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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2008
Control the Controllables'

An energetic new division president for Beall's knows the department store chain has succeeded by knowing the Florida consumer. She also knows the economy and competition present serious challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Corporate Report: November 9

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • April 19, 2013
Caught in the Middle

The perks and perils of being a non-family leader in a family business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 23, 2020
Firm helps nonprofits shift in the face of the coronavirus pandemic

VeraData shifts along with its clients.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 25, 2018
Matt Crane, 37

Matt Crane, 37, is a commercial banking relationship manager for Regions Bank in Tampa, Florida.

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 12, 2017
Pouch Players

With a new executive and new product line, a manufacturer sets its sights on big growth plans.

  • Manufacturing
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 11, 2013
Madam Chair

Naples-based attorney Kimberly Leach Johnson is one of the few women to lead one of the nation's largest law firms.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 21, 2014
Engineered to grow

Trudi Williams busted through the good-old-boy network to build her engineering firm in Fort Myers.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 9, 2025
USF one step closer to redeveloping The Claw golf course

The university's Board of Trustees voted to approve preliminary plans to make the site a mixed-use housing community. Now, it's up to the Florida Board of Governors to give final approval.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 12, 2022
2022 Top Entrepreneur: Jim Miller, JMX Brands CEO, Sarasota

On the other side of a crisis, Jim Miller is learning how important pacing is when it comes to growth. “I like to drive fast. But if you don’t have the resources to support the growth, then all of a sudden you’re speeding along the cliff.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 15, 2022
New Frontiers: Cryptocurrency and the metaverse are here to stay

Success in the commercial real estate industry of the future — and maybe even the now —requires an embrace of technologies that take the real world digital.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2006
No More Development?

Land use experts say the business community should vote against Florida Hometown Democracy - one of the biggest threats to development in the state. Property insurance and taxes also pose problems.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Matt Walsh: Why they won't cut spending

Aren't you sick of the whining?That's what it is.Whenever anyone attempts to cut a government's revenues, the spenders and socialist media types come out howling."You can't do that!""Who's going to pay for these tax cuts!?""Do you realize this means we're going to have to starve widows and children, end all health care for pregnant women, shut down day-care centers, eliminate high school football, close fire departments, release prisoners and go weeks at a time without drinking water?"It's all so sickeningly predictable and tired.And then, the legislators cave.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
'True American Spirit'

As revenue at The Hiller Group hits $130million this year, a third-generation Hiller joins the global company that specializes in carbon trading and wholesale aviation fuel distribution.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 24, 2020
In the band: marketing pro bangs a drum in her spare time

Sharon Kunkel says the drums are a nice release.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 1, 2015
Land attack

Speculative investment in large land parcels is back. But it takes good timing, plus knowledge, to turn dirt into returns.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2009
Correction, apology to Clyde H. Wilson Jr.

In March 2006, the Gulf Coast Business Review, in an article entitled, “A Family Divided,” reported on an estate dispute between prominent Sarasota attorney Clyde H. Wilson Jr. and his sister, Paula Wilson and her son, John Chapman.

  • Law
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  • October 13, 2010
Whitney to build new branch

The bank will add a location in South Tampa, across from Plant High School.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2010
Bonita Bay sells TwinEagles

The Ronto Group and Angelo, Gordon and Co. bought property for $11 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
GAP Engineering, Planning hired by Lindvest for village

GAP Engineering & Planning LLC announced plans to spearhead a village-style development on 450 acres in the northeast corner of Sarasota County for Lindvest Communities Inc. of Toronto.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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