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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 8, 2023
PNC Bank: Business owners' optimism strong

A PNC survey has business-owner soaring while hiring concerns linger.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 14, 2022
Housing finally coming to USF’s Sarasota-Manatee campus

The university has won approval to build an approximately $39 million housing and student center on the campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 2, 2023
Longtime Bucs team doctor and Tampa surgeon dies at 83

Dr. Joe Diaco was one of the longest-running team doctors in NFL history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
Thomas Sowell: Cheap Pay, Lousy Politicians

I don't make a million dollars a year but I think every member of Congress should be paid at least that much. It's not because those turkeys in Washington deserve it. It's because we deserve a lot better people than we have in Congress.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Real Estate Briefs-Lee/Collier

Chicago firm acquires Naples apartmentsNew York firm acquiresNaples commercial centerINDIANA DEVELOPER BUILDS CONDOS AT MALL

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
The End of a Row

A secret deal ends costly litigation that ensnarled a local family of produce farmers.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 2, 2009
Choco-preneur

A physicist set out to create something kids can use to help them eat healthier. He ended up inventing a natural kind of chocolate, which is now made on the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • November 28, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: SouthCoast Marine Products selects Wendt Productions Sarasota companyoffering Segway toursAmerican Signature Home opens Carrollwood locationStephen A. Smith firmgains two new clients

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  • December 3, 2010
Government Digest: Dec. 3 - Dec. 9

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 18, 2010
Clean Sailing

Many would-be entrepreneurs dream about quitting their jobs to start their own company. Dustin Stroth actually did it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 28, 2011
Starry Thoughts

A local commercial real estate firm with a national reach is expanding — quickly. Considering the dismal market, it's quite the counterintuitive move.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 5, 2013
Fly boys

A trio of executives takes aim at what they call an 'underserved and overpriced' niche of the aviation insurance market. The plan has rocketed to success.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 14, 2011
Franchise Frenzy

During the downturn drug users are the first to go. USA Mobile has recorded five-fold growth by helping firms detect them.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 11, 2011
Them Apples

A hyper-focus on one company's products could be a death sentence for a retailer. But one Gulf Coast computer store has made it work.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 1, 2012
Two Worlds

A leading nonprofit executive has embarked on an unusual career shift. She will enter the for-profit world - in a big way.

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  • April 15, 2011
Helping Hand

A former community relations director for the Sarasota County Economic Development Corp. now finds herself leading the way to help disaster victims worldwide.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 7, 2012
Logistical Landmines

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur hopes to penetrate a conventional market with a new, and patented product. He will spend nearly $6 million to boost his chances.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Bureaucrats to Account

A new free-enterprise organization on the Gulf Coast seeks to identify and remove government obstacles.

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  • September 28, 2021
Area businessman faces offshore tax evasion charges

Mark Anthony Gyetvay calls the charges “baseless.”

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 1, 2021
Restaurant hauls in $170M with IPO debut

First Watch shares rose nearly 22% during its first day as a publicly traded company.

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