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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2008
Market RUBDOWN

Opening 10 massage stores during an economic slump might sound crazy. But growing like that is comfort food to one Gulf Coast entrepreneur.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2008
Tech works

Cisco and other tech companies could see a boon from President-elect Obama's proposed stimulus plan that is heavy on tech infrastructure.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2008
Fuel the World

Paul Woods has spent two decades working on a way to mass produce ethanol from seaweed. Production starts next year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Fresh Eats

Honduras native Chris Andino didn't even speak English until he was 18. Today he runs one of the fastest growing Subway franchises on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Sustained Stubbornness

A simple warehouse expansion project has turned out to not be quite so simple. But the $1 million risk one entrepreneur took could be paying off soon.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Designated Hitter

Glenn Selig left a career as a TV anchorman and reporter to become an entrepreneur helping clients get covered in the media.

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  • By Sheldon Richman |
  • March 27, 2009
The Goal Is Freedom: Crisis and Opportunity

Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel are using the nation's economic disarray as their cover for expanding government control and further limiting freedom.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 21, 2009
Stimulus you can believe in

Successful Gulf Coast entrepreneur and commercial real estate investor Harvey Vengroff has long said the region's economy lacks diversification. He sees the recession as a chance for real change.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2009
Corporate Report

Tampa Electric, Lakeland agreeon reclaimed water project

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  • July 23, 2004
Confusion Reigns

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision over sentencing guidelines affects Tampa Bay area state courts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
New on the Block

Established Atlanta developer JEBCO Ventures Inc. tackles Sarasota development.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2004
Solution: Imagination

Stodgy isn't allowed at Fawley Bryant Architects Inc.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
Young and Hungry

Two Sarasota men, in their 30s, took their home building company, Vision Homes of Southwest Florida, from $45,000 in sales to $14 million in just four years.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
DrugMax Goes for the Max

The stock of Clearwater-based DrugMax lnc. languishes outside of Wall Street's radar. COO William LaGamba says becoming a $1 billion company should take care of that.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2004
Failure to Learn

If we don't continue to consume, our economy will crash. We are dependent upon the over consumption of goods and the consequent continued growth of debt.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 14, 2005
High-Rise Follwers

Coscan Homes, contract developer for Alinari at Rosemary Place, knows it pays to collaborate.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Golf Coast Man

Gordon Lewis rode the golf-course building boom by designingdozens of courses from Tampa to Naples. He's counting on renovations of these and other older courses to carry him through the downturn.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2008
Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2008
Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

Walsh: Tax swap amendment will fuel the economy

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