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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 23, 2015
Obama: He just doesn't get it

For a guy who graduated from Harvard and “taught” at the University of Chicago, Barack Obama sure didn't “larn” much about economics or capitalism.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 13, 2015
Legal eagle

Business is booming for an entrepreneur who helps law practices find and retain attorneys. Her advice: Accept the new ways attorneys think about work.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 10, 2015
Good catch

Turnaround specialist Chad Kovarik resurrected Action Craft, a manufacturer of premium flats and bay boats in Cape Coral.

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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • April 29, 2025
Bird Key Yacht Club rebuild on hold as economic uncertainty increases costs

Leadership says it is pausing the project for 90 days after receiving an unexpectedly high final estimate, but it isn't giving up on construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 16, 2024
Construction begins on 4-acre lagoon at 3,000-home north Manatee community

Seaire will bring a new “lagoon lifestyle” to Parrish, according to the Tampa developer that has made lagoons a signature offering.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 8, 2025
$30M affordable housing project breaks ground in Manatee County

Cedar Cove is a project by Blue Sky Communities and CASL designed to help families emerging from homelessness.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2016
Millennial Speak

Sunnie Schuster, Tampa; Zach Katkin, Bonita Springs; and Brandon Taaffe, Sarasota

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 29, 2023
$3.5B real estate brokerage, in a digital world, keeps opening offices

Naples-based John R. Wood Properties shows no signs of slowing down as it surpasses 65 years in business. Neither does its president and CEO.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Sweet or unsweet?

Just as it was putting its house in order, Alico was hit with news that the state plans to buy U.S. Sugar, its biggest customer. It's just one of the challenges Dan Gunter faces as Alico's new chief executive.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 3, 2023
Tampa Bay socioeconomic snapshot: Not bad — but lots of room to get better

For the sixth consecutive year, the Tampa Bay Partnership’s 2023 Regional Competitiveness Report has spelled out, in painstaking detail, the region’s highs and lows.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 23, 2021
Real estate investor separates fact from fiction

A Fort Myers property owner has learned history and stories aren't always the same.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 19, 2018
Electric Avenue

Bruce Barone leads Fifth Avenue South marketing efforts through next stage of evolution

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  • By Michael J. Wilson |
  • October 1, 2017
Going Global: International Tax Issues for Small and Mid-Size Companies

Small and mid-size companies are continuing to expand their businesses globally at an ever-increasing rate.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2020
Firms find ways to help employees through pandemic

Keeping employees engaged — and mentally strong — at work is now a pandemic-era challenge like no other. Strategies, from providing clarity to espousing empathy to toilet roll basketball, are in the offing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 26, 2022
Once-sleepy office hub aims to capitalize on desirable location

Long viewed as a buttoned-up business cluster filled with 9-to-5 workers, malls and hotels, Tampa’s Westshore District seeks to reinvent itself as a place to call home.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
No Strings Attached

CEO Charlotte Baker isn't after venture capital this time. She's clearly in charge, with no one else directing her moves, though she has two partners.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Coffee Talk

Company, family leaves little time for politics: Turns out Laura Benson won't be in for a primary fight after all in the race to be the Republican nominee for the District 69 State House seat in 2008.Chamber bill dies, then resurrected: A bill to make it a crime for a for-profit business to use the words "chamber of commerce" died in the Florida House of Representatives' economic development committee back on May 4.Get ready for some good eats: Hungry entrepreneurs interested in owning a fast food restaurant with an old Southern feel - all-day breakfast including country ham and buttermilk biscuits anyone? - will have their chance when Bojangles' Restaurants returns to Florida.Medicare payments threaten radiation company: Medicare, the government's health-insurance system for older people, is examining how it reimburses for the use of equipment and that could hurt Fort Myers-based Radiation Therapy Services, the country's largest publicly traded operator of radiation treatment centers.Lennar staying put in Southwest Florida: As homebuilders flee Southwest Florida's moribund homebuilding market, one national builder plans to be here for at least another five years.Suffolk plan for the long haul: Michael Beaumier just smiles patiently as the question is asked. He's heard it dozens of times.Gulf Coast airport traffic rises: Passenger traffic at airports along Florida's Gulf Coast registered healthy increases this spring over last y

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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • February 18, 2005
W'holy' Grail

John Mackey explains why shareholders don't come first at Whole Foods Market. Not that they're complaining.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
Do the Right Thing

Frank Crum was a minister for a year before taking his faith into the business world. Now he leads an employee leasing company with $1.2 billion in annual billings.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana/Tampa)

Better than Buffet, Branson: The comparison has been made before, but we're just glad he's one of ours.Looking for capital?: The Florida Venture Forum's 2006 conference is Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at the Sawgrass Marriott, Ponte Vedra Beach.WCI stock inflates as competitors deflate: Shares of WCI Communities, the Bonita Springs-based residential builder, got a boost when the company predicted a rosy outlook at its first-ever investor conference in Hollywood earlier this month.How do you pay the bill?: When Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley recently spoke to Sarasota's Downtown Partnership about his suggestions for urban revitalization, Coffee Talk wondered: Who paid for all of Charleston's wonderful improvements touted by the mayor?Make sure you like dad: When entrepreneurs are looking for venture capital, there's a lot more involved than the financial aspects of the transaction.Entrepreneurs speak: The University of Tampa is adding a new wrinkle to its speaker series on entrepreneurship.King of all Bay area media: Joe Redner has done it again.

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