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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 29, 2016
University names president

Hodges University named Donald Wortham president of the private university.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Payment giant boosts sales

Electronic payment giant ACI Worldwide says sales rose 6% in the most recent quarter compared with the same quarter last year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
USF launches entrepreneur program with $2.9M gift

The donation comes from Naples entrepreneurs Frank and Ellen Daveler.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Homebuilder enters Senate race to replace Marco Rubio

Carlos Beruff is the founder and owner of Medallion Homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 26, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Al Rogers

Al Rogers began his banking career with Charlotte, N.C.-based First Union Corp. in the company's Tampa office in 1987.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • February 26, 2016
Royal treatment

In 2013, developer Steve Goldfarb acquired a struggling Fort Myers shopping center where squatters had moved in. Today, it's 100% leased.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Economic reasons for happiness

The national economy has a yuck factor: It's growing less than 1% a quarter, the stock market is in a correction and corporate profit forecasts are dropping.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Alligator Alley gets busy

There's another economic indicator that shows the economy continues to recover throughout South Florida: More vehicles on Interstate 75/Alligator Alley from Naples to Fort Lauderdale.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 26, 2016
Saunders' Sarasota move delayed

Michael Saunders & Co.'s highly anticipated move within downtown Sarasota has been delayed until the end of this quarter, company officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 26, 2016
Renaissance rebirth

The new owner of one of the region's top corporate office parks hopes its Westshore location and amenities will draw new tenants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 26, 2016
Kite Realty bucking retail trend

Bucking the retail trend of one-off, pad-centric development along the Gulf Coast, Kite Realty Group Trust has begun construction on a new 123,000-square-foot center in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Phone manners go a long way

Here's a survey nugget that should resonate with business owners: Southerners don't take comfort in poor phone-based customer service.

  • News
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • February 26, 2016
Relationships count

The commercial real estate industry is consolidating into ever-bigger players, but one firm shows how boutiques can capture a market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Can't Escape the Craze

Tampa entrepreneurs John and Kristi Collins first came across escape rooms during a family trip in Europe in 2014.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Port raises the docks

Business at Port Manatee is off to a solid start in 2016, from an expansion in cargo handled to an expansion of the facility.

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