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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Bayside Pet Resort & Spa buys U.S. 41 bowling alley

Bayside Pet Resort & Spa Inc. purchased the 22,000-square-foot former Rip Van Winkle Lanes bowling alley on U.S. 41 for $2.6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Naples investor group buys two Tamiami buildings

Naples Private Financial Group LLC, an investment group managed by Bonnie Inman, purchased the former Robb & Stucky Patio Store and a second building on Tamiami Trail for $1.68 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Thank you, Myra

More than 4,000 people showed up at the two-day retirement party for Myra Janco Daniels on Jan. 14 and 15, the founder of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Unemployment falls below 10%

The jobless rate for December 2011 is the state's lowest since April 2009.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Property sales up, prices sag

Units sold increased by 10%, but median prices fell by 2% in 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Tech star headlines St. Pete talk

Josh Greenberg, co-founder of Grooveshark, to appear at AdTalks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Hachems buy Bay View Plaza

Investors Sam and Laurice Hachem are veterans of the Tampa Bay market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 20, 2012
Lunch, upgraded

Patricks 1481 is a reference to the address on Main Street. It's also a reference to the previous version of the eatery, when it was called Patrick's Restaurant and Tavern.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Firm is certain about making a comeback

A good sign for an economic rebound: A company that makes money when it finds executives jobs grew revenues 45% in 2011.

  • News
    By
  • Lou Lasday
  • January 20, 2012
Four Traps of Leadership

Mitigate their impact and overcome the obstacles. Deliver anxiety-free performance and win.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2012
Gulf Coast Week: Jan. 20

Regional business news at a glance.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2012
Dodge ball looks good at local college

Despite having only 850 students, New College of Florida looms large on lists that rank colleges in everything from academics to youthful energy.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2012
Award winner has mixed record

One of the most partisan, outspoken and liberal members of Congress, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, now has quite the ironic trophy to hang on her mantle: pro-business champion.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2012
HMA stock hurt by chief counsel's departure

Investors don't like surprises, and they often sell stock first and ask questions later.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2012
Welcome to the Waldorf...in Naples

The Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples has a new name: Waldorf Astoria Naples.

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