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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Optimistic Outlook

Colliers Arnold is bullish on the short- and long-term forecast for retail, industrial and office development in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2004
Wonder of It All

Tampa developer Rick Wolfe believes a 78-year-old former Wonder Bread factory will convert nicely to upscale condominiums. He's betting his money on it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 26, 2021
Outspoken investor declares war on COVID-19 economic crisis

Ben Mallah, with an assist from his son, digs deep as he girds for survival.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 13, 2018
New school aims to bring French education system to region

Can a French immersion school be a viable enterprise in the Tampa Bay area? A native of France and his American spouse, behind a $2 million investment, want to find out.

  • Education
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • June 1, 2025
Popular Sarasota restaurant week hits milestone, extends to 20 days

Savor Sarasota is celebrating 20 years of showcasing Sarasota County restaurants and bringing in business during a slow month of the year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 18, 2011
System Strict

A small Gulf Coast city was the scene of a surprise surge in condo sales last year. The success gives hope that a full-blown rebound could be on the way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2015
Fair winds

The return of corporate travel is creating opportunities for Offshore Sailing School as it offers team building and leadership training in a vacation setting.

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 1, 2022
Tampa man sentenced to 5 years for counterfeit credit cards, unemployment insurance fraud

The 30-year-old man made credit cards using stolen information and committed fraud to obtain unemployment benefits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2007
Building Optimism

One Gulf Coast developer forges on, despite having signed contracts on only a fraction of 550 condos.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Sun Microstamping defaults on job discrimination actionLawyer awareness campaign relies on Ebsary's expertiseAttorneys pad Davis, Smith's gubernatorial campaign coffers

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Tampa Bay): Joy Gendusa

Being a good parent is what motivated Joy Gendusa to eventually become a successful entrepreneur.Gendusa, 43, a New York native, worked a number of jobs, including selling vacation packages at night and doing typesetting, earning $8 to $12 an hour.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Entrepreneur Finds Law (Tampa edition)

Retired engineer Howard Iken is swapping professions. He plans to specialize in divorce for business owners, a niche he discovered as a judge's clerk.

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 12, 2010
A Proper Way

Chris Abbott thought he would grow his one-man real estate company slow and steady when he founded it in late 2008. Eight employees and a half-dozen big contracts later, that plan is history.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2009
Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 26, 2010
Government Digest: Nov. 26 - Dec. 2

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 14, 2013
A second act

A local financial planning firm has grown revenues nearly 200% since 2010. One key has been to eliminate conflicts of interest for clients.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 25, 2011
Rocky Bottom

The office market on the Gulf Coast started to recover last year, but the first half of 2011 was disappointing as companies hesitated to fill up new space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 3, 2011
Government Digest: June 3

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 21, 2011
Ready to Launch

Many Space Coast companies see gloom as the shuttle program comes to an end. Carol Craig sees opportunity as she starts a new venture.

  • Strategies
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