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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Poised for Growth

After graduating from high school in upstate New York, Larry Kemick worked as a truck driver and as a night manager for a gas station. When he joined the U.S. Air Force, he worked nights and attended college during the day, studying air conditioning, heat

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Review and Comment: Corporate Subsidies Ignore the Unseen

It's welfare. Welfare of the worst kind - corporate welfare.It's yet another form of our munificent government redistributing your/our hard-earned wealth for one of their pet causes, which they disguise as economic boons to us all.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Lawyers v. Lawyers

Landlord threatens to evict a Tampa law firm that is mired in litigation with its former Miami partners.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2004
Downtown Code: Scrap It

If Sarasota city commissioners want to keep downtown competitive, theyid be wise to throw out the details in the downtown plan.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 5, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 8, 2010
Bond managers shine

Good stock advisers are hard to come by on the Gulf Coast, but you don't have to look far to find great bond pickers.

  • Finance
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 25, 2011
Government Digest: Mar. 25

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2012
Corporate Report: August 17

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • June 24, 2021
NY investor buys office complex at auction, plots renovation

Real estate investor George Graham breathes new life into a strategically located office building. He’s eyeing more projects in the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 15, 2021
Entrepreneur seizes on an unmet need in senior health care

Kerri Johnson success can be traced to her get-to-yes mindset.

  • Health Care
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  • By Michael Farren and Philip St. Jean |
  • September 23, 2021
Opinion: billions are being wasted in economic development subsidy wars

Governments can’t seem to stop offering huge incentives to corporations, even though it's clear they don't have much effect on companies’ decisions. Does paying $288,000 for one job really make sense?

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 12, 2021
Value add hunters find slim pickings

With markets nationwide surging amid protracted growth cycle, investors seeking "value-add" buys are having to look harder to find properties capable of big gains.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 13, 2021
Real estate broker goes from the Hamptons to Sarasota

A luxury real estate broker, building on a tenacious mindset to always get the sale, aims for high success in a new market.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 27, 2021
Hundreds of apartments proposed for Tampa neighborhood address growth but draw the ire of neighbors

Developers are responding to a population surge in a Tampa neighborhood with a trio of multifamily project proposals . One early challenge: opponents are mobilizing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2020
Southwest Florida residential activity surges amid pandemic

Southwest Florida transactions and permit levels soar as a result of in-migration and low interest rate environment.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 1, 2021
Economic forecast: Businesses brace for multiple unknowns

Preparation — of the unknown — might be the biggest challenge businesses face in 2021.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2021
Milestone office project unveiled in Sarasota

Ringling Plaza, to be anchored by one of the city’s top law firms, will be one of the first dedicated office properties downtown in decades.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 24, 2020
Empire state of mind: Law firm snags another New York legal star

Attorney Hilary Lane has joined Quarles & Brady in Tampa, Florida, as a partner. She previously served as chief privacy officer at NBCUniversal, the media conglomerate that owns NBC and Universal Pictures.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 19, 2020
Startup creates streaming service to help people fall asleep

To succeed, Lakewood Ranch-based Restflix will need to build a strong subscriber base.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 21, 2020
Seize the moment: Bankruptcy lawyer capitalizes on crisis

Scott Underwood, a bankruptcy lawyer in the prime of his career, has left a powerful national practice to launch his own firm in Tampa, Florida.

  • Law
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