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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2010
A new entrepreneur gets a good sign

The sign business has been so good to industry rookie and Gulf Coast newcomer Brian Lamb that he recently bought out one of his closest competitors.

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  • August 2, 2010
Is there a better way to run this railroad?

After two Tampa City Council members suddenly resigned in June, one of the replacement council members already has problems.

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  • August 9, 2010
GeoPharma president out

The Largo firm's president resigns just days after a complicated restructuring.

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  • May 12, 2010
Telling data behind No. 1 rank

NRT, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Florida, is once again top-ranked nationwide. But annual sales have been falling.

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  • November 7, 2011
Bradenton DDA holds firm on Pink Palace negotiations

Government officials aren't exactly synonymous with cutthroat negotiators when they dole out incentives to lure businesses to town.

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  • October 28, 2011
Clearwater's TJM Properties buys historic Princess Martha

Clearwater-based real estate firm TJM Properties purchased the 118-unit historic Princess Martha senior apartment community for $3.2 million.

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  • January 10, 2013
THURSDAY'S CUP: Capital gains threat drives commercial sales boom

Commercial brokers couldn't get much rest this holiday season and, compared with the prior lackluster activity since the real estate market decline, most are grateful for it.

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  • January 15, 2013
Judicial committee takes a pro-business slant

Medical malpractice, civil litigation and foreclosures are three likely hot topics for the Legislature in the upcoming session.

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  • July 9, 2013
Entrepreneur seeks a physical presence

A commercial development project worth up to $15 million that could bring a Canyon Ranch-like medical spa destination to the Sarasota-Manatee region is close to coming together.

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  • March 1, 2013
Tampa residents face prison time for widespread fraud

More than a dozen financial and retail firms were victimized in the scheme.

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  • February 6, 2013
Good news, pest control keeps delivering

Dean Burnside, president and CEO of pest control business, is big on motivational slogans to pump up the employees.

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  • June 13, 2013
Bill could help - and hurt

The law of unintended consequences in politics is at play with a provision of a catchall economic development bill Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed in late May.

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  • April 10, 2013
Circus firm continues court journey

Feld Entertainment, the firm behind Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey shows that's building a $20 million production headquarters in north Manatee County, won another round in a decade-long legal saga.

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  • April 19, 2013
Senior Management Advisors, ValStone buy, renovating Palazzo Di Oro

The price equated to $17 per square foot.

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  • September 10, 2013
Luxurious list looks for members

An Angie's List for the affluent, making inroads on the east coast of Florida for the past 18 months, has targeted Naples and Sarasota.

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  • September 19, 2013
Kick it up for capital

The Kickstarter method of raising capital for business-related causes has gained some traction on the Gulf Coast.

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  • July 30, 2013
On the up and up

Brian Allen is a standup guy.

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  • November 8, 2012
Startup auto business quickly revs up payroll

Sarasota entrepreneur Jesse Biter likes to dream big, though the gazelle-like growth with his latest venture even startled him a little bit.

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  • November 16, 2012
Louie Louie: Prominent restaurateurs seek success, again

Sarasota economic development officials and business leaders have long lamented the fact that downtown Sarasota doesn't have a convention center.

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  • September 20, 2012
Prominent Tampa auto CEO dies

Jeffrey Wooley ran a chain of dealerships on the Gulf Coast for 30 years.

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