic shift to create a device that can eliminate pathogens. Up next: more market need-based shifts.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 13, 2021
$300 million construction firm builds smooth succession plan

A nice dinner out paved the way for Owen-Ames-Kimball to formulate ideas for top executives to exit the firm gracefully.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 17, 2021
Who says you can't come home again?

Tech entrepreneur comes back to Tampa to rebuild company he found two decades ago, and to spur the next generation of local innovators.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 4, 2021
Lovers Key State Park Welcome & Discovery Center

Project is valued at more than $5 million.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 12, 2021
Area program equips people with entrepreneurial skills

The Goodwill MicroEnterprise Institute has notched some big successes — more than 900 graduates and 460 new businesses.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 15, 2020
Tammy Charles, 30, Tampa

Senior faculty member, Ultimate Medical Academy; founder and chief strategist, Inovo Strategic Consulting

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 27, 2019
Shine bright: Patience has been a virtue for lighting technology firm

St. Petersburg, Florida, tech firm LumaStream has positioned itself as a visionary leader in power and light innovations.

  • Technology
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