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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
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Man chamber seeks menbers: Guys, this could be a chamber for you.Amscot not roiled by down economy: The slower economy hasn't stopped people from cashing checks, and that pleases Ian MacKechnieHome swap interest on the rise: When David Moskowitz created a Web site early last year to assist people looking to trade homesExercise the body, grow the profits: A Harvard MBA and management experience can be valuable to a Gulf Coast CEO. But what's just as valuable?And the coveted Stevie award goes to...: If the Oscars and the Grammys have left you with a bout of award envy, worry no moreBonita Bay Group's Hendry projects delayed: The housing bust that is gripping Southwest Florida is pushing back some of developer Bonita Bay Group's plans for residential communities in eastern Lee and Hendry counties.It's only rock n' roll, but we like it: Put away the motivational posters. Reconsider the free monthly back massages in the break room. Another team building exercise on the ropes course?CLW takes stand for heart health: The employees of CLW Real Estate Services Group in Tampa are no strangers to the danger caused by heart disease.Existing-home prices in Naples fall 29% Talk about an eye-popper.Calling Florida entrepreneurs

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
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Of fairy tales and housing sales: When Michael Saunders recently addressed the 400 or so real estate agents that make up the bulk of the sales force at the Sarasota-based firm that bears her name, she wanted to combine a pep talk with humor.New Dillard's store may mean transition: Dillard's has started construction on a new store at the sprawling Wiregrass Ranch mixed-use development in Wesley ChapelPopulation slowdown threatens Gators: Construction isn't the only thing that's going to suffer from a decline in population growth in Florida.Non-profit CEO, for-profit style: Mary Labyak, 59, is president and CEO of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Clearwater.Retired entrepreneur gives big for Wellness: An ambitious fundraising campaign for a new building for the Wellness Community, a Sarasota-based support group for cancer patients and their families, is off to a rousing start.Luxury hotel secret officially official: One of the worst kept secrets in the Sarasota development community is no longer a secretCalling GULF COAST entrepreneurs: The Review is seeking the best and brightest Gulf Coast entrepreneurs for its 2008 Entrepreneur Award.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 4, 2005
'Doomsday' Scenario Not Gloomy At All

Sarasota County's finance team produced conservative proformas on the proposed conference center.It looks like a money maker.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2006
Business titans shift to political arena

Businessmen Vern Buchanan and Tramm Hudson are leading Republican candidates to replace Katherine Harris as the party's nominee for the 13th District congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. And since the district - which covers Sarasota, Hardee and DeSoto counties and parts of Manatee and Charlotte counties - is Republican-heavy, the winner of the Sept. 5 primary is considered a likely favorite to take the general election in November.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Landlords' Market

Get ready for sticker shock if you plan to negotiate a new lease for office space in Lee and parts of Collier counties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Be Good to Your Employees

International speaker and employee motivator Barbara Glanz might sound corny at first. Then she cites statistics and the bottom line. CEOs are listening.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Dealing with NIMBYs

Debra Garrett's efforts to win approval for a Publix in east Sarasota County show the new reality for developers. Before you file for anything, be aggressive getting out the facts and be willing to make a lot of concessions.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2006
FCCI: Healthier, Bigger, Wiser

FCCI's $58 million acquisition of an Indiana insurer came with some costly surprises. But the board has no regrets. It helped transform the company.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
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+ Wine entrepreneur seeksconnoisseurs with cashGrant Cats built a multimillion dollar, 30-plus franchise wine business in Canada over 10 years - no easy feat in a country with alcohol taxes so high that customers sometimes pay as much as $5 in taxes on a $12 bottle of wine.+ Southwest Floridaregionalism gets a new lookThere's nothing like an economic downturn to revive the talk of regional cooperation.+ Red hot Sirionon a roll of good newsSirion Therapeutics, Inc., a five-year-old Tampa biopharmaceutical company, is on a serious roll.+ Sarasota real estate firmtakes auction process nationalWith the residential real estate market puttering along, auctions have become a Realtor's salvation on the Gulf Coast. Several of the recent top-dollar sales in the Greater Sarasota market, for instance, have been conducted through auctions.+ Real estate vetsbranch out to investThe heads of CLW Real Estate Services Group in Tampa have formed another company, LVR Real Estate Partners, to focus on real estate investment opportunities.+ The millionaire next door:Neighborhoods are crowdedThe Gulf Coast economy might be slogging its way through, but the number of millionaires, at least in the Tampa area, is growing. + Sher takes on rolewith LightningCraig Sher, executive chairman of the Sembler Co., the St. Petersburg-based retail development and management firm that did BayWalk and many other projects, is now part

