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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Outside its Box

A Gulf Coast unit of an international behemoth succeeded in dominating sales of a niche market. Now it has to figure out how to grow in other ways.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Home Base

When First National Bank of Pennsylvania bought Seminole Bank in 1998, former Seminole employees organized First Home Bank, another community bank in Seminole.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Tampa Bay scores slip: The Tampa Bay area slipped from second to fourth among its five other Southeast competitors in the latest economic scorecard dashboard report from the Tampa Bay Partnership, released this week.Gerdau buys Century Steel: Tampa-based Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. has acquired all the assets of Century Steel, Inc.Tampa to sell land: Despite the slow economy, Tampa is trying to sell parcels of vacant land.Building height vote: Charlotte County commissioners, reeling from a pair of recent economic development blows, are considering passing new zoning rulesReds off to the desert: The Cincinnati Reds baseball team signed a contract with officials of Goodyear, Ariz. April 8 to play Spring Training games in that cityBuilding permits reinstatedLee moratorium talk: A moratorium on development of new mines on sparsely populated 83,000 acres in South Lee County will be debated at open forums scheduled for April 17, 22 and 24.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Landlord sues city of Sarasota in federal court The Donald in Sarasota?Coldwell Commercial restructuringY'all are old!What's ahead in Tallahassee: No new taxes

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: A chance for 'affordable housing,' but will they take it? Do Gulf Coast residents love ice hockey that much? McKay explains constitutional amendment Hugh Culverhouse Jr. selling 900 acres?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2003
Fireworks Sales Halted

Stores who sell fireworks say a new Sarasota County ordinance will shut them down. Commissioners contend the sales are illegal.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

This week's items: Cortez Storage construction starts84 Lumber files plans to build Bradenton locationFlorida Studio Theatre buys former Theatre Works buildingSMR, DVA Sports planLakewood Ranch arena

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Regional Roundup

This week's items: CHARLOTTE BANK ACQUISITION BALD EAGLE AVIATION SWITCHES AIRPORTSCHECKERS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER WEBMD FLORIDA OFFICES RAIDED TAMPA COMPANY PICKED FOR COURTHOUSE

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge of the judicial circuit for Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the court clerk in Pinellas battle over guardianshipsFlorida Legislature increases 6th and 13 circuit judicial staffs Congressman Jim Davis honors

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank is really pushing its purchasing-card systemLakewood Ranch postal opportunityd Sarasota attorney Miles Ferris from suspended for his work as a psychotherapist

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2008
Bank Beachhead

USAmeriBank, unaffected by real estate loans, is focusing onserving commercial customers and expanding in central Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By George Rauch |
  • October 29, 2009
It's unavoidable: Gold to go up, up, up

When you combine all the factors that affect the price of gold, you can't reach any other conclusion: The price will continue to rise.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 27, 2010
Boom-Time Caution

Cape Coral was one of the hardest-hit areas of the Gulf Coast, but one commercial builder based in Lee County's largest city survives. Compass Construction holds lessons for others in these tough times.

  • Industries
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 17, 2013
The facts behind factoring

Understand how receivables factoring can improve your cash flow. It's not as expensive as you think.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 31, 2013
Team for sale*

*Arena included. Owners of the Florida Everblades are hoping an improving economy is a propitious time to sell the team and Germain Arena.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2011
Wild card

Prices have been rising in Naples for a year. It's a sign that the Southwest Florida region is leading the recovery.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • May 6, 2011
Driving Revenue

Millennium Luxury Coaches continues to grow revenue every year, despite the Great Recession. The company's success is based on keeping debt low and anticipating changes in the industry.

  • Strategies
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  • By George Rauch |
  • June 3, 2011
The pace of the economy is not accelerating

Will the market go up, or will the market go down? Or will the government figure out some other way to manipulate the market and call it something besides “QE3”?

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 11, 2011
Weathering the Storm

The recession nearly killed Lee Wetherington's homebuilding firm. But his resolve — and a lot of money — saved it. 'I wasn't going to give up,' he says.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 11, 2011
Insurance Fix

Home-Tech is expanding to Sarasota, fueled by sales of its appliance-repair service agreements and its employee owners.

  • Strategies
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