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February 19, 2001  
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Chasing a dream
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A fastener to hide bra straps. A clearinghouse for independent truckers. A Web site for lost-and-founds. These are the ideas of three bay area residents who have given up their day jobs to start their own businesses despite the long odds against them.
Searching for a place to drop anchor
Where would you put an aircraft carrier that's nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall?

More than passengers departing Sarasota-Bradenton airport
Will the last airline to leave Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport please roll up the runway?

Franklin Exchange goes to the dogs
Going into downtown Tampa, it's hard to miss the 40- by 70-foot Weimaraner dog on the Franklin Exchange office tower.

Latest prescription: drug info for a fee
Just how much do people value having potentially lifesaving information about drugs and their side effects available on the Internet?

Ferrara among advisers sharing his secrets
Clearwater financial planner Ray Ferrara no doubt will be be rooting for Secrets of the Wealth Makers to hit the bestseller list. Ferrara is one of two dozen financial advisers author Michael F. Lane tapped to share tips, techniques and experiences in the book published by McGraw-Hill.

Profile: Henry ‘Buddy’ Culbreth and Wayne ‘Skipp’ Fraser

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