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2008
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+ Optimism a tough sellfor small business ownersIf you like optimistic outlooks on the economy and feel-good statements about when things will turnaround, then the latest survey from the National Federation of Independent Business isn't for you.+ Bank of Floridastock takes a hitWhat prompted the precipitous fall of the stock of Bank of Florida in recent days?+ Candidate's support comesfrom surprising sourcesJono Miller, an unabashed pro-environment Democrat running for Sarasota County Commissioner, is getting some big-name support from some unlikely sources. Namely, three of the area's most prominent landowners and homebuilders.+ Russell index leaves littleroom for Gulf Coast muscleThe annual reconfiguration of the stocks that make up the family of Russell Indexes wasn't very friendly to Gulf Coast companies this year. + Russell index leaves littleroom for Gulf Coast muscleThe annual reconfiguration of the stocks that make up the family of Russell Indexes wasn't very friendly to Gulf Coast companies this year. + The search is onfor new chamber headAfter seven years at the helm, Kim Scheeler has announced that he is leaving his post as president of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce to accept a similar job in Richmond, Va. + Tampa tech forumhits the right chordsThey've come a long way since their early days at the Tampa Theater.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Lee development... in 2014?Investors betting on future residential land development in Lee County may have to wait a little longer than anticipated, if a recent deal there is any indication.+ Are you in?Ad campaign hopes soWhat do a police chief, a bombastic Hall of Fame TV sports personality and the president of an arts and design college have in common?+ Winning changes everything,on and off the fieldWhat a difference a year makes at the ol' ballgame.+ Ayn Randfor every studentEvery student at Florida Gulf Coast University who signs up for the new free-markets course that will be taught there will receive a copy of Atlas Shrugged, the pro-capitalist novel by Ayn Rand.+ + Incumbent congressmanbuilds big lead in one pollOne of the most contested congressional races in the country taking place in Sarasota and Manatee counties might not be much of a contest after all, if a new poll is accurate. + Florida businesshopes to attract neighborsThe Florida real estate market is really hot after all. + Goodbye, bulletin boards, Hello, eDeanThe days of posters and paper stapled and tacked to cork college bulletin boards outside of class buildings and in libraries and dining halls may be quickly coming to an end, thanks to a two-year-old Tampa technology company.+ Put away the Capeopolyuntil next yearCapeopoly, the annual Cape Coral confab that used to draw hundreds of real estate business executi

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Corporate Report

Blinkx withdraws offer to acquire MIVAGeneral Dynamics wins$34 million Army contractSeminole Electric Cooperativefights transport rate increaseFineMark National B&Treaches $111 million in assets NeoGenomics Labs teams withResponse Genetics in new testsOSI Restaurant Partners callson AT&T for phone servicesPegasus Imaging Corp.upgrades Prizm ViewerSyniverse Technologiesextends deal with VerizonCountry Inn & Suitesopens in Pinellas Park Economic development grouppicks Chisano Marketing firm Chico's September sales'disappoint,' comparables fallSource Interlinksigns deal with Taffy

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2004
From Farmer to Developer

Manatee Fruit Co., one of the area's larger landowners, changes with the times.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2003
Biolife LLC (Innovation Awards)

A revolutionary product that instantly stops bleeding is just what the doctor ordered. It's only one of the innovative aspects of this Sarasota company.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
The Cable Guy

Steve Dvoskin took a risky career leap when he came to Comcast. Now he's helping solidify the cable giant's spot in the pole position.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2004
BlackBerrys to Servers

Cost savings and efficiencies drive law firm investment in technology.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Punishment for the Poor

Minimum-wage laws and pro-union legislation do much more harm than good. They create poverty. Hereis why.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2004
Tourism to Pick Up

Tourism officials expect the new year to be a good one for visitors to the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Kleiner Perkinsinvests in companyKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of the best-known venture capital firms in the world, recently disclosed it is an investor in Lehigh Technologies, a Naples-based company that was the winner of the Gulf Coast Business Review's technology innovation award for the Lee-Collier area in 2006.+ Newsflash: Checkthe copyright booksThe irony of this story is especially sweet: Seems that a group of supposedly well-intentioned attorneys across Florida goofed on a basic legal principle when forming a group to provide free legal services to homeowners facing foreclosure.+ Walter Industriesstock rises and fallsWalter Industries saw its stock jump to more than $104 a share this month on the New York Stock Exchange on the heels of a good quarterly report.+ Commercial propertyowners find tax helpNot every real estate-related business is in the doldrums.+ Developer doesn't give up,despite a massive loan issueA $40 million loan default isn't exactly what Brent Virkus had in mind when he made his initial foray into the Gulf Coast development pool two years ago.+ PODS marksmillionth milestoneClearwater-based PODS Enterprises Inc., the portable storage company, delivered its one millionth PODS container recently to Paul Johnson, a customer doing a home remodeling job in Fullerton, Calif. + Manatee business climatecontinues to sufferIn many cases, the issues facing senior exec

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2011
Corporate Report: June 17

The latest news from Valcom, HSN, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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