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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
Coffee Talk

Project still has marquee billing: Not everyone is pulling out of the residential market.Market Slowdown?: Morrison Homes sales associate Virginia Arnold apparently hasn't heard about the residential slowdown that is making many agents and Realtors anxious.Chamber cheerleaders spice things up: Who says business chamber affairs are dull?Condo towers' premiere delayed: Plans to build a pair of 16-story condo towers on a parking lot behind the Hollywood 20 movie theater and Main Plaza, at U.S. 301 and Fruitville Road in Sarasota, are being revised.Tampa office market feeling good: The old economic stand-by of supply and demand is at the heart of what one Tampa-based commercial real estate executive calls the "start of another boom" in the Tampa office market.Michael Saunders & Co. Inman finalist: Michael Saunders & Co., the dominant real estate firm in Sarasota and one of the most well-known statewide, recently received a little national attention: The firm was named a finalist for Inman News' Innovator Award.What do you think?: Floridians are inundating Gov. Jeb Bush with requests to deal with the state's property insurance crisis.Fewer Foreclosures: Florida foreclosure rates dropped 12% in the second quarter of this year over the same period in 2005.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
'Like a Pitbull'

Alexandra Miller was cut out of running the family business just as the company was nearing $20 million in annual revenues. She didn't sit on the sidelines for long.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2006
Ready Fire Aim

The story of how Joe Brachle went from being more than $50,000 in debt to building a near multi-million dollar computer company from scratch has to end with a punch line.How could it not?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Pruett Builders plans Lakewood Ranch headquartersJupiter Realty buys Hampton Bay, Harbour PointeCNL Retirement buys retirement communityMichael Saunders & Co.tops $2 billion in salesNeal Communities plans riverfront

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Stewart's Crime: BEING WEALTHY

Judging from a juror's comments, Martha Stewart's crime was that as being wealthy and well-connected.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
Family Jewels

After Hurricane Charley destroyed one of the jewelry stores of Scot Congress, left, and brother Doug onSanibel Island, the Congresses had $10 million of jewelry sitting in an uninsured safe. "Until you take your policy for a test drive, you really don't know what's going to be covered," Scot says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Fifth Third Regroups

The Cincinnati-based bank recently split Florida into three regions so top executives can better focus on smaller territories. Former Citibank veteran Thomas Quinn Jr. takes over the South Florida region.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 10, 2006
Coffee Talk

Chicos stock takes a hit: As every novice investor learns, past performance is no indication of future returns.Villares leaves GravityFree: GravityFree, Sarasota's oldest web-design company, is undergoing a leadership change.Ringling would like to thank the Academy: It could grow into a nice trend. For the second straight year, Sarasota's Ringling School of Art and Design grads were nominated for Academy Awards.Venice company in award spotlight, too: Speaking of awards, a Venice-based company took home the top prize for its industry at an awards show in Las Vegas last month.A tale of two 'WCI's: Sarasota upscale home builder and developer Westwater Construction Inc. is dropping the "CI" from its revised logo.Shareholder shakes up Source Interlink: California billionaire Ron Burkle appears frustrated with the go-nowhere stock of Bonita Springs-based Source Interlink.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
PATRICIA GONDOLFO

Chief Operating Officer, Radiation Therapy Services

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
'Passion brings focus'

Fort Myers CPA Gail Markham built one of the largest firms in Southwest Florida. In the process, she has seenhow startups succeed and fail.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Runner-Up: RxTrocar

Laparoscopic surgery, also known as Band-aid or minimally invasive surgery, has revolutionized abdominal procedures.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

First Home Builders Pays $139.4 Million for AssetsPulte buys land in Collier CountyToll Brothers buys 74 parcels in CollierLee Memorial buys land in Bonita SpringsHealthcare REIT buys assisted living facility

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Chow Down

Two women, stressed out from the corporate grind, joined together to open a business that answers the often-asked question: What's for dinner? The friends and business partners seek ambitious growth for their new franchise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2008
Solar Independence

Government subsidies for "green" energy may be generous, but don't bet your business on them. They might disappear when the hoopla over green building fades away.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Patient Money

In this real estate downturn, developers need two things: patience and money. The Kuttemperoor familyhas both and they're out to prove it with engineered precision.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
Around the World

In the high-stakes world of running an international travel agency, it helps to be opportunistic. Never take no for an answer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2008
Walsh Review and Comment

Tax-swap amendment will fuel the economy

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
The Old Neighborhood

Greg Sembler took the helm of The Sembler Company at a tough timeand is steering it back to what it does well: neighborhood shopping centers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
College Crush

Bachelors' degrees were once the province of universities. But that's changing ascommunity colleges start offering them, prompting questions about their mission.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2008
Selling SURGE

The residential real estate downturn hit Lee County especially hard. It may be the first to come out if home sales continue to rise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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