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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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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 5, 2012
Political Partners

A pair of motivated entrepreneurs hopes to turn a passion for politics into a thriving business. They're getting the buzz part down.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 5, 2012
Scarry Numbers

Duncan Scarry's advertising agencies target auto dealers, and growth has been torrid.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • March 3, 2017
Play ball

Baseball teams have been swapping spring training cites with greater frequency across Florida in recent years. But not in Lakeland.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 22, 2017
Stick Together

A networking group has found some fast growth with a twist on the traditional model.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 12, 2014
Staging an encore

Loan growth at Encore Bank has boosted the Naples bank's profits. Real estate lending is leading the way.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 12, 2016
Fashion forward

Charlotte Osterman, after a bold move, rose quickly in the high-end corporate fashion world. She seeks to duplicate that success with her own venture.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 25, 2024
Foot Locker quietly moves ahead with relocating HQ from NY to St. Pete

Several months after Foot Locker announced it was moving its global headquarters to St. Petersburg, the details remain a mystery.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 26, 2024
Shore to close well-known St. Armands location, citing floods, storms

The business, which is leasing its restaurant and retail space to Tommy Bahama in 2025, announces potential expansion plans.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 5, 2025
Helios to sell subsidiary for $54 million

The technology company is planning to divest from Custom Fluidpower, based in Australia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 16, 2026
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $95.15 million Polk County land deal paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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