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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 14, 2005
Parking Plot

A Tampa valet service with alleged underworld ties goes to court - of all places - when a former employee starts a competing company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 21, 2021
Shrewd decision sets up boating business to make big waves

Thanks partially to o a $5 million investment, IMM Boat Lifts is set up a boating industry business to make big waves.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: Vernona awarded four-stars by Exxon MobilMarineMax announces Ferretti Group dealMicro Enterprise Fund planned for Sarasota-ManateeSembler Co., New Plan Excel REIT open Clearwater Mall

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Clearwater Bar Association installs new presidentCarlton Fields receivesmemorial tutoring awardTampa firm loses founding memberStetson law school raises money through golf tourney

  • Law
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • November 28, 2014
Eat more chicken?

A Tampa Chick-fil-A has long made an impression on its community. This year, the owners took a risk to knock down the building and start from scratch.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2003
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Court certifies need for more judges, issues warning Pinellas clerk's office changes service for attorneys New managing shareholder named at Fowler White Fowler White shareholder named to museum board

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2019
EDC under fire for name change

The Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. has changed its name to the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, drawing intense criticism from leaders on both sides of the bay.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 8, 2013
Take it home

CEOs used to move to Southwest Florida to get away from it all. Now, they're bringing their businesses, too.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2016
Site selection skinny

Six people who help companies worldwide choose cities and towns for expansion, and in some cases, a new headquarters, recently spent a few days in Tampa.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • April 9, 2026
Leaders statewide choose iconic Tampa steakhouse as No. 1 place to celebrate

Financial media company MarketBeat polled more than 3,000 professionals on their favorite places to celebrate with colleagues.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2008
Writedown Countdown

Investors are implementing writedowns checkson bank stocks as a new Wall Street ritual.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 31, 2017
Buttoned Up

A pair of new business owners has ambitious plans to bust into the men's fashion business. It's an extra-large undertaking.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 13, 2015
Tom's time

Tom Santilli guided his firm to the top of Entrepreneur Mountain, a climb that included surpassing $20 million in sales. Then he made the decision of a lifetime.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

For whom the bell tolls - Louis Rukeyser: When Charles and Kim Githler want to recognize a friend, they really go all out.SAR suit dismissed: Real estate agent Lois Hekker's antitrust lawsuit against the Sarasota Association of Realtors Inc. and its 2004 board of directors has been dismissed without prejudice. Court records back online by summer?: The Committee on Privacy and Court Records issued a draft proposal on court records on the Internet with recommendations that fall mostly in favor of open-record advocates.Learning ethics in Sin City: The Sarasota County Bar Association is planning a continuing legal education trip to Las Vegas from Sept. 23-26. In Vegas, the bar plans to hold two CLE meetings: one on professionalism and one on ethics.Bar trouble: Rumors swirled for months that the Tampa office of the Florida Bar had lost several of its senior attorneys, including Tom DeBerg and Steve Whelan.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Legal Tax?

An attorney says restaurants are wrongly collecting sales tax on bottles of water, and millions are owed consumers.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 25, 2020
Real estate firm adapts to coronavirus conditions as demand continues

Despite uncertain times, Michael Saunders says there’s still high demand for real estate.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 27, 2014
The Visionary

A CBRE industrial broker has been chasing the former headquarters of Kearney Construction since 2009. Now that he has the property, Rick Narkiewicz just has to figure out how to sell it.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Busey Shopper

Busey Bank executives are scouting for acquisitions, hoping to buy local banks that are struggling due to the real estate downturn. But first, the bank plans to tidy its own house.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
Health Care Costs: Up, Up and Away

There's one given when it comes to the cost of medical insurance: Employers and employees will pay more in the new year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2022
Fort Myers commercial real estate firm grows leadership team

LSI Cos. has added two new faces to oversee growth and operations.

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