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  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 14, 2010
No Harm Done

Despite a contentious final week made more distracting by the oil leak crisis, the Legislature passed a no-new-taxes budget and pro-business bills, but a doubled deficit projected for next year with all new state leadership poses bigger challenges ahead.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 11, 2011
Do The Right Thing

The Gulf Coast's top federal prosecutor combines tough fairness with an intense work ethic. He'll need both talents, considering his territory stretches from Naples to Jacksonville.

  • Industries
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 12, 2021
Entrepreneurial couple — he’s 86, she’s 80 — gives way to the next generation

Industry-leading sailing school prepares for a new leadership era while it navigates a big surge in boating.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 16, 2021
Home base: With focus on local lending, community bank raises its profile

With consolidation continuing to roil Florida’s banking sector, St. Petersburg, Florida-based First Home Bank stays true to its core values — while making aggressive moves to grow and expand.

  • Finance
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 5, 2022
The word for 2022: Courage

We all would like to wipe away the strife of 2021. But unfortunately, much of it will continue. To turn the tide and preserve what the Founders created, we must act with courage.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 17, 2020
Businessman merges two kinds of green in new bank

Ken LaRoe's latest venture continues his unwavering belief in triple-bottom line banking.

  • Finance
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 25, 2018
With citrus in peril, entrepreneurs and researchers turn to a new crop

Kelly Hackman, owner of The White Heron Tea & Gifts in New Port Richey, and Brantlee Richter, a University of Florida professor, are both interested in the potential of tea as a Florida crop.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 5, 2019
Double vision: Baseball executive tries his hand, er, foot at soccer

Tampa Bay Rays President Brian Auld is also serving as vice chairman of the Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer club in St. Petersburg, Florida, following the baseball team's purchase of the soccer team.

  • Leadership
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 6, 2018
IT powerhouse makes a change at the top

Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky spent years searching for his replacement at the Clearwater-based IT distributor. He found the ideal candidate by looking to his roots at IBM.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2018
Prominent business family perseveres through odds, obstacles

Richard Gonzmart he’s the fourth generation of his family to run Columbia, the oldest restaurant in Florida. In addition to the flagship Ybor City spot, which opened in 1905, there are six other Columbia Restaurant locations, from Sarasota to St. Augustin

  • Leadership
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 4, 2018
Water treatment firm is thirsty for growth

A Tampa company sees big opportunities to bring water to areas that need it the most. But can its grasp equal its reach?

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 8, 2022
Crippling teacher shortage looms over region's business climate

An acute, and growing, shortage of K-12 teachers in Florida threatens to disrupt the state’s quality of education.

  • Education
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Top 20 Projects

The following pages highlight the 20 largest private construction projects in the Sarasota-Manatee region. To qualify for the list, land must have been cleared for construction or construction started between March 10, 2004 and March 4, 2005. Both commercial and multifamily projects were included. The ranking is based on an assessment by The Construction Guide and independent research.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 6, 2006
The Banking Issus: Charts

The Review breaks down Gulf Coast banks by assets, net income, return on assets and return on equity.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2004
Fear of Heights

How high is too high? The fight for the air up there.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 4, 2011
Business Bills To Watch

Among the hundreds of bills, here are five that can improve Florida's business climate and one that can add a burden to companies' hiring.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Corporate Report

Survey: Investors confident in S&P 500Fox electronics expands XpressO line in EuropeTigris reaches development deal with Cancer InstituteClearwater's Sunsail adds yachts to MartiniqueWellCare cuts 208 jobs, mostly in Florida, New YorkTech Data buying Scribona AB assets7-Eleven expands franchising of local storesPPi opens marketing office, technical training showroomDayJet Corp. adds Sarasota, Jacksonville hubs

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
Profitable Cause

Property-rights advocate Bill Moore, managing partner of Brigham Moore LLP, plans to organize a powwow of legislators to clear up Florida's eminent domain law, even if it means codifying redevelopment as a 'public use.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
True Believer

Whether Joseph P. Smith lives or dies - if convicted of Carlie Brucia's death - is largely dependent on Adam Tebrugge, 42, a 12th Circuit assistant public defender who has won the acquittal of four other accused murderers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Land Grab

Claiming Murdock Village is blighted, Charlotte County plans to purchase 3,000 largely undeveloped lots through condemnation. Is it constitutional?

  • Entrepreneurs
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