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

Never miss an opportunity: The Florida Bankers Association used this month's deadline for filing personal income tax returns to tweak credit unions.A Good Deal?: Akerman Senterfitt apparently secured a good deal for the Class A space it just leased in the SunTrust Financial Centre.Not that positive on Fourth Street: Banks have become to St. Petersburg's Fourth Street North what automobile dealerships do for Tampa's North Dale Mabry Highway.Deadline approaches: Judging by the lack of sensational headlines, Hillsborough County Attorney Renee Lee just may sail through her upcoming annual performance evaluation. CRA insurance: Bank of America must not be through buying other financial institutions.A vacation with bite: Exactly what consumer is the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota targeting?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2008
Next up: The Grinch

Santa sightings will be scare this Holiday Season, as a bevy of national retailers grapple with the economic downturn. Bankruptcy experts say liquidations will be a big theme.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Gulf Coast bankers get FBA honorsNo news from city regarding The Beckett Whitney Group LLC's offer to purchase the City CentreVenice-based PGT Industries Inc. may need a bigger help wanted sign.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: John Saputo credits the storms with a spike in sales.Lee Wetheringtonis is diversifing his homebuilding company and is developing his first commercial propertyNothing fine with fines

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Benderson Development to relocate to Manatee County Ian Black Real Estate chosen to lease Cooper Creek space Beneva, Fruitville center owner plans renovationSouthern Trust Auto Sales buys land for Venice dealership

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Court Opinion (Tampa edition)

Patricia Farley, the former wife, seeks review of the amended final judgment of dissolution of marriage in which, on remand from this court, the trial court awarded the former wife $2,350 per month permanent periodic alimony.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Meeting Soros

The Argus Foundation event with the anti-Bush billionaire focused on economics and politics.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Delano Stewart accepted this year's Herb Goldberg Award David Russell Stahl talks about $18 million jury verdictTECO Energy Inc. faces role reversal in current caseBrothers' favorite

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge of the judicial circuit for Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the court clerk in Pinellas battle over guardianshipsFlorida Legislature increases 6th and 13 circuit judicial staffs Congressman Jim Davis honors

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank is really pushing its purchasing-card systemLakewood Ranch postal opportunityd Sarasota attorney Miles Ferris from suspended for his work as a psychotherapist

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
Growth Spree

One of Sarasota's largest law firms is hiring nine new attorneys. Is that an indication of an upward employment trend for other firms?

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Deadline Filers

Attorneys at Ward Rovell & Van Eepoel aren't quite so frenzied this week. The deadline for employers to rewriting pension plans is past.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 4, 2010
Owners in distress

Commercial real estate defaults are increasing and brokers and bankers are preparing for a growing number of foreclosures on office buildings, shopping centers and warehouses. Bankers have been slow to take back property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2009
Kickin' It

The ability to earn a black belt in taekwondo can help an entrepreneur battle through just about any business issue — recession included. Here's how one group of local executives does it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • September 17, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2011
Someone's in the office

The first signs of an improving office-space market on the Gulf Coast are showing in the data, but it may be too early to call the recovery in rents and vacancies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 17, 2013
The facts behind factoring

Understand how receivables factoring can improve your cash flow. It's not as expensive as you think.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 28, 2011
Clear Cut

Resourceful American manufacturers such as Sarlo Power Mowers can compete effectively against imports.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 28, 2013
Happy fields

A cavernous former hotel in downtown Fort Myers will get new life as senior housing, removing an obstacle to growth there.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 1, 2011
Go with Gusto

The group charged with the longtime-coming revival of downtown Bradenton doesn't have an easy task. Its new leader, however, isn't afraid to think big.

  • Strategies
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