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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Case for Balanced Trade

The full text of this article is available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 30, 2005
Turning Point

South Florida condo converters Barry Appel and Abbey Berkowitz have found a hot market in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 22, 2018
Naples company finding sweet success in sugar substitute market

Pyure Brands founder Benjamin Fleischer build his stevia business by hiring entrepreneurial-minded employees.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 22, 2013
Out of the Lab

Algenol Biofuels Founder and CEO Paul Woods says he's ready to build a commercial facility to produce ethanol from algae. He has powerful financial backing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
The Fallacy of Controlling Growth

Here's a primer on the deleterious effects of trying to manage and control growth. Everyone loses - except those making the rules.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 2, 2021
Room boom: Hotels have become a hot commodity

Hotel properties across the region are generating solid returns for investors. The trend appears to have staying power.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Joyland night club finds new homeSarasota attorney moves S.R. 64 parcelLion's Gate Development plans hotel project next yearInland Retail kicks off mixed-use projectPrudential Real Estate Investors buys Grand ReserveScherer Development builds strip centerPBO Development buys Cape Coral officeAmerican Financial Realty buys Wachovia Bank buildingInvestment group planning Six Mile Cypress offices

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 14, 2020
How to spend less time answering emails

Set up email filters and use a tool to manage internal communication outside of email.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 12, 2023
Josh Marzucco, 36

From flea markets to a multimillion-dollar real estate agency, Josh Marzucco learned his ethic from father.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 14, 2022
Monica Quimby, 36

Backbones, leadership program coordinator, USA Hockey

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Executive Session with Clifford Sladnick

The Gulf Coast Business Review sat down with the new CAO of Gevity.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • June 24, 2011
Fight Plan

Anything may go inside the mixed martial arts octagon, but if an MMA league hopes to succeed it needs a solid business plan. That's why World Extreme Fighting is looking to a man whose background is spreadsheets, not drop kicks.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2018
Video maker performs an emergency job well done

Naples Studio overcomes Hurricane Irma, burglary to win Telly Award for video for 59th annual NCH Healthcare Ball

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 10, 2024
Dannielle Robinson, 37

40 Under 40 winner Dannielle Robinson is senior vice president at Colliers.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 17, 2023
Tampa school's former business manager sentenced in $1.1M tuition scam

The Largo man was charged by federal prosecutors for scheming to move tuition payments into personal accounts and giving false information to get more than $1 million in mortgages.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
22-23 Record Book (Sarasota/Manatee)

------ Building Permits -------The following commercial building permits totaling more than $10,000, were filed Sept. 1-5 in Manatee and Sarasota counties and the cities of Bradenton and Sarasota.CITY OF BRADENTONSouthTrust Bank NA, 3813 Manatee A

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2010
Yippy buys Clusty

Fort Myers-based Yippy purchased the Pittsburgh company for $5.5 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2011
Accentia to raise $5 million

The Tampa-based biopharmaceutical firm placed a $5 million equity offering.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2011
Alico explores for commodity

Tests show land owned by the LaBelle firm could contain a valuable resource.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2011
Yippy issues stock dividend

The Fort Myers-based tech firm is thanking shareholders for their loyalty.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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