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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Look Out, Country

As interest rates go up and real estate sales decline, ForeclosuresDaily.com expects its business to rise as more property owners face foreclosure and investors find better deals.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
'Kat in the Hat' (Tampa edition)

One lawyer entertains and endears herself to law students as she dons hats to teach a lesson: Don't forget your humanity in your zeal to be an advocate.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Five lawyers vie for Charles Cope's judgeship A look at proposeed judicial reforms, including time behind bars for misbehavin' judges.King Engineering Associates celebrates its new Sarasota location with a 6-foot chocolate

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: PGT Industries buys building, land for plantBroadway Promenade condos half reservedLongboaters buy SeaSide, a Bradenton Beach motelManatee County buys Merrill Lynch building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Task force looks at guardianship reformTampa's city attorney plans to consultate after leaving officeLegal battle with the city for accident continuesAn Internet site by the bail bond industry is taking area judges to

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
Coffee Talk

In 2006, I resolve...Coffee Talk dialed up several Gulf Coast senior executives last week and asked their plans for the next 12 months. Here's what five of them told us what they want and how they're going to get it in 2006:Corey J. Coughlin: President, chief executive, First State Bank, SarasotaDennis Gilkey:President, CEO, Bonita Bay Group, Bonita SpringsGuy King: President, M.E. Wilson Co., TampaWalter Crawford: President, CEO, Heatherwood Construction Co., Bonita SpringsBob Macomber: Chief Executive Officer, Atwell-Hicks, Tampa

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Across the Pond

A U.S. trade official talks up the opportunities for Florida businesses in Europe and beyond.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Early Returns

The fledgling Sarasota Economic Development Corp.'s budget rose 24% in a year. The results? Its seeds are germinating.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Brains, Not Brawn

Cheap labor overseas won't stay cheap forever. USF professors say by using their heads, American businesses can stay ahead of the rest of the world.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
How to Minimize Trouble

Four lawyers, including the chief counsel for the Outback Steakhouse chain, advise CEOs what to do when a company is accused of sexual harassment.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
The Old & the Rested

An economist who studied the Tampa Bay area's appeal to 'the young and the restless' thinks the region could bring in more retiring Boomers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 8, 2005
Impact Fee Fight

The Bennett-Clark bill misses the bigger picture: the efficacy of impact fees to begin with. By: Matt Walsh

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Family Focus

Growing an organic clothing business organically takes the rightcombination of industry buzz and business savvy, two sisters are learning.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Hard Times

County governments throughout the Gulf Coast are in the throesof a budget crisis as the economic downturn lingers. One countycommissioner hopes to bring businesses back into the conversation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2004
Conspiracy to Defraud

A Tampa business owner accuses a Temple Terrace lawyer of secretly sharing in $1.2 millionin life insurance commissions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2004
Got It Covered

Sarasota Memorial Hospital started the Varsity Health Charter Plan to cover small businesses that cannot afford commercial health insurance.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Phelps Dunbar hires new Tampa partnerCardillo joins Million Dollar Advocates ForumFowler White attorney appointed vice chair of IADC committeeBavol Judge adds new shareholder

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2003
Winning Work

Commercial Realtors Dan Page and Karen Cook were recognized as Realtor of the Year in Sarasota.

  • Entrepreneurs
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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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