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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2025
Prominent Sarasota civic leader, lumber entrepreneur dies at 95

Charlie Stottlemyer was known as being easy-going, all-around friendly and the "epitome of a pillar of the community."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 9, 2025
Taylor Penny, 29

40 Under 40 winner Taylor Penny is land development project manager at Homes by WestBay.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 3, 2021
Kindness in the executive suite fosters sweets rewards

Shontra Powell is no pushover. But she is kind. And her uber-successful leadership career is proof-positive nice people can win in business.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Corporate Report

Gevity downgrades outlook through rest of yearTourist council adds Lakewood Ranch to area's tourism enterpriseOswald Tripp buys BMC Insurance in DenverSarasota 1450 news station becomes 'The Dove'Tampa's ICAT benefiting from State's P&C underwriting programTenby Pharma buys Sirion Therapeutics, adds capitalRemember this: Drink more coffee

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2008
Huge 'success story'

St. Petersburg has developed one of the most livable downtowns in Florida, but it took more than 20 years and many elements to create it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2005
International Intrigue

Wall of confidentiality cloaks identify of a private European trust that bought several high-profile office buildings in Tampa, Orlando and elsewhere.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Executive Session with Dale Weidemiller

President of Neal Communities Land Development Inc.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Geriatric Shift

An established Gulf Coast home health care company is trying to avoid complacency - and embrace growth - by combining technology with elder care.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • April 17, 2009
Crist's insurance follies ruinous

Gov. Charlie Crist's policies are wrecking the insurance market and imperiling Florida taxpayers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Where are they now

GCBR recently caught up with the standout entrepreneurs we've honored over the past six years. They're not standing still.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Rodgers family closes on Gran Paradiso landCasto Lifestyle Properties buys Ranch Lake PlazaTervis Tumbler buys land for new Venice headquartersPrime Financial Services buys new, larger building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2010
Salvage Operation

A group of creditors who control WCI Communities after it emerged from bankruptcy reorganization is betting the company can come back as a homebuilder. The company has fences to mend first.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 15, 2020
For highly driven cybersecurity CEO, mindset is everything

ReliaQuest founder and CEO Brian Murphy brings a relentless focus to his work, an effort that's put him at the forefront of an in-demand industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 20, 2025
Developer accused of scare tactics over Mira Mar preservation

The either/or scenario of twin condo towers to provide capital to preserve the historic structure, or a 10-story apartment "box," was continued by the Planning Board until April.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 9, 2018
Facing worker shortage, insurance industry turns to young professionals

Area insurance companies seize solutions — and creativity — to attract and retain talent.

  • Insurance
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 15, 2005
Costly Innocence

Judge Gregory Holder's successful defense may top $1 million. Will the case result in any changes to the state's Judicial Qualifications Commission?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2006
Out of space

Collier County has some of the lowest vacancy rates for office space on the Gulf Coast. But don't expect a surge in new construction anytime soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2007
Quantitative Quality

The statistical approach to stock selection hasn't always been the most popular. But that's irrelevant to Doug Case, who has used the theory to build a firm managing almost $2 billon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 20, 2006
Walsh: Walgreen Way: Dan Jorndts' Roadmap for CEOs

The retired chairman and CEO wowed his audience with straight talk on what it takes to be a successful CEO.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 30, 2011
Back in the Saddle

Fowler White Boggs plans to be Florida's 'go-to' corporate law firm. To do that, it launched an expansion plan to position itself for the state's eventual economic rebound.

  • Strategies
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