Credit unions doing well: Banks and thrifts are the only financial institutions growing along the Gulf Coast.Out of retirement?: Last November, Tampa attorney Jonathan Alpert told Gulf Coast Business Review that for all practical purposes he had retired or at least was winding down his law practice.Nicer things to say: Banking analyst Richard X. Bove is toning down his recent criticism of SunTrust Banks Inc.Prestigious company: It must be an honor to receive an award named for Carlton Field's distinguished chairman emeritus, William Reece Smith.Good timing: Bob Paver, the Jabil Circuit Inc. general counsel, just missed the bull's-eye during a recent stock market trade.
