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  • July 29, 2011
Walter Energy ripe for takeover bids

The coal company could sell for a nearly 60% premium. Its CEO's recent resignation makes it more vulnerable.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 6, 2012
Captain Larry

Larry Kiker, the soft-spoken former mayor of Fort Myers Beach, was recently elected to the Lee County commission. Those who know him well don't underestimate his quiet demeanor.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2012
Integrity issues at IntegraClick?

Three top executives recently left IntegraClick. A fourth alleges he was ordered to delete incriminating emails.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 2, 2021
Thorny workplace issues clog reopening plans

Public health and labor experts address key questions companies and managers are facing now — or will soon.

  • Law
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 2, 2016
Tech giant

The CEO of one of the largest companies in the region, Tech Data, has even bigger dreams. Think Amazon.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2017
'Lead with Service'

A Tampa tech firm seeks to maintain a rapid growth pace, behind a new leadership team and some grandmotherly advice: Stick to your knitting.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 26, 2017
Framing fitness

Tampa-based Peerfit seeks to disrupt the wellness market. With nearly $4 million in funding, it's well on its way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 11, 2014
On The Trail

The fourth quarter produced mixed results for Gulf Coast banks. But some lenders posted all-time great gains in 2013. That could be a good sign for 2014.

  • Finance
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • September 30, 2016
Air up there

Punta Gorda Airport's deep discount approach is a winner with carriers. Is the strategy sustainable?

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 13, 2016
Hardy Hunter

One county, just outside the Gulf Coast, is in an all-out battle to lure businesses to town. It's a big-money effort.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 10, 2016
Gone girl

Traci Bild stepped down as CEO of Bild & Co. in 2013 to write a book. She wanted to chase her passion. She instead learned a major life lesson.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2024
Florida exec finds new life purpose after being confronted by gunman

John Miles accomplished quite a lot in business and the military before he turned 50. Those wins are mere pit stops as he executes on his next big life mission: helping others find their purpose.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 27, 2025
Manatee County commissioner pushes for building moratorium

Some commissioners, and at least one developer, are pushing back against the idea.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 11, 2026
Construction leaders with nearly 50-year age gap are each other's best mentors

A pair of construction leaders at vastly different stages of their careers have a flourishing mentoring relationship at Suffolk's Southwest Florida office. The lessons go both ways.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 16, 2026
40 years after first hotel sale, 'Queen of Clearwater Beach' is still making deals

Local commercial real estate broker Gi Gi Gillis keeps selling hotels along the Pinellas County beaches as her firm looks to grow.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 26, 2025
Sarasota Housing Authority CEO: Building affordability without stigma

William Russell came to town in 2005 to lead the Sarasota Housing Authority out of insolvency. What was thought to be a short-term assignment is still going strong two decades later.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
Good Value in Valrico

A tiny east Hillsborough County bank bounces back just in time to go private.

  • Entrepreneurs
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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 Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Walsh: REVIEW & COMMENT

It's the morning after. The more you dig into the tax-reform legislation adopted in the special session, the sleazier it looks. It's as predicted - a legislative, leadership failure, in spite of the tax rollback and tax cuts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
Profitable Cause

Property-rights advocate Bill Moore, managing partner of Brigham Moore LLP, plans to organize a powwow of legislators to clear up Florida's eminent domain law, even if it means codifying redevelopment as a 'public use.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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