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  • April 16, 2015
Sarasota Memorial and FSU aim to spear doc shortage

Internal medicine resident program could start taking applications in 2016.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2015
Hospital system names market CEO

Community Health Systems named Scott Lowe market CEO for the two-hospital Physician Regional Healthcare System in Naples.

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  • April 16, 2015
Pasco EDC head to retire

John Hagen has run the economic development council since 2010.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 15, 2015
Lucrative wine fest organizers sip new CEO

The Naples Children & Education Foundation, which has raised more than $135 million with an annual wine festival it started in 2001, appointed Maria Jimenez-Lara the new CEO.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 15, 2015
Campaign seeks Brazilians, Germans and Mexicans

Brand USA teams up with the Charlotte Harbor Visitor & Convention Bureau.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 15, 2015
Tech Data CFO retires after 23 years

Jeffery Howells will step down June 5, making way for a senior vice president with two decades at the company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 14, 2015
Judge shrinks $20M jury verdict to $150,000

The decision vindicates two prominent Sarasota businessmen.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 14, 2015
WCI insiders selling stock

Two large shareholders of Bonita Springs-based developer WCI Communities plan to sell shares in a secondary offering.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 14, 2015
Downtown group chooses journalist as new leader

St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership will add to its executive staff, picking up former Tampa Bay Times editor Joni James.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 13, 2015
Transportation firm drives into expansion

Naples Transportation & Tours launched a fleet-maintenance division for its own account and other businesses with fleet vehicles.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 13, 2015
Sarasota official to lead group for builders

Jon Mast has been in the construction field for more than 30 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 13, 2015
Dallas REIT buys Tampa, Orlando apartments

The $119.9 million deal includes Hunters Green in Tampa, as well as the Millenia and MetroWest areas of Orlando, and Davenport's ChampionsGate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 10, 2015
Tech firm signs new deal with restaurant leader

Datum Corp. has worked with First Watch for several years.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 10, 2015
Small airport rides boom in passenger traffic

Punta Gorda Airport is more than tripling the size of its terminal to accommodate the boom in passenger traffic.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 10, 2015
Congressman joins fight to stop gulf fish poaching

Industry representatives claim more than 1,000 Mexican boats cross into American waters each year to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish.

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