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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Sliding toward corporate governanceBergmann wins reprieveBanking analyst Richard X. "Dick" Bove has switched teamsSupreme Court to consider government takings

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Highwall Technologies' Sentinel has been certified as interoperable with Computer Associates International Inc.'s Wireless Option Two local businesspeople discussing environmentally-friendly homebuilding

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Sheen Todd still interested in clerk post?Falkner v. Falkner, part twoInfinium Labs Inc. of Sarasota released it pricing scale for its new Phantom gaming system

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: New community bank forming in OspreyDo we need a minority leadership program?SRQ at odds with the firefightersChanges in clerk fees, functions coming soon

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  • By Bloomberg News |
  • September 3, 2009
Marvel Us

Analysis: Disney's Marvel buy traps Hollywood in a Spider-Man web, putting Disney in a long-term strong position against its rivals.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 17, 2010
Do It Again

WCI Communities was largely written off when it filed for bankruptcy protection. But after emerging from reorganization, the residential development company now plans to build homes again.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 20, 2010
Chasing the Sun

Two German engineers moved to the Gulf Coast for its sunny lifestyle. But the sun chasers also satisfied their irrepressible urge to create technology and a new company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 25, 2011
Siren Song

The Baby Boom generation currently nearing retirement may be one key to the Gulf Coast's economic recovery as they seek to buy businesses in the Sunshine State.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2013
Health care share

A former health care system insider is pushing his company as the answer to the electronic patient record free-for-all.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 30, 2011
Back in the Saddle

Fowler White Boggs plans to be Florida's 'go-to' corporate law firm. To do that, it launched an expansion plan to position itself for the state's eventual economic rebound.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 14, 2011
Swamp Man

Scott Qurollo has been driving airboats and hunting gators for 10 years. About the practice, the longtime hunter says, “It's not like any other kind of hunting. It's much more primal.”

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 3, 2011
Out of the Trap

Entrepreneurs often have to reinvent themselves and their companies to survive and grow, but Everett 'Buzz' Waid took it a step further by switching to a new industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2011
Staging an Encore

Veteran banker Tom Ray and a group of investors from Ohio and Naples are betting the community bank model can survive the financial crisis.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2012
Corporate Report: December 7

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 13, 2012
Return to last resort

The new head of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Barry Gilway, has a monumental task in sharply reducing the state insurer's size and risk. It would be a nice legacy.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2012
Skill, Luck and Divine Intervention

Restaurant veteran Ralph Desiano didn't turn back when friends told him he was crazy to open a restaurant during the recession. Good thing he didn't listen.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 23, 2012
A Better Position

A Naples technology startup didn't get the venture capital funds it sought in 2008. But that turned out to be a blessing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 9, 2021
Acquisitions provide big boost for small insurance firm

Recent deals have expanded Iron Ridge Insurance Services' size by more than 65%. But its CEO maintains the deals will be for naught without providing employees a great place to work.

  • Insurance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2021
Amanda Curbelo, 29

Boys & Girls Club of Collier County, Resource Development Director; Niche`Gala President

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
Brandon Snyder, 38

Three Buffaloes, the umbrella company owning Roots Tap Room & Wine Bar and Roots Cellar, president

  • Class of 2021
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