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  • April 10, 2015
Save your sand dollars for this trip

Heading to Marco Island for a fun weekend? Be sure to bring your beach towel, suntan lotion and a stack of cash.

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  • April 10, 2015
Confidence rises, doubts loom

Small business owners' confidence is on the rise, according to a new survey, yet the “cautious optimism” cliche lingers.

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  • April 10, 2015
One decade, 20 minutes

Longtime husband-and-wife franchise entrepreneurs Virginia Phillips and Al Roach took a big risk with a fitness business they opened a decade ago.

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  • April 10, 2015
Northeast investors buy two Oldsmar hotels

Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm Excel Group and Connecticut investment management company Westport Capital Partners LLC purchased two Oldsmar hotels.

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  • April 10, 2015
Money comes to those who wait

There's patient money, and then there's really patient money.

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  • April 9, 2015
NASA, Vology sign potential $20B deal

The 10-year agreement will give the Oldsmar company first crack at providing information technology services to the federal government.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2015
Pasco state leader in rental profits

New report gives Tampa's bedroom community high marks when it comes to cash buyers turning homes into rental properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2015
Collier foundation hands out $2.4 million

The Community Foundation of Collier County handed out $2.4 million in the first three months of this year, nearly double the amount it distributed in the same period last year.

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  • April 9, 2015
Sarasota tape maker makes acquisition of $18M firm

Intertape Polymer Group buys a 98-year-old Connecticut-based company.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2015
Residential brokerage pounces on growth

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Florida parent firm acquires 60 new offices.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2015
Golf courses get $14 million makeover

Members of the Mediterra community in Naples have approved more than $14 million in improvements to its golf courses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 8, 2015
Tampa audio visual leader adds to executive team

Jeff Davis joins AVI-SPL from Kratos Public Safety & Security Solutions, becoming the new COO.

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  • April 8, 2015
New title agency network recruits COO

Mike LaRosa brings 16 years of industry experience to the Florida Agency Network.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2015
Private jet firm names new president

Ashley Watts has been with Rectrix since 2008.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 7, 2015
Specialty food distributor posts 64% sales gain

Innovative Food Holdings posted a 64% increase in fourth-quarter revenues following last summer's acquisition of The Fresh Diet.

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