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  • December 7, 2016
Firm adds $535M in revenue with acquisition

Deltek marks the latest acquisition in Roper Technologies' push to expand its application software capabilities.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2016
Auto dealers power up expansion plans

Jeff Johnson and Bill Doraty opened another Mitsubishi dealership, in Bonita Springs, four months ago.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2016
Tampa Bay soccer team shoots for big leagues

The Tampa Bay Rowdies seek to get in Major League Soccer.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2016
Sarasota-Bradenton home prices rise nearly 8%

Home prices also increased 7.8% statewide in October.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2016
Health care firm adds clients in Switzerland

Tampa-based Absia has other clients spread from the U.K. to Turkey.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2016
Builder seeks to boost creativity with panel

DeAngelis Diamond Construction grew revenues 64% last year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2016
Realtor group selects new leader

Xena Vallone is with Xena Vallone Realty.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2016
Tech firm abandons acquisition

Fort Myers-based Yippy announced its planned acquisition of Cizmar & Associates in June.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 4, 2016
Insurance firm expands, changes name

Chuck Wasson founded Wasson Bay Area Insurance 25 years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2016
Fort Myers firm squeezes leadership team, names new CEO

Former CEO Clay Wilson will remain on Alico's board of directors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2016
Airport names new board chairman

John Stafford was vice chairman of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport board.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2016
Sharpen that pitch

Does your company have a great story to share? Does it need money?

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 2, 2016
Industrial market is surging in region, state

If current projections hold, nearly 77 million square feet of new industrial space will need to be developed in Florida by 2030 to keep pace with a growing population base and consumer demand, according to a new report.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2016
Museum strategy in bloom

When Marie Selby Botanical Gardens shifted its business model to a living museum, with changing exhibitions tied to plant collections, one obvious goal was to draw in more visitors — repeats and first-timers.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2016
Times are changing at firm

Prominent New Jersey commercial real estate executive Steven Denholtz has done plenty of real estate deals on Florida's east coast, but for him the Tampa-St. Petersburg market is the way to go.

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