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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
Little Pharma, Big Drugs

A group of former Eli Lilly executives hopes to build a blockbuster pharmaceutical company in Southwest Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2006
A wonderful day in the neighborhood

Want to complain to transportation officials about that clogged interstate or talk back to a news anchor? Neighborhood America creates and manages sophisticated Web sites that let you do just that.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2007
Out of the Box

Fort Pitt looks for high equity returns on undervalued stocks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2007
The Hotel Man

Lou Plasencia left brokerage Grubb & Ellis to start his own hotel advisory firm in Tampa in 1993. It now has several offices nationwide.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2006
From the Ground Up

Todd Gates arrived in Naples with just enough money to furnish his rental duplex. Now his Naples-based construction company is aiming for $1 billion in annual revenues.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
It takes a Team

To ensure success on his latest project, developer Kimball Woodbury is getting by with a lot of help from his friends. He'll spend $5 million on prep-work with the varied crew before he even closes on the property.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Bill Hood Sells SDP Center to Dallas GroupKB Home pays $17 million for Apollo Beach propertyIndian Shores restaurant sells in $18 million dealHialeah investors acquire third multifamily propertyLucca Development obtains $27 million for condo project

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Struggle for Control

The estate of entrepreneur Paul 'Duke' Smith has spun out of control amid a bitter family dispute.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 8, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Dubai Investment Group acquires multifamily propertiesThe Sembler Co. buys St. Petersburg propertiesWilder Corp. buys Ameri-Life Towers in ClearwaterResponse Mail Express obtains$2.5 million mortgage La Risa Development LLC buys property for condosMarket Street MortgageCEO named to UM boardFreemarr Homes buys 23 lots to build single-family homesElliott Ross sets record year for salesFleischmanGarcia wins architectural awardPalm Harbor Development LLC obtains $29.46 million mortgagHotel Detroit and Bishop Hotel to undergo improvements

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
How High the Rates?

A slight boost in interest rates won't faze bankers in 2004.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
Health Care Costs: Up, Up and Away

There's one given when it comes to the cost of medical insurance: Employers and employees will pay more in the new year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: RJ Gators owners buy restaurant buildingAmerica's Capital Partners buys Wynnton's Renaissance landHembree, Ross develops land as office parkHubbard family buys office, searches for more land

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2003
2nd Runner-Up: Charlie Brown III

President and CEO Charlotte State Bank, Port CharlotteCharlie Brown did not intend to become a banker. He wanted to become a financial analyst at a big firm.

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  • June 25, 2004
Firm Accused of Malpractice

New owners of a St. Petersburg nursing home inherit legal controversies involving a malpractice claim against Holland & Knight LLP, and a contract dispute with a management company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 1, 2009
Broadband faith

What happens when a satellite-television broadcaster loses its transmission? Sky Angel faced that calamity three years ago and gambled on nascent Internet TV despite the risks. How the company survived is a great lesson for any executive facing corporate extinction today.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 28, 2011
Line in the Sand

Illegal immigration continues to be a drain on local governments. Florida and many other states are pushing reforms in the absence of an adequate federal response.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 20, 2010
FOCUS: Jobs Now

State workforce boards' shift from long-term employment programs to meet the immediate needs of more than one million unemployed. But that strategy isn't wholly embraced.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2011
Taken by maps

New government flood maps are forcing property owners into previously uncharted territory. A case study of one Fort Myers property owner shows the government slashed the value of his property by more than half.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 9, 2011
Strong Bonds

A small bond management firm in Fort Myers is quietly posting strong performance for its institutional clients. Its founder is a longtime bond manager who relocated his firm to the Gulf Coast.

  • Finance
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  • By Lindsay Downey |
  • July 6, 2012
Guns Blazing

A Lebanese immigrant recently relocated his business from Connecticut to the Gulf Coast. Despite several hurdles, the move is working.

  • Strategies
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