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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2008
Bye Bye, Michigan

Florida can still attractcompanies, especially if it recruits them from anti-business states such as Michigan. One tech company banked on connections in Naples.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2008
THOMSON: Survival Stories

The Gulf Coast economy is made strong by those who do not give up in tough times.

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  • August 6, 2009
The Home Team

Maryann Ferenc helped found a local group of business operators to promote independent businesses, and they learned a lot about their own jobs as a result.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Meeting Soros

The Argus Foundation event with the anti-Bush billionaire focused on economics and politics.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
21 Change in Leadership

Florida Bar President Miles McGrane declares his focus: children's legal needs. He hopes to raise $250,000 for the children's foundation.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
YP: Marc Blumenthal of Intelladon Corp. Tampa

USINESSProfile: Tampa's Intelladon Corp. offers online learning to corporate customers, government organizations and non-profits. Company founder Scott Gostyla designed the company's main asset, a software program called Advanced Learning Platform, whic

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Delano Stewart accepted this year's Herb Goldberg Award David Russell Stahl talks about $18 million jury verdictTECO Energy Inc. faces role reversal in current caseBrothers' favorite

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Brighton Furnishings to liquidate Plaza Verdi negotiations said to be moving smoothlyPresident nominates Florida appellate Judge Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington for U.S. Judge

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  • May 14, 2004
'Doing What It Takes'

For some entrepreneurs, nearly doubling one's company each year for three consecutive years would be more than enough. But in the past year, Alan Zirkelbach has shown a limitless appetite for entrepreneurial growth.

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  • 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
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  • July 25, 2008
Glass Ceiling Breakers

Gulf Coast womenbusiness leaders makea showing on a list of Florida's top executives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 12, 2010
New management

Three veteran Naples money managers are betting that the turmoil in the financial services industry makes this the perfect time to launch their own firms in the wealth-management capital of the Gulf Coast.

  • Industries
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 7, 2011
Beyond Bennett

State Sen. Mike Bennett exceeded all expectations when he became the Senate's number two leader, but it wasn't the first time this sailor went above and beyond the call of duty, and not likely to be the last.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 4, 2013
New Structures

Neil Simon and Stephen McKenna Jr. launched their commercial construction firm in late 2011. Good timing.

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  • October 21, 2011
Accountability U.

Rick Scott sent letters last week to Florida's university presidents, and they weren't love letters. He wants evidence they are producing results.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
Sporting life

Soosie Lazenby has lived several business lives, including growing Adidas into a billion-dollar business.

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  • By George Rauch |
  • October 19, 2012
We need an un-consolidation of power

How the Fed came to exist, and why its power is one of the most dangerous forces in our economy today.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2012
Are you emotionally intelligent?

Improving your emotional capabilities can greatly boost your effectiveness and job performance.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
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  • October 7, 2021
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The Wine Room, Founder/Owner

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