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  • October 31, 2014
Attorney dives into the muddy spill battle

Tampa attorney Tom Young believes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sold out some smaller chambers in a dispute over the multibillion-dollar BP oil spill settlement.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2014
Miami firm buys four local apartments

Tzadik Management pays $23.22 million for the Gulf Coast properties as part of a $81 million portfolio.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2014
Lee builders group hires executive

The Lee Building Industry Association named longtime construction association executive Brenda Talbert-Thomas as executive vice president.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2014
Former Sarasota Jