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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
Coffee Talk

Continental Airlines jets out of Sarasota: Talk about the high price of gas.What's behind Riverside Bank shakeup?: The shakeup at Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast in Cape Coral is not because of pressure from banking regulators, Elmer Tabor, the bank's chairman, assures Coffee Talk.Tampa real estate market seen as deals and steals: Tampa-area Realtors might want to grab a copy of the June 23 issue of Fortune magazine for office framing.Early Father's Day present for Gulf Coast money manager: Money manager Robert Stovall has just about seen and done it all in his 50-year plus career in the stock marketsBanks sell more loans to clean up books: As a way to strengthen their books, some Gulf Coast banks are selling more non-performing commercial loans, sometimes at a discount, to get the loans off of their bookshe Heights shifts to commercial: The Heights, a 50-acre mixed-use redevelopment project along the Hillsborough River just north of downtown Tampa, has delayed its residential work and will instead focus on the office portion of the project first.Riverwalk project gets a boost: Tampa entrepreneur, chief executive and real estate veteran Brenda Doring recently brought a local industry group into the effort to improve downtown.WCI's next big date: Aug. 5 and $125 million: Bonita Springs-based homebuilder WCI Communities is going to face its biggest test this summer on Aug. 5.Landowners seek hotel deals on empty l

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 5, 2022
Visionary tennis coach dead at 91

Nick Bollettieri was the kind of coach that gave athletes exactly the kind of support they needed to find success, leading him to coach 10 of the world's top tennis players.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Moving Up The Coast

D.T. Minich, a veteran of tourism promotion on the Gulf Coast, has moved from the Lee County position to Pinellas County, a community with a different set of challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Bush Graziano & Rice announces promotionsCarlton Fields hires Michelle HollandHeath care lawyers choose Martin as president-electDanahy, Murray open new practice in TampaCarlton Fields awards diversity scholarship t

  • Law
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • September 17, 2009
An emerging builder

Ripa & Associates created a rainy day fund during the boom and is now seeing the fruit of that caution with surprising growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 3, 2010
Gym Strategy

Gail Markham is a partner at Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A., in Fort Myers and Naples.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
Gen Y employees want time and love

Hey old-timer, admit it. You're having trouble understanding how to work with all of those “Gen Yers."

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2021
Giuliana Vann, 39

Living a Digital Dream, founder 

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2021
Casey Key property ties for highest-priced area sale

3.7 acre compound sells for $16.5 million, equalling price of Longboat Key's Serenissima

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Joan Lowery |
  • November 5, 2020
Set the stage for successful virtual communications

The heart of a great video presentation? Preparation.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 3, 2020
New leader of century-old retailer has plans to encourage collaboration, employee growth

Matt Beall was previously president of Bealls Stores.

  • Leadership
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 25, 2018
Samantha Lillard, 31

Senior general manager, Bell Tower Shops

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
Dannielle Robinson, 32

Senior Retail Associate, Colliers International SWFL

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
Justin Thibaut, 31

COO, LSI Companies Inc.

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 17, 2019
Ryan Perrone, 35

President/Founder, Nautilus Custom Homes

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • October 17, 2019
Patience Rodriguez, 38

Director of owner and guest relations and senior reservation coordinator, Select Vacation Properties

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
Andy Guz, 38

CEO, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 13, 2017
Diving in

When lawyer and executive Geoff Young gets away, he really gets away.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 19, 2017
How to run a business in constant transformation

The 'change is hard' mantra no longer cuts it for a successful entrepreneur. It's hard. It's also essential — and attainable.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 9, 2017
Mentor Musings

Ringling College of Art and Design film program department head Bradley Battersby says it was incredible to be named Variety magazine's Mentor of the Year. Even better? Seeing his students succeed.

  • Strategies
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