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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 25, 2022
With big changes comes big (communication) responsibilities

Although business isn’t necessarily personal, it pays to develop a custom-made plan to let people know a shift is coming.

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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • May 17, 2021
Clean air technology firm blows through sales goals

After 15 years of tinkering and tweaks, SecureAire does everything it can to keep up with a pandemic-fueled surge in demand. ‘We’re making what we sell. We haven’t had inventory in a long time, says the CEO.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2022
Industry report blames attorney fees for state’s property insurance woes

The new report from the Insurance Information Institute backs up what critics have long said is the root cause of Florida’s property insurance problems.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2007
'Musclepreneurs' hit the Ring

Andrew Neitlich, creator of Bonecrunch Fighting league: 'Part of what I'mdoing here is a laboratory to see what works and what doesn't work. Anyone can do it in a great market. I'm trying to do it in a small market.'

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Thomson: Federal pay twice the average worker's

The average federal wages and benefits are now double those of the private sector. This happened under the Republicans' watch. Why?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2007
Corporate Report

Florida's confidence up, UF predicts dropnFinanSe, InComm agree on distribution dealSyniverse Technologies handling Saudi Telecom

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Stock Development plans residential communityNew York-based developer to convert apartmentsOntario company buys Cape Coral shopping centerSt. Louis developer planscenter in Fort Myers

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
Thomson: Tourism Tax Can Cut Two Ways

The tourism tax can help the industry, but also can be dangerous to some tourism businesses.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier/Charlotte)

Developer plans Fort Myers condominium conversionBoston investor buys Naples medical-office complexDeveloper buys Naples apartment complex

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
Fall Forward

For-profit companies aren't the only entities that look to autumn as the economic forecasting season. Nonprofits on the Gulf coast are peering into the next year, too.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 2, 2009
More fiber, please

Now that US Metropolitan Telecom has put hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cable in the ground in Lee and Collier counties, it's planning to build even more.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 14, 2005
Malicious Intent

A Brandon attorney and St. Petersburg psychologist are facing off in court, with one accusing the other of libel.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 25, 2010
Need for Speed

Is the worst economic downturn in generations the right time to open a car dealership that sells vehicles priced liked beachfront condos? Yes it is, says Victor Young.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 28, 2010
Break the Chain

As if the recession wasn't tough enough, Gulf Coast manufacturing executive Daniel Judge has spent the past few years dealing with gang members in the workforce — willingly.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2011
Security issues

A Central Florida company is leading the charge to privatize the screening process at airports across the country.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2011
Qualified Survival

A banker mired in regulatory agony for three years has rediscovered his calling. But the industry is still a challenge.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 3, 2013
Reverse the Bleed

A big-thinking mobile health technology entrepreneur aims to eradicate the issue of brain drain, one college grad at a time.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Mar. 11

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2012
Change and Adapt

John Williams helped take one Gulf Coast firm to the top of a niche industry. Now, after a two-year break, he's back.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 4, 2011
Sky High

An economic downturn grounded Colette Eddy in the late 1980s. She's hoping regulatory uncertainty in 2012 doesn't do the same.

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