Strategies

Business Observer Staff
November 5, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Wellcare Health Plans at $0.88 (3.49%), Alico Inc. at $0.64 (2.25%) and Nicholas Financial at $0.31 (4.63%). The biggest decliners were Walter Industries at $-4.16 (-6.64%), HSN Inc. at $-2.41 (-13.89%) and Tech Data at $-2.05 (-5.06%).

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 30, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Kforce at $0.78 (7.00%), Raymond James Financial at $0.65 (2.64%) and Roper Industries Inc. at $0.60 (1.16%). The biggest decliners were Walter Industries at $-1.42 (-2.22%), Marinemax at $-0.84 (-10.49%) and Tech Data at $-0.80 (-1.94%).

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 30, 2009

2009 Financial Reports

Utek Corp. net loss jumps, grows to $6 million. Alico's profit tumbles $609,000.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 30, 2009

Corporate Report: Florida Shores agrees to buy Shamrock Bank

Naples-based Florida Shores Bancorp signed an agreement to acquire controlling interest in Shamrock Bank of Florida, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval and expected to close in the first quarter.

Strategies

Mark Gordon
October 29, 2009

Mission Re-Ignition

The car business was drowning in 2008 and so was George Manian's high-end dealership. Manian found an airway through a massive company overhaul.

Entrepreneurs

Business Observer Staff
October 22, 2009

Battle Royale

Gulf Coast business owners hear the chatter about the supposed end of the recession. While many cling to optimism on that front, the reality is that 2010 could be another Toughest Year Ever for many businesses.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 15, 2009

Here are some TIPS

The hot sales of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities show that Bernanke is not whipping up inflation concerns. The market already has them.

Strategies

Mark Gordon
October 15, 2009

Big out of Small

Surviving the recession not only required Kerrie Ann Lehnert to rethink her entire business plan. It has taken a rebooted mindset, too. 'You have to be able redefine your ego,' she says.

Strategies

Alex Walsh
October 15, 2009

Only option is winning

At Ambassador Limo, Ken Lucci has held true to a demanding management style. The result: a service company that continues to grow despite a challenging market.

Strategies

Mark Gordon
October 15, 2009

A Perfect Match

Insurance firms have traditionally shied away from partnerships, mostly because there is too high a risk of failure. But a pair of long-established Gulf Coast companies is taking a chance on partnering up.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
October 9, 2009

Window on the Future

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is using every available resource, including his teenage son, to ensure that Windows 7 isn't another Vista.

Strategies

Bloomberg News
October 9, 2009

Re-centralizing Harvard

Harvard's Faust plots a course for a 'unified' school to deal with the financial crisis.

Strategies

Alex Walsh
October 9, 2009

Educated Acceptance

It took Novusolutions four years to start building a client base in the education industry. Now, this green-tinted technology company is taking on the other 95% of their market.

Strategies

Jean Gruss
October 9, 2009

Job Placement

Rasmussen College's customers aren't its students. The customers are employers. That focus has helped the college achieve high job-placement rates for the students it educates.

Strategies

Jean Gruss
October 9, 2009

Change the Conditions

Want employees to act ethically? One business owner structures his employees' pay so they're not tempted to take advantage of the customer.

Strategies

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Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

2009 Financial Reports

Corporate Report: Florida Shores agrees to buy Shamrock Bank

Mission Re-Ignition

Battle Royale

Here are some TIPS

Big out of Small

Only option is winning

A Perfect Match

Window on the Future

Re-centralizing Harvard

Educated Acceptance

Job Placement

Change the Conditions

Shore to close well-known St. Armands location, citing floods, storms

Rapidly growing pickleball franchise chooses Sarasota for Florida debut

Tampa CVS clinic to close, lay off 53 employees

Texas construction firm breaks ground on Valrico senior living community

Sarasota manufacturer acquires UK elevator company

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