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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

It's a new world: Walt Smith, court administrator for the 12th Judicial Circuit that includes Manatee and Sarasota counties, is among the objectors to a long-awaited report that supports making court records available on the Internet.Alpert: You got me: Through illness and divorce, retired Tampa lawyer Jonathan L. Alpert says he has remained true to himself and his profession.This sand's gold: A recent sale on Indian Rocks Beach shows just how much investors prize beachfront on the Gulf Coast.Another warning: Pinellas Park bank analyst Richard X. Bove pooh-poohs affordability indices, which show skyrocketing home prices far outpacing tiny increases in personal income within hot real estate markets around the country.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Still searching for Entrepreneur 2004 nomineesThe Bennett-McClash clashBennett takes aim at Supreme Court justiceBradenton headed for traffic gridlock

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Arena troubles halt bowling developers: The construction stoppage for the Lakewood Ranch hockey arena is causing a delay in another significant entertainment piece for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch's master planned development. Drug store, office or both?: Wagner Realtor Stan Rutstein has a significant bite for one of the five former Eckerd drugstores in Manatee County.Different approach, same vision: Douglas R. Beath doesn't find economic statistics to be a good way to predict the future direction of global commerce.Joining the parade: The banking unit of a huge Orlando-based real estate and finance outfit is the latest bank to open up shop in Sarasota.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge stands behind Rapkin's decisionSignature Bank provides the Science Center of Pinellas County with a new automated external defibrillatorFlorida business leaders hope to salvage a market-based solution to our he

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2004
AD Confusion

For haters of lawyer advertising, Stetson University adjunct law professor Susan S. Demers says it could be worse in Florida. With some of the most restrictive rules on lawyer advertising in the country, the Sunshine State could be metropolitan New York.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2004
Conquering Foreign Lands

Bob Williams, of Vengroff, Williams & Associates, pushes the Sarasota collections and receivables company into the European market. Next up is Central and Latin America.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 1, 2011
Go with Gusto

The group charged with the longtime-coming revival of downtown Bradenton doesn't have an easy task. Its new leader, however, isn't afraid to think big.

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 26, 2021
Design firm focuses on always becoming better

Emily Moss Concepts and Designs handles new construction design and remodeling.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 13, 2020
Ticket to ride: Theme park details thinking behind restart

In reopening after being sidelined by the pandemic, Busch Gardens Tampa executives learned some key lessons: Go slow, set expectations and provide clear directions.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2020
Festival faces hard calls, with $20M in potential donations at stake

The just-right decision — in-person or online? — remains elusive for nonprofits in search of how to raise money in a pandemic. A prominent Southwest Florida organization wades into the dilemma.

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 28, 2020
Food distributor moves quickly to meet rapidly shifting needs

While Sysco West Florida adapts to the market, its top executive follows an important leadership creed: slow down.

  • Leadership
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 14, 2019
Restaurant firm keeps two pillars at forefront: Always evolve and get more efficient

Sarasota-based Tableseide Restaurant Group is at work on several area restaurants.

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 21, 2019
Entrepreneur-turned-author learns top business lessons through experience

Among the lessons Brad Taylor, CEO of Luxury Home Magazine, has learned: Create a detailed plan to meet company goals.

  • Strategies
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 21, 2018
Nexus of influence: Bank looks to set a trend

Regions Bank has debuted its next-generation style of branch, dubbed "Nexus," in South Pasadena, Florida.

  • Finance
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
Amy Wicks, 37

Engineer, Kimley-Horn & Associates

  • Class of 2019
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 6, 2018
Minor miracle: Market-savvy boys of summer hit business homers

Minor League Baseball, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, has seen big increases in attendance and merchandise sales over the past few years.

  • Strategies
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 22, 2014
Ford Focus

A small restaurant near Henry Ford's winter home in Fort Myers is counting on nostalgia to turn it into the next big restaurant concept. It won the automaker's blessing.

  • Strategies
  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 27, 2016
Front and center

The race for the best, hippest and most funky-cool office space in the region has a possible winner in a global hospitality company. Rock walls and swings are just the beginning.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2023
Ben Wagner, 39

An accountant-turned-entrepreneur leans on his mentor for advice, such as how to "fail forward."

  • Class of 2023
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 18, 2023
St. Pete hotel addition delayed 9 months, but owner remains optimistic

A colorful hotelier in St. Petersburg looks to build a hospitality company that focuses equally on people — employees and guests — and profits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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