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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2016
Airport posts 33% passenger growth

Punta Gorda Airport passenger traffic rose 33% in 2015 compared with 2014.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2016
Mortgage banker named chair of housing group

Linda Kemp will lead the board for the second time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2016
Massachusetts investor buys apartment complex for $70.5M

The Yacht Club at Heritage Harbour is a 392-unit apartment complex in east Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2016
Collier industry recruiter quits

Bruce Register, Collier County's economic development director, resigned after three years in the position.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2016
Bankruptcy attorney named partner at large firm

Jacqueline Simms-Petredis is one of 10 attorneys recently promoted by Burr & Forman.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2016
Home prices rise again in Sarasota-Manatee

Prices increased at a rate more than double the national average.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2016
Freight firm plans to hire 80 employees

R+L Global Logistics plans to double the size of its operation in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2016
Window firm seeks to fill 100 jobs

The hiring event will take place Jan. 9.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2016
Oil company gushes over growth plans

Amalie now has two facilities with deep-water access in major U.S. ports.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2016
NeoGenomics completes $310M Clarient acquisition

NeoGenomics completed its blockbuster deal of Clarient, making GE Healthcare a major shareholder in the combined companies.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2016
Big Sea of Opportunity

Big Sea Inc., a St. Petersburg-based marketing agency, doubled its size following a recent merger with ThinkTank Inc.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2016
Home Appreciation

The Sarasota and Fort Myers areas posted some of the strongest rebounds in the region in house price appreciation since the bust five years ago.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2016
Promoter in chief

Everybody loves free pens.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2016
New store aids growth surge

Jim Miller's multimillion-dollar e-commerce Amish furniture business, JMX Brands, took a big step right before Christmas: After 12 years of being exclusively online, the Sarasota-based company opened a brick-and-mortar location.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2016
Bullish on 2016

Rising interest rates, economic turmoil abroad and an unpredictable election year in 2016 don't seem to faze business owners and executives in Lee County.

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