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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Finalist: Virginia Dorris and Dori Rath

CEO and President of Nelco Co.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Spend Wisely; Target Prospects by Lou Lasday

The hottest business trend is the miniaturization of strategic marketing initiatives.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 28, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
A Business Haven

An entrepreneur new to the wonders of Longboat Key wantsto see the island grow into a business hub. It's a big challenge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Lee-Collier): George Ghanem

George Ghanem's party palace is almost ready. By this summer, Ghanem's company will have moved into its new corporate headquarters in Fort Myers. The 60,000-square-foot, $8-million building will house the company's commercial laundry, a showroom and will have enough parking so that employees can load 10 delivery trucks at a time with tents, chairs and all the equipment for a party.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2009
A Delicate Balance

A small software sales and consulting business has grown in spite of the recession. But its founder worries that stagnant days are coming.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Walbolt article included in 'Best of ABA Sections'Professional association inducts Richard McCreaGrayRobinson-Tampa hires Jeanette FloresABA section elects Koren as chairman

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Vanguard Growth Spurs Change

To cope with growth, the pharmaceutical company automates with new technology.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Choose One's Own Way

So even though we cannot control the external circumstances of our lives, we each have a choice in our response. Barbara Glanz is an author and motivational speaker who resides in Siesta Key.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Public Benefit

Construction companies on the Gulf Coast are rushing into publicwork, but one construction company is already there in a big way.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: March 19 - March 25

Regional Business News at a Glance

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  • March 25, 2010
Corporate Report: Dunedin holding company buys Tulsa-based Cyber Aerospace

Dunedin-based holding company Vought Defense Systems Corp. agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of Tulsa-based Cyber Aerospace LLC, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems for law enforcement, military and commercial uses.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2010
Sales Driver

John Marazzi takes great care to hire the right people. Then he becomes their cheerleader.

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  • June 11, 2010
Corporate Report: June 11 - June 17

New information from HSN, Sykes Enterprises, Health Management Associates, and more.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 20, 2010
Government Digest: Aug. 20 - Aug. 26

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 6, 2010
Web leads

Randy Mitchelson is a former banker who saw the value of Internet marketing for the finance industry. He's glad he left banking in 2005.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 14, 2010
A Bead of Profitability

Largo-based Cousin Corp. of America started as a bead shop and has grown in 40 years to a distributor to big-name retailers. Warm weather made the difference in basing the business here.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 14, 2010
Big Title

There are more than 400 cities, towns and villages in Florida and Brooke Mitchell ferrets out lien information from any of them. Little wonder her business, Property Debt Research, is growing so fast.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2011
Qualified Survival

A banker mired in regulatory agony for three years has rediscovered his calling. But the industry is still a challenge.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 26, 2013
Find good people

Human resource professional of the year Sandie Peterson says the recession changed the way she considers job candidates.

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