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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2018
Area builder discontinues popular line of homes, cites Trump tariffs

“Recent economic policies adopted by the current administration prevent us from continuing to provide an affordable housing solution,” Pat Neal says in a statement. “When Trump decided to meddle in the lumber industry, then enact retaliatory tariffs, the

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 25, 2014
The Next Cycle

LandQwest Commercial made a timely move to distressed properties in 2008. Now, it's helping customers with property tax appraisals in the recovery.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 20, 2013
Take it from a pro

Ray Intreglia helps several hundred executives with their corporate travel plans. He shares some of his travel tips.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 9, 2016
An app for that

The trick to building a good technology company, says Ben King, is to keep it simple.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2016
His other place

Luxury storage condos are popular with people who want to store their expensive recreational vehicles, sports cars or any other valuables.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 14, 2014
Long-term growth

Richard Pitbladdo and a group of Fort Myers investors have been buying agencies that specialize in long-term care insurance. They're about to get much bigger.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 19, 2015
Room to grow

Not yet 40, Jeff Reynolds has had a diverse business career.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 24, 2015
Let in the sunshine

Sunshine Ace Hardware eyes more acquisitions as the industry consolidates. How will it keep its family-business culture as the company grows?

  • Industries
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 2, 2026
Leadership secrets revealed from a day at Disney's famed leadership institute

Lessons, in leadership and in life, abound at the Disney Institute. One example: It’s OK to be off task if you’re on purpose. Another one: What gets recognized gets repeated.

  • Leadership
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 10, 2006
Close to Home

Health Management Associates succeeds by buying and turning around struggling rural hospitals. But as patients begin to bear a greater burden of healthcare costs, the company, and hospital industry, face a new set of challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Murray Rothbard |
  • February 27, 2009
The Great Society: A Libertarian Critique

The Great Society was spawned 40 years ago to eradicate poverty, but ended up cementing the poor in place. It is making a comeback. Rothbard analyzed the results at the time. It's a good lesson.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Paperless Highway

Forget couriers and rushed trips to the federal courthouse to meet a deadline. The Middle District of Florida will soon go live.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 2, 2004
Boeing's Strategy: Use Military Ties to Gain Trust

Harry C. Stonecipher left retirement in St. Petersburg to help troubled Boeing. Critics say he's too close to the officials who've stepped down to do the job.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
Risky Venture, Low ROI

The Productivity Committee concluded the economic projections and opportunity costs were too high. 'Not much verifiable information in the business plan.'

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2006
Sweet Equity

A literal hands-on entrepreneur learns how to grow by letting go. After starting the business on $6,000 in combined family savings, he's grown it to $10 million in annual revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2004
Big WIN: Court Overturns $27 Million Verdict

A multimillion verdict against a Tampa alarm company is overturned by the 5th District Court of Appeal.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 26, 2005
Runnin' Scared

There's nary a beverage can, from Pepsi to Coke to V8, in the supermarket aisle that the Dalton family business hasn't helped create. Three generations of Daltons have had a heavy hand in the company's success.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 15, 2016
Shine the light

Andrew Samuel rose from bank teller to president of an $18 billion powerhouse, using many non-traditional banking approaches along the way. He seeks to duplicate his success in Florida.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2015
Economic Forecast | Charlotte-Lee-Collier

This is a milestone of sorts for the Business Observer's annual economic forecast issue: It's the second year in a row that cautious optimism isn't the overriding theme of the day.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 8, 2015
REVIEW AND COMMENT | Don Obama and the Medicaid Mob

In the battle over whether to expand Medicaid, the Obama administration has demonstrated how power corrupts and leads to vindictive extortion.

  • Opinion
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