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  • February 12, 2015
Window firm pulls in $300K in state incentives

Funds for Venice-based PGT Inc. are from Energy Economic Zone pilot program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2015
Nicholas buying back $70M in shares

Company CEO set to make up to $1.6 million in the Dutch auction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2015
Chico's stock soars on buyout rumors

Shares of women's retailer Chico's FAS rose more than 9% in after-hours trading on renewed speculation it will be taken private.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2015
Sarasota wireless firm notches $1M sale

xG Technology reaches deal with Arkansas-based telecommunications firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2015
Homeowners Choice president retires

Scott Wallace joined Tampa insurance company three years ago after leading Citizens Property Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2015
Algenol nets $25 million

Mexican renewable energy firm BioFields invested another $25 million in Algenol, a Fort Myers-based company that produces ethanol from algae.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2015
Commercial brokerage powers into $100M club

Total annual volume is up 35% at Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2015
Wawa pushing north

Convenience store on track to open 100 Florida stores in the next five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2015
Alico swings to quarterly profit

Agribusiness firm Alico swung to a profit in the first quarter as citrus sales surged.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2015
Sarasota lawyer picked for state real estate group

Thomas Luzier has been an attorney for more than 20 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Verizon sells local operations to Frontier

Total deal, covering three states, is worth $10.5 billion, and includes FiOS.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Regional group hires first director

A regional economic development group formed to market five Southwest Florida counties has hired its first executive director.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Roper buys two more firms for $450M

Conglomerate acquires one company in Pittsburgh and another in Vermont.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Texas' LaSalle Group building Estero memory care facility

The LaSalle Group Inc. purchased 3.09 acres south of Marsh Landing Boulevard and north of Bulb Lane for $2.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Trinity's first hotel comes after long wait

Just a decade ago, Trinity was not much more than a large cemetery people would see driving along State Road 54 between Wesley Chapel and New Port Richey.

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