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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Repeat Performance?

Coast Bank of Florida stumbled in 2003 after going public, a familiar situation for founder Gerald L. Anthony.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Risk Manager

Bill Mullis, one of the godfathers of the professional employer organization industry, finds success again and again.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 24, 2021
Hertz gets a post-pandemic, post-bankruptcy fresh start

With the breathing room of emerging from bankruptcy, global rental car icon Hertz faces its next big test: reinventing its model.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 15, 2021
Accounting firm defies industry norms, grows rapidly

St. Petersburg tax and accounting firm Spoor Bunch Franz challenges industry norms, traditions and expectations. Its methods seem to be working.

  • Finance
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2024
CEO Shirl Penney: From the depths of poverty to running a billion-dollar business

Shirl Penney’s life — from homeless teen to founding a $90 billion financial services company — is a made-for-Hollywood story. It’s also a story of grit, guts and grandfatherly lessons.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Yacht dealer acquires site for showroomPort Charlotte group pays $55 a foot for Paulson flexFormer owners reassume Lehigh industrial park landThomas Ranch developer trades with countyLongboat Key resident buys former Starfish MotelRainmaker Trading Co. buys two Venice storesTwo office buildings sell for $19.25 millionGrocery chain Aldi buys land for Plant City storeTwo investment groups buy B-of-A buildings

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 27, 2022
Dog bar in Sarasota's Rosemary District to open in October

The dog-centric social club will include indoor and outdoor areas for dogs as well as a restaurant and bar.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 15, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

We aren't Kansas: Federal Aviation Administration officials say Wichita, Kansas, was wrong to make revenue guarantees to AirTran Airways, calling the subsidies "unjust economic discrimination."Fifth Third outreach: Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp has hired a Latina to direct its Florida bank's efforts to do more business with Hispanic clients.Awash in tourism, beer: There is a menagerie of figures useful in measuring the local economy and the strength of the tourism market, but Coffee Talk thinks it has found one of its favorites - local beer sales.Secret settlement: Some nasty litigation between retired Tampa criminal defense attorney Anthony F. Gonzalez and Alabama-based Colonial BancGroup Inc.'s Colonial Bank unit has come to a merciful conclusion.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 22, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

No crisis yet: Richard X. Bove has weighed in on the much-debated housing bubble.Attention: Medical malpractice attorneys: Almost 15% of Florida physicians who answered recent queries from regulators could not provide state-required proof that they can pay a medical malpractice claim.Clearwater bar loses oldest past president: In 1951, Harry Truman was the U.S. president and Winston Churchill was British prime minister. That same year Howard P. Rives became president of the Clearwater Bar Association.Joining big lobby: A Sarasota bank executive is taking a more active role in advocating for his industry.More important than money?: Sarasota Business Center is pushing a summer special that's a little different from the typical real estate promotion.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 22, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

More important than money?: Sarasota Business Center is pushing a summer special that's just a little different from the typical real estate promotion.Arena alive?: Ever since a construction stoppage earlier this year killed the possibility of the Lakewood Ranch hockey arena opening for the 2005 hockey season, rumors have circulated that the project was dead.L-3 gifts $100,000 to USF: L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders has contributed $100,000 to the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee for the Crosley Campus Center scheduled to open in fall 2006.Attention: Medical malpractice attorneys: Almost 15% of Florida physicians who answered recent queries from regulators could not provide state-required proof that they can pay a medical malpractice claim.No housing crisis yet: Richard Bove has weighed in on the much-debated housing bubble.Joining big lobby: A Sarasota bank executive is taking a more active role in advocating for his industry.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 20, 2009
'Rocket Pockets'

Will Stout hasn't built any significant developments since 2007. But the Cape Coral developer expects there will be more opportunities in the next five years than any in the last five decades.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 10, 2009
Trusted bankers

As lenders continue to struggle, banks are turning to new or forgotten businesses such as trust services and investment management that generate fees in good times and bad.

  • Finance
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 7, 2021
Ryan Boland, 39

Chief Business Officer, Mercola

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
Leonard Burke, 38

Beneficial Communities, director of asset management

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  • March 19, 2019
A Call to End the Debt Crisis

With annual deficit spending topping $1 trillion and national debt topping $22 trillion, conditions call for a national convention of the states.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 28, 2017
Mr. Turnaround

A.G. Lafley helped breathe new life into Procter & Gamble and downtown Cincinnati. Can he do the same for Sarasota?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2016
Hungarian connection

When Hungarian entrepreneur Arpad Solti wanted to establish a U.S. office of HyperTeam, a successful European software company he founded, he picked Naples over other locations.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 12, 2025
Lee nonprofit finds success in finding jobs for young people with autism

An effort to help young adults on the autism spectrum find employment pays off for all parties. The nonprofit behind it hopes more is to come.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 26, 2024
Global volleyball stars launch multisport facility in Venice

Business partners Donald Suxho and Yury Shakirov are building a dedicated training facility with volleyball and pickleball courts that they believe will draw both future pros and those looking for fun.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 23, 2024
Fort Myers Beach Chamber head leads complicated Ian recovery

Jacki Liszak balances many needs and wants in her role as the town’s chief business cheerleader.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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