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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2004
Wal-Mart's Mexico Success

Mexico's largest private employer - Wal-Mart - is given credit for reducing the country's inflation rate. Its rivals are unhappy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Law Firm Breakup (Tampa edition)

After 20 years together, the Salem Saxon firm splits in two. Most of the firm's lawyers remain with partner Bernice Saxon.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Tampa attorney Domenic Massari III will spend 12 months in federal prison for helping a client hide millions of dollarsDavid Demersgave an upbeat assessment of the state court system in Pasco and Pinellas counties

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Two petitions say court record moratorium is 'damaging'An Internet site by the bail bond industry is taking area judges to taskInfinium Labs Inc. filed a lawsui over a HardOCP.com article

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
YP: Brian Keenan

First National Bank of Florida is the largest Florida-based bank holding company. Now worth about $8.3 billion, the bank is going through a spinoff of its Florida operations;according to Tampa Bay area President/CEO Brian Keenan.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
Rise and Fall

A Tampa company's venture into Internet kiosks at shopping malls failed during the dot-com bust. An Ohio mall operator wants at least $4 million in unpaid rent.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Sex and the court of public opinion2nd District Court of Appeal Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington appointed to U.S. District CourtTwenty-seven bottles

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 24, 2009
A Mighty Sight

A Gulf Coast medical science company has big plans to leverage technology it bills as stellar enough to alter an industry. Big plans, however, come with big challenges.

  • Strategies
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
Marketplace of Ideas: How much is too much?

The vices and virtues of limiting executive compensation. But government limitation busts American tradition.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
Want to buy a bridge?

Researchers at the University of Maine figured a new way to build a longer lasting, easy-to-assemble bridge for the U.S. Army. Now, a Bonita Springs-based company plans to sell it to states and municipalities.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 11, 2011
The right incentives

Bob Schwartz treats poor people with AIDS, but his views about incentives offer good lessons for business owners. Cash isn't as powerful as you think.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 13, 2011
Well Done

The success of First Watch in the last 25 years is a triumph for Ken Pendery. So too, is building a company of budding entrepreneurs.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2011
Corporate Report: June 3

The latest news from United Insurance, Sunovia Energy, and other Gulf Coast companies.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 20, 2013
Pricing the bank

Investors are willing to pay a little more than book value for healthy Florida banks.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 9, 2012
Captivating Insurance

Tired of paying big premiums to an insurance company to protect your business assets? You can pay yourself instead.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2012
Capitol Chatter: May 4

Water standards, Scott affects higher education and Bondi backed Arizona immigration law.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2021
Developers make pandemic-driven changes to mixed-use project

After a comprehensive market analysis that inspired design changes, the developers behind Orange Station at the Edge in St. Petersburg say they are preparing to move forward.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2021
Tampa firm looks to simplify critical insurance barrier through tech

Behind $20 million in new capital, a high-tech firm targets an unheralded niche in insurance.

  • Technology
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 19, 2021
Midtown Tampa about to blossom

Midtown Tampa, a $500 million, mixed-use development in the Westshore area of Tampa, is preparing to debut retail, lodging, residences and offices on 22-acre tract.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 10, 2021
Bradenton coffee company prioritizes staying approachable

As a coffee-loving duo grow their business, they seek to be different from the competition — starting with the front door.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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