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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2009
Online mall debuts in Tampa Bay

In these tough times for retailers, one Tampa entrepreneur is offering another way to market their products. On May 15, David Phillips launched Caribebay Mall, an online store for local retailers, at www.caribebay.com.

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  • April 23, 2009
Ring one up for trial lawyers

It's actions like these that give politicians their bad name. Led by Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, and at the urging of trial lawyers, the Senate Judiciary Committee gutted a workers' compensation bill that had been previously approved in the Banking and Insurance Committee.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
Newsmakers

Local movers and shakers.

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  • February 19, 2010
Groups use litigation, again

Environmental groups continue to be aggressive pursuing litigation when not prevailing with government bureaucracy or legislatures.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2010
Short sales suggest more price drops

There's a lot of important trend numbers to follow in the current residential foreclosure spike, but Peter Murphy, president of Tampa-based Home Encounter, sees one number as most important — 71%.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
Condo Capital buys, resells 53 units

Denver-based condominium turn-around company Condo Capital Solutions has purchased the 53 remaining units in the 124-unit, two-building Bel Mare Condominiums at Riviera Dunes for $6.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2009
Kalu Watanabe, others buy Ashton Pointe land

Royal Swazi Ashton LLC, an investment group of Kalu Watanabe and several other Florida financial partners, purchased the 15.38-acre Ashton Pointe planned community on Fielding Lane north of Clark Road and west of Interstate 75 for $526,800.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2009
Residential Management Inc. buys Fisherman's Landing

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Residential Management Inc. purchased the 256-unit Fisherman's Landing apartments just north of State Road 582 from Aimco for $14.95 million. The purchase price equated to $53,398 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2010
Naples' TIB could get a lot bigger

Naples-based TIB Bank is already one of the largest banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast with $1.7 billion in assets, but it could get a lot bigger.

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  • January 28, 2011
50 Cent tweets up stock to 45 cents

H&H Imports Inc. spent a wild few days on the penny stock market after getting a ringing — or rather tweeting — endorsement from a rap artist.

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  • June 17, 2010
Retired FDIC chair gets new bank gig

Bill Isaac, a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman who lives on Longboat Key, has been named to the board of Fifth Third Bancorp.

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  • May 14, 2013
Hertz CEO already has Naples roots

Naples has always been known as a haven for Fortune 500 CEOs who want to get away from the corporate life.

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  • March 18, 2011
Less regulation, but not lower taxes

State Senate President Mike Haridopolos' opening speech at this year's regular legislative session focused on what he termed the two “Rs”: reform and restraint.

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  • May 17, 2013
Benderson Development Co. LLC buys Tampa Electric's TECO Plaza

The price equated to $79 per square foot.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2012
MGA Insurance Group buys Taylor Woodrow building

The price equated to $88 per square foot.

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  • December 24, 2012
The 'greening' of Sarasota is game on

Will Sarasota be the next Greenville, S.C.?

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  • October 24, 2011
Unusual ad firm eyes expansion

Air travelers may see more advertisements when they slip their shoes off at security checkpoints in the coming years. At least that's what SecurityPoint Media is hoping.

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  • January 11, 2013
Aspen Square buys Bear Creek, sets price record for low-income housing

The price equated to $58,000 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 17, 2013
Sarasota investor Biter buys two Main Street buildings

The price equated to $228 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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