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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2006
Corporate Report & Third Quarter

Global Imaging Systems buys N.J.'s Copy DynamicsWalter Industries settles shareholder lawsuitsTampa Electric wins $134 million in tax creditsE Solutions sells exchange hosting to Elephant OutlookThailand company hires Syniverse TechnologiesSigns Now reporting record 2006 sales, franchise growthWilsonMiller sponsors calendar promoting land stewardship Chico's FAS Third Quarter

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2007
A Grown Up Cup

Tervis Tumbler, a 60-year-old company once known for its quirky cups, is starting to be known for its annual sales growth. Revenues are up more than 300% over the past decade to $23 million in 2006.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Hospital Survival

Hospital operators in Southwest Florida are fighting to keep their organizations profitable, but they're taking different approaches. Which strategy will pay off?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
School of Steel

Ralph George transferred his military-trained mind to his business. The result is a textbook-like training ground for building from within.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Concrete Growth

A passion for power tools and a mind for inventing have led a father-son business team to the cusp of $10 million in annual revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Corporate Report

Florida Exterminating Co. sold to Middleton Lawn & Pest ControlAudio Messaging Solutions buys Virginia's FocuspointRoskamp runs MS-drug studyFlorida Bank Group finalizes Bank of Tallahassee purchaseJCI Jones Chemicals awarded Puerto Rican contractTIB Financial closes on of Bank of Venice buyoutSirion Therapeutics begins clinical programs

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Pruett Builders plans Lakewood Ranch headquartersJupiter Realty buys Hampton Bay, Harbour PointeCNL Retirement buys retirement communityMichael Saunders & Co.tops $2 billion in salesNeal Communities plans riverfront

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2006
Retail Property Market: Half Full or Nearly Empty?

The International Council of Shopping Centers meeting in Palm Harbor had retail landlords worried that a changing real estate market could spell trouble for their industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2006
Independents Band Together

The Sarasota-Manatee Originals, all independently owned restaurants, may be competitors, but they're pooling resources to battle the fine-dining chains that are moving in.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
Quick Move

Stuart Suddath couldn't hack business school; he wanted to deal with numbers that counted. Now the numbers at the moving company he runs mean something, such as 335%, which represents the firm's three-year growth. It made a nationwide fastest-growing list for the second straight year, too.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Come Sail Away

Few lenders were willing to fund a new business designed to sell art via a yacht docking in wealthy cities. Support ultimately came when the company known for bulldozers and cranes climbed aboard.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
'Passion brings focus'

Fort Myers CPA Gail Markham built one of the largest firms in Southwest Florida. In the process, she has seenhow startups succeed and fail.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Coffee Talk

Scouring for tips: Fresh from its high-profile battle to boost the value of the struggling newspaper stocks in its portfolio, Naples-based Private Capital Management has added new companies to its investment holdings this year.Another I-75 hotel: Update: Michael Lepore's MPL Properties expects to be moving forward on the Radisson Hotels & Resorts planned for the Fruitville Road/Interstate 75 intersection in Sarasota (see the Review, Nov. 11, 2005).Five bankers resign: Joseph Catti resigned recently as president of Northern Trust in Fort Myers, taking four other bankers with him.Collier shares wealth: The Collier family is well known in Southwest Florida. Nearly 100 years ago, Barron Gift Collier, who made millions with streetcar advertising, bought 1.3 million acres in what later became known as Collier and Hendry counties.Miva insiders buy stock: It's always a good sign when management eats its own cooking.TAXATION: How Florida ranks

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 2, 2006
Walsh: Citizens Insurance: a looming Category 5 disaster

Another hurricane season is upon us. Let's pray hard: Please, no big hurricanes in Florida this season. The Florida residential insurance industry cannot withstand one; it's really and truly on the brink.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Netp@rk Deal Valued at $42 MillionNaples Realty Group buys Hawthorne Place apartmentsInland-Minto joint venture acquires Largo retail centerECI Telecom subsidiary sells Largo site to St. Pete CollegeEarthMark obtains $40 million in loans for Little Harbor work

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Cherry Picker

Homebuilder Brian Pruett honed his niche by creating mini-resorts. The key to his craftsmanship is stability - using the same contractors for 20 years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2008
Solar Independence

Government subsidies for "green" energy may be generous, but don't bet your business on them. They might disappear when the hoopla over green building fades away.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Patient Money

In this real estate downturn, developers need two things: patience and money. The Kuttemperoor familyhas both and they're out to prove it with engineered precision.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Corporate Report

Court awards permit for Seminole's clean coal unitew owner for Naples, Marco Island boat-towing firmsSweetbay's Vail promoted to president & COONicholas Financial opens branch in TennesseeFashion designer Field to sell new collection on HSN

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Deliverance

A Gulf Coast-based shipping company nearly doubled itsrevenues this year, from $15 million to a projected $28 million.Saudi princesses with nearly $500,000 worth of accounts helps.

  • Entrepreneurs
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