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  • October 9, 2015
Bank deal chatter heats up

In a nearly two-year run of deals in Florida banking, a large one could be developing.

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  • October 9, 2015
Hear me knocking

The chief audiologist for Collier County's public schools is hitting the road.

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  • October 9, 2015
FedEx to deliver new Fort Myers facility

A Kansas City, Mo., developer bought Treeline Avenue land for a package-distribution center.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2015
Apartment boom in late stages

Is the apartment development boom at greater risk of a bust?

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  • October 9, 2015
Weighty allegations against firm

Note to businesses: Having customers sign a gag order to not complain about products in online forums is probably a bad idea — if not illegal.

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  • October 9, 2015
Kirkwood kicks it up

When Wayne Kirkwood received Lee County's economic development lifetime achievement award recently, the electrical contractor got some good-natured ribbing about his wardrobe.More specifically, his trademark cowboy boots.

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  • October 9, 2015
Tear down these walls

A growing design trend aims to boost collaboration and eliminate hierarchy among workers. Will it last?

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  • October 9, 2015
Fawley's way of life: Exceed your vision

When Bradenton architect Mike Bryant recently cared for the office effects of his late partner, Rick Fawley, Bryant came across a sheet of Fawley's thoughts, jotted while Fawley attended a conference of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp.

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  • October 9, 2015
Survey: Feel some good vibes

Cautious optimism has given way to a relaxed confidence when it comes to what business owners statewide think about the economic recovery, according to the Florida Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Index Survey.

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  • October 8, 2015
RV company expanding to Colorado

Seffner-based Lazydays is buying RV America and its three Colorado dealerships.

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  • October 8, 2015
Bank joins $1 billion club

FineMark National Bank & Trust joins a handful of banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast with more than $1 billion in assets.

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  • October 7, 2015
Tampa sits pretty in cheap car rentals

It costs an average of $28 a day to rent a car in Tampa, according to a new report.

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  • October 7, 2015
Gulf Coast bank sold in $32M deal

Cornerstone Community Bank has $243 million in assets.

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  • October 7, 2015
$30M luxury hotel in the works for Anna Maria

Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging & Development is behind the project.

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  • October 7, 2015
Broadcaster wins national radio award

The National Association of Broadcasters presented the national radio award to Beasley Broadcast Group's founder, chairman and CEO George Beasley.

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