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  • By Murray Rothbard |
  • February 27, 2009
The Great Society: A Libertarian Critique

The Great Society was spawned 40 years ago to eradicate poverty, but ended up cementing the poor in place. It is making a comeback. Rothbard analyzed the results at the time. It's a good lesson.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2008
Wealth of Information

Even retailers selling to the wealthiest of the wealthy need help dealing with the current economy. Free rum, anyone?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 17, 2015
Live to ride

The chief operating officer of Scott Fischer Enterprises, one of the largest Harley-Davidson dealers in the country, started at the bottom.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2011
Corporate Report: Apr. 1

The latest news from General Dynamics, Triad Retail Media, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2006
Rod Thomson: Growth: The Policies Should Match the Realities

Growth along the Gulf Coast is an inevitable and necessary reality. Dealing with growth often wanders far from reality.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2009
Niche Change

Hire Velocity, a Tampa search firm, hopes its switch from Fortune 500 clients to medium and small businesses will generate more revenue.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2007
GULF COAST ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Aggregate population growth in Collier and Lee is expected to outpace Hillsborough-Pinellas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Tampa Bay): Mihir Taneja

Mihir Taneja, 33, is chief executive officer with GeoPharma, a Largo pharmaceutical and health care products company. He started GeoPharma out of college, with five employees in 1995 in Brandon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 25, 2010
Way off Broadway

Small theaters in out-of-the-way towns are incubators for Broadway hits. One theater in Naples hopes to cash in on an original production.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2022
Tech, blockchain firm reels in nearly $6M investment

It’s the second multimillion-dollar investment for BlockSpaces in the past 10 months.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2021
Acquisitions of three diverse firms put spot spotlight on region

Trio of deals help show how region's economy has succeeded in industry diversification.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Melissa Link, 35

Owner, Brand Eleven Eleven

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 27, 2013
Wood Will

Innovation is rare in the lumber industry. A Gulf Coast entrepreneur set out to change that, and 2014 could be his proving ground.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 17, 2016
Branch out

Florida will fuel the coming growth surge for Synovus Bank.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2011
Corporate Report: July 1

The latest news from ValCom, Sun Hydraulics, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 11, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

Sell community banks: Punk Ziegel & Co. analyst Richard X. Bove is out with his latest take on the economy and how it will affect the business of banking.Second homes as investments: Marvin Rose of Rose Residential Reports read the report as did many who follow national real estate trends.Stating the obvious: Tampa lawyer Tim Corcoran has taken the unusual step of publicly stating the obvious about the current election for the 13th Circuit representative to the Florida Bar Board of Governors.Silence not golden: Gold Bank has hit the publicity jackpot, thanks to a customer and a primetime national television show.Gone fishing: St. Petersburg attorney Greg Hoag needs boats.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Hillsborough Chief Judge Manuel Menendez recently told a group about his adventure in a stairwell in the new George E. Edgecomb Courthouse.'Nauru' banks in Florida source of trouble Darryl Rouson has taken to the airwaves

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Corporate Report

New Coach House motorhome gets 20 mpgOdyssey Marine gets N.C. shipwreckSeaBridge Freightchooses Port ManateeTampa software firm chosen by Iowa physician groupFlanders' Bartow plantto rise from ashesBrown & Brown buys Subway accountsRaymond James chooses BlueThreadSarasota's Cap Creative launches event divisionMotorSports promotes new COOSirion drug under review by FDA

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 14, 2025
Captiva's South Seas moves forward as fight with neighbors continues

The resort's owners are readying to open a new beach front restaurant as it goes before Lee County to win approval for a plan opposed by some locals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2012
Pinnacle Academy buys campus, starts renovations

The price equated to $156,615 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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