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  • October 19, 2016
Radio firm tunes into $24M sale

Beasley Broadcast Group arranged the sale to comply with FCC ownership regulations.

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  • October 19, 2016
Developer launches real estate unit

Risdon Group is behind three projects in the Rosemary District.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2016
Mortgage firm targets Florida for expansion

Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group has Florida offices in Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2016
Bank makes big move with $84M acquisition

Platinum Bank Holding Co. operates seven branches in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Lakeland-Winter Haven regions.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2016
Naples home services company expands into Sarasota

Best Home Services has been operating in southwest Florida since 1980.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2016
Nurse-turned-exec takes on a top role

Elizabeth Miller has been with WellCare since 2012.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2016
National financial services company appoints regional exec

Jennifer Basey has been with Edward Jones for more than 12 years.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2016
Equity firm flips digital advertising giant

Triad Retail Media was founded in Tampa in 2004.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2016
Prolific homebuilder on pace to beat 2015

Neal Communities posted 276 home sales in the third quarter.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2016
Fast-growing firm finds ideal exec

Christopher Barrett, now with Ideal Image, was most recently COO of Flywheel Sports.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2016
Share the love: celebrated chocolatier expands

This is the fourth Southwest Florida location for Norman Love Confections.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2016
Real estate brokers launch luxury unit

Jay Travis, Christy Travis and Kimberly Mills have been in real estate for 16 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2016
Progressive company looks upward

When one private equity firm bought Manatee County-based Progressive Employer Management Co. from another private equity firm late last year, executives promised a deep investment in finding and executing on growth opportunities.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2016
Companies unite in superior performance

A pair of Pinellas County companies made Fortune magazine's list of the 100 fastest-growing publicly traded firms based on three years of revenues, profits and stock returns.

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  • October 14, 2016
40 under 40: Going places

The theme of the 2016 Business Observer 40 under 40 issue revolves around people who are going places — and who get there with grace, elegance and style.

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