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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2011
Corporate Report: Sept. 16

The latest news from Savtira Corp., Nicholas Financial, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 15, 2014
Family Expert

Greg McCann has worked with hundreds of families and students around the country to address the unique challenges faced by family-owned businesses.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
Home Investor's Heyday

Nationally recognized real estate investor/teacher John Schaub sees a heyday coming from the housing-price correction.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
LEONARD: Web 2.0 is us

The trick to understanding the phenomena of 'Web 2.0' is realizing how amorphous it is, and taming it.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 27, 2020
Belpointe makes second Sarasota purchase

Belpointe REIT, a Connecticut-based Opportunity Zone-targeted real estate investment trust, has set its sights on redeveloping an entire city block.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Troubled Waters Ahead

Marinas and boaters get ready: Insurers will boost premiums and deductibles to cover hurricane-related losses. And some companies won't write any marine insurance in Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 15, 2010
Fading Greens

For decades, selling homes on the golf course was a winning formula. But developers and builders say that golf may not command a premium when the economy recovers. That may benefit creative entrepreneurs, developers and builders.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 26, 2016
Not done yet

World War II veteran Chuck Palmeri has been a salesman, from shoes to condos to commercial real estate, for nearly 70 years. It's a long lifetime of lessons learned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • April 7, 2026
Florida Aquarium receives donated AquaFence flood barrier

The Norwegian-based company is donating the Tampa General Hospital-tested flood barrier to the aquarium.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
Coffee Talk

A Bridge to Celebration: Rob Morris is one happy developer these days: The project he dreamed of three years ago - a $3.5 million bridge that will serve as an entrance to his firm's Sarasota condo project along the Phillippi River - is officially completed. And better yet, it came in early and under budget.Icahn hedge funds lose on WCI bet: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's bet on WCI Communities led to the first quarterly decline of his hedge funds since they opened three years ago, Bloomberg reported recently.Standing in defiance of the market: On Nov. 7, elected officials, Pinellas County staff, and The Sembler Co. leadership grabbed shovels and broke ground for Sembler's first standalone residential community called Duval Park, a new traditional neighborhood in the heart of Pinellas County in Lealman.Bonds show WCI's odds of survival: Bond prices are always a good indicator of corporate health.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2012
Corporate Report: May 4

Alico selling, Infinity Technologies buying and more corporate news.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 19, 2020
Former dog track reinvents itself, focused on poker

A voter-approved amendment was the initial catalyst that forced the Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Track owners to change strategies. With a $10 million project, and possibly more to come, their sights are set on more card shuffling.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 10, 2024
Investors pay $3 million for seven downtown Bradenton properties

In the week's top commercial real estate news, newcomers commit to longer leases in Tampa, and $400 million in sales triggers new tower along Estero Bay.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2011
Camp Out

A global networking group known for its lack of structure has delivered some concrete opportunities to Gulf Coast businesses.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 12, 2012
Investor Protectors

The financial crisis exposed many problems in the industry, and Naples law firm Vernon Healy has benefited.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Suzanne Boy, 34

Stockholder, Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 24, 2012
Underpants Empire

Ink Life Tour is a tattoo and music festival that travels to seven cities this year. Ragen St. Peter bootstrapped it into existence.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • May 17, 2013
Full speed ahead

While the recession could have put Bobby Harris out of business, he shifted gears to a new idea that came with some serious growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 12, 2013
Shooting stars

The founders of a new Gulf Coast business says the 'sell' job of their mission is a cinch. Now they have to prove it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 27, 2012
Dean of Industry

Rather than scaling back, at 74, Stanley Dean forges ahead with growing his business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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