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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2008
Next up: The Grinch

Santa sightings will be scare this Holiday Season, as a bevy of national retailers grapple with the economic downturn. Bankruptcy experts say liquidations will be a big theme.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Bloomberg News |
  • July 31, 2009
Muddy Signals

The signs of recovery are popping up as U.S. home prices rise. But consumer confidence drops and worries linger.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: John Saputo credits the storms with a spike in sales.Lee Wetheringtonis is diversifing his homebuilding company and is developing his first commercial propertyNothing fine with fines

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge stands behind Rapkin's decisionSignature Bank provides the Science Center of Pinellas County with a new automated external defibrillatorFlorida business leaders hope to salvage a market-based solution to our he

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Court Opinion (Tampa edition)

Patricia Farley, the former wife, seeks review of the amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage in which, on remand from this court, the trial court awarded the former wife $2,350 per month permanent periodic alimony.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Meeting Soros

The Argus Foundation event with the anti-Bush billionaire focused on economics and politics.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Regional Roundup

This week's items: CHARLOTTE BANK ACQUISITION BALD EAGLE AVIATION SWITCHES AIRPORTSCHECKERS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER WEBMD FLORIDA OFFICES RAIDED TAMPA COMPANY PICKED FOR COURTHOUSE

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Delano Stewart accepted this year's Herb Goldberg Award David Russell Stahl talks about $18 million jury verdictTECO Energy Inc. faces role reversal in current caseBrothers' favorite

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge of the judicial circuit for Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the court clerk in Pinellas battle over guardianshipsFlorida Legislature increases 6th and 13 circuit judicial staffs Congressman Jim Davis honors

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank is really pushing its purchasing-card systemLakewood Ranch postal opportunityd Sarasota attorney Miles Ferris from suspended for his work as a psychotherapist

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
Growth Spree

One of Sarasota's largest law firms is hiring nine new attorneys. Is that an indication of an upward employment trend for other firms?

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Deadline Filers

Attorneys at Ward Rovell & Van Eepoel aren't quite so frenzied this week. The deadline for employers to rewriting pension plans is past.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: H&K scores big in Florida First National Bankshares of Florida Inc. buying moreNational Federation of Independent Business report says state GOP favors business

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Charging Forward

The head of RARE Hospitality International explains his vision for the companyis restaurant chains and the consequences of inconsistency.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 4, 2010
Owners in distress

Commercial real estate defaults are increasing and brokers and bankers are preparing for a growing number of foreclosures on office buildings, shopping centers and warehouses. Bankers have been slow to take back property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2009
Kickin' It

The ability to earn a black belt in taekwondo can help an entrepreneur battle through just about any business issue — recession included. Here's how one group of local executives does it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • September 17, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2011
Someone's in the office

The first signs of an improving office-space market on the Gulf Coast are showing in the data, but it may be too early to call the recovery in rents and vacancies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 17, 2013
The facts behind factoring

Understand how receivables factoring can improve your cash flow. It's not as expensive as you think.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 28, 2011
Clear Cut

Resourceful American manufacturers such as Sarlo Power Mowers can compete effectively against imports.

  • Strategies
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