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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

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  • August 15, 2008
Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

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  • August 25, 2008
Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

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  • July 30, 2004
Welcome to Skip Sack's Neighborhood

Burton 'Skip' Sack made his Applebee's neighborhood restaurants one of the chain's most successful franchises.Now he's bringing his recipe to the National Restaurant Association.

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  • May 22, 2013
Leadership isn't for cowards

Despite being an experienced manager, there may be a few things stifling your team's progress —and they may stem from you.

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  • March 20, 2020
Business transforms into online music school

Due to coronavirus, all Music Compound services are now available online.

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  • October 14, 2013
No phone on the road

We all know it's now against Florida law to text while driving.

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  • June 15, 2007
Walkabout Air Lifts Off

By offering an array of services and simple fees, the executive aircraft services company wants to double the number of planes it services by year's end.

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  • June 4, 2010
Corporate Report: June 4 - June 10

New information from Algenol Biofuels, Odyssey Marine, and more.

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  • May 6, 2011
Business School

A new magnet school in Orlando will prepare high school students on how to be successful in business. Slated to open in 2012, the school will emphasize entrepreneurship and free enterprise.

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  • February 17, 2017
'Premier Market'

Fifth Third Bancorp President and CEO Greg Carmichael says the bank is eager to grow its presence in Florida.

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  • August 14, 2015
Anchors away

How do you battle giant competitors? With a gung-ho, non-defeatist attitude toward getting business anytime, anywhere.

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  • August 22, 2022
Venice hospital — citing competition and other forces — announces it will shutter next month

ShorePoint Health Venice will no longer continue operating after Sept. 22 as a full hospital, instead turning to outpatient services.

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  • August 20, 2009
Commissioner's claims thinning out

State Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty's claims of new capital propping up the property insurance market are again being called out — and this time some powerful people in the state are taking notice.

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  • September 24, 2010
Clublink buys WCI golf courses

ClubLink US Corp. purchased eight golf courses and associated facilities in Sun City from WCI Communities for $8.7 million.

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  • July 5, 2013
Blue Rock, Goff Capital buy Westbury at Lake Brandon

The price equated to $106,011 per unit and was $3.25 million less than the apartment last sold for in early 2007.

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  • April 2, 2013
Beer man pours on the jokes

Retired Marine Col. John Saputo, a decorated veteran, wags a sharp wit under his tough guy exterior — though it sometimes gets lost in running a $90 million beer distribution business.

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  • November 1, 2012
Nothing is flat about local entrepreneur's expansion

Steve Martin's Gulf Coast taco empire continues to grow.

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  • January 12, 2012
Chomp to success, one store at a time

Steve Martin keeps opening more Tijuana Flats restaurants on the Gulf Coast, yet the question of why he has launched another business in a recession keeps dogging him.

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  • October 8, 2020
Report: executive women suffer from more self-doubt than men

Imposter Syndrome is real in the C-Suite occupied by women.

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