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  • October 15, 2004
10 Difficult Steps to More Housing

Sarasota and Monterey County, Calif., face similar affordable housing problems and solutions.

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  • May 6, 2019
Fort Myers appraisal company defining the evolving industry

Technology-driven data collection and valuation models have dramatically changed the appraisal business in the past decade

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  • March 6, 2015
Hurdle jumps

Empowering employees is more than a catch phrase for one of the top managers in major league baseball. It's also a great way to build a winning team.

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  • May 6, 2025
Tyranny of Trump's tariffs

Who is ripping off whom in international trade. How can Donald Trump know more about tariffs than 250 years of economic evidence? Tariffs punish everyone.

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  • September 28, 2010
MediHealth bought by Conifer

Conifer will add MediHealth's 12 employees to its existing staff.

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Lile runs for Florida House

Laird A. Lile, a trust and estates attorney in Naples, has announced his candidacy.

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  • April 15, 2010
Children's facility expansion completed

Gates has completed the expansion and renovation of the Children's Specialists of Florida medical facility on Summerlin Lakes Drive in Fort Myers.

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  • June 7, 2012
SRI and Synergy Health merge

Domestic and overseas healthcare companies combine.

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  • May 14, 2021
Thinking About Selling Your Business?

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  • October 17, 2019
The 2019 40 Under 40 winners talk lessons learned

The Business Observer's 2019 40 under 40 award winners share the best advice they've ever received, their biggest challenges and and what they learned from them.

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  • September 5, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: Quaint or practical: the questions to ask for changes to Lee's existing drawbridgesRichard Zipes says Sarasota city planning department a pleasure Environmentalists take aim at golf courses

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  • August 18, 2022
Prominent business, finance executive points out recession indicators

PGT Innovations' Jeff Jackson details what he looks for to get to the if and when of a recession.

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  • February 16, 2012
Capitol Chatter: Feb. 17

Workers comp, expert witness standards, and other Tallahassee talk.

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  • August 21, 2015
Electric life

Hard work, combined with self-confidence, helped Isaac Barpal get from a kibbutz in Israel to the top of Corporate America.

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  • June 19, 2023
Software entrepreneur finds his footing after personal medical scare

Chris Abbott turned a dreadful few weeks into a new opportunity to get back to what he calls his "entrepreneurial roots."

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  • June 11, 2010
Trading Places

Collier County's large community banks have been decimated by the collapse of construction and development. But it seems there are plenty of eager banks ready to take their place, including the newest entrant: EverBank.

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  • August 9, 2019
Improbable global business lands new opportunities

Lakeland entrepreneur took Bob Knight has come a long way since 1984.

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  • April 15, 2016
Executive Q&A: Barry Shevlin, CEO, Vology

"Cash is like oxygen," says the longtime business owner, one of many lessons he's learned.

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  • September 26, 2014
Shifting market

The best deals on the Gulf Coast may be in Lee County, the last office-space market in the region to recover from the bust.

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  • By Jeff Durosko |
  • April 17, 2023
Win the day with employees — even in a tight labor market

From luncheons to launching a monthly good news newsletter, there are better to ways to engage with a firm's No. 1 asset.

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