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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Matt Walsh: Invoke the Lemon Law: Take back Crist

Crist has it wrong. The insurance industry is not the enemy. The enemy is the state. How could it be any more obvious? When the state's largest property insurer is the state itself, there is nothing more that needs to be said. The "market" didn't create Florida's insurance-pricing troubles; the state did.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Immigration vs. Florida's Economy

Florida has recorded the third-biggest immigration wave in the country since 2000. The economic effects are mostly positive - especially if the immigrants are educated and highly trained; less positive when they're not.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Runner-Up: Medical Education Technologies Inc.

We've all heard the adage practice makes perfect. But with new simulation technology, gone are the days of medical students practicing life or death procedures on real patients. Medical schools and health care organizations are now turning to Sarasota-based Medical Education Technologies Inc., which provides simulation technology that replicates a human being.

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  • November 28, 2008
Downtown Survivor

Raimond Aulen's bar in downtown Fort Myers has survived bad city ordinances, years of street repairs and now aneconomic slump. It doesn't inspire investor confidence.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Death Doctor

National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law brought a pre-eminent pathologist to Stetson.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
Southwest Florida's Growth Engine

Commercial property makes up less than 10% of Cape Coral's ad valorem tax base. Can the growing city become a thriving business center?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
A Fair Count

Two Clearwater entrepreneurs say they have come up with a smarter way for state fairs to get all the money coming to them.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 4, 2010
Move to grow

The executives at the Gulf Coast's largest construction firm by revenues take nothing for granted. “We aren't the only guys coming to the dance,” its president says.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 19, 2009
Government Digest 11/20/09

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2011
Still Grim

The 2011 real estate market will be no place for the weak-hearted. Opportunities could be scarce.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 11, 2010
Government Digest: June 11 - June 17

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2012
Stay Focused

The universal problem of distracted driving is getting the business treatment nationwide. A Gulf Coast firm aims to get in on the action.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
Neal 2.0

The luxury homebuilding market, in comeback mode in 2012, could be on the verge of a full-blown rebound in 2013. John Neal has a prime spot to capitalize on the surge.

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  • May 6, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: May 6

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • June 24, 2011
Corporate Report: June 24

The latest news from Ceelox, Tigris Pharmaceuticals, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • July 8, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: July 8

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • October 7, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Oct. 7

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • December 9, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 9

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • September 20, 2013
Corporate Report: September 20

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • June 24, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: June 24

Regional business news at a glance.

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