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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Practice, Practice and More Practice

Clark Toole is running the biggest, and still growing, residential real estate firm in Florida. His message to sales agents in an era of few sales: Keep working at it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2007
Corporate Report

Compress Technologies works with Haitian broadcastingElder Automotive buys Tampa's Saab dealershipDiamondhead, Trump end development discussionsNeoMedia Technologies links users at Mexico tennis matchRaymond James Financial division tops national brokerage survey Nicholas Financial opens new officesNeoGenomics ready to open California LAB

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2007
Fear Factor

The commercial real estate investment boom may be topping out as buyers become more cautious. Some investors expect prices to fall in many areas of the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2007
Sun Harvest

A walk on a golf course got an antsy retired executive thinking about the power of the sun. The rays hatched a new business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Culture Counts

Bayshore Technologies, a Tampa-based information technology company, creates a caring culture to build loyalty among employees and grow sales.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2007
Coffee Talk

Papa's Calistoga's empire to be: There's only one Calistoga Bakery Cafe. But the single Naples location will multiply to eight by next year, including restaurants in fast-growing Bonita Springs and Estero between Fort Myers and Naples.Former politician turns to real estate: Former Florida State Rep. Donna Clarke, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 after leaving state government, is getting back into the game.First Community Bank unshackled: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recently lifted its "cease and desist" order on First Community Bank of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, more than two years after it criticized the bank for its high number of residential construction loans and the need to beef up its scrutiny of customers who might have links to terrorism.Magnetic Receives Web Award: Magnetic, a Tampa-based Web development firm celebrating its 10th anniversary (featured in the June 25, 2007 Review), has received a 2007 Shopping Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association for its work on www.askergoworks.com, the Web site for Ergo Works Inc., which provides ergonomic products and consulting services.Trump Tower minus Donald equals lawsuits: In another legal wrinkle to a continuing saga, a new lawsuit has been filed against the developers in the Trump Tower condo project in downtown Tampa, a building that if built, would be the tallest on the Gulf Coast.Market Stree

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Aysegul Timur: Where are the jobs?

Southwest Florida's economy has benefited from population and income growth. Expect Gulf Coast counties to continue generating service-related jobs in the years ahead.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
WCI Battles Icahn

A lesson in corporate self-defense: How the board of directors and management of WCI Communities jousted with billionaire investor Carl IcaAhn. So far, the company has held its ground.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

New Romark drug: Romark Laboratories, a Tampa-based biotechnology company, hopes to prove that a drug used to treat gastrointestinal illnesses in children and adults is effective against hepatitis C, the leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.USF Confucius Institute: The University of South Florida won a competitive bid to launch one of the newest Confucius Institutes, cultural centers that China has spread to universities globally.Work Tools expands: Work Tools International, one of the world's largest manufacturers of specialty and decorative paint applicators, is utilizing a $3.2 million Industrial Revenue Bond to finance an expansion in Pinellas Park.High-end jet service: Corporate Eagle, which sells high-end jet time to companies, will set up shop at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport later this year.Vibhakar pleads guilty: The founder and one-time president of a Palmetto-based aerospace parts manufacturing firm admitted in federal court that he sold the U.S. military old and insufficient helicopter engine parts.Permits down to 35: Builders in unincorporated Lee County, Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach pulled 35 single-family building permits in December, the lowest since the 45 pulled in November 1981.WCI gets lender extension: Lenders to Bonita Springs-based homebuilder WCI Communities gave the company another nine days to renegotiate loans so it can avoid insolvency. The new deadline is J

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Network control

TruWave Networks is building a fiber-optic network in Southwest Florida that could improve telecommunication services for business. It's an expensive proposition, but CEO Frank Mambuca has been through it before on a massive scale.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2008
A Square Deal

The downtown Sarasota condo market has a heartbeat again. Will it keep thumping?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Forced Patience

Market slumps don't just whack local and regional construction firms. Multi-office national giants aren't too big to be spared, either.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2005
Lawyer Flight

Nearly a third of the lawyers in Akerman Senterfitt's Tampa office have left over the past several months.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2006
More Costs, Fewer Applicants, More Stress

Rising health care costs, a tight labor market and expensive housing are issues facing the Gulf Coast HR industry. Companies must innovate.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Speculative Growth

Decreased vacancies in the I-75 corridor submarket accounts for why Duke Realty decided to build a new Class A spec building at Highland Oaks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Stanley elected president-elect of Hillsborough Bar AssociationABA committee seeks executive directorGonzalez joins social insurance groupCarlton Fields PA names director of developmentFoley & Lardner receives CIO 100 award for efficiencyLabor professional speaksat Tampa HR expoFowler White lawyers named to new postsGrayRobinson attorneys to speak at pension meetingBricklemyer Smolker adds son of founderBest Lawyers in America Names Tampa Bay practitioners

  • Law
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Coffee Talk

What bubble?: A bevy of economists, both local and nationwide, have been saying the residential real estate bubble might not be bursting, but it's at least deflating.Re-apply here: The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce wanted somebody to shake things up.Economy keeps on rolling: The top economist for Chicago-based Harris Private Bank brought her message to Longboat Key Feb. 21, and it was enough good news to make a pessimist smile: Nationwide unemployment under 5%, with Florida's at a 30-year low and Sarasota's at a near microscopic 3.3%.Orion Bank expands east, consolidates in Naples: After nearly a decade marching up the west coast of Florida from its roots in the Keys, Orion Bank is turning east.New player on the Gulf: Kolter Communities LLC obviously doesn't see the west coast of Florida as a one-trick pony.Commercial's turn?: The highpoint in well-known economist Hank Fishkind's presentation to the Manatee Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council's State of the Economy Breakfast Feb. 21 was directed toward commercial developers and property owners.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Market Interrupted

A Naples condo developer halts sales of a project, citing the soft market. Expect others to follow.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2005
Bank Turn

A Wall Street analyst tells Tampa investment managers that the weakening regional banking sector won't bounce back for a while.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Ready for Take-Off

A new study by the MEA Group could make the skies a little friendlier for airline traffic and give theaviation consulting company an edge over the competition.

  • Entrepreneurs
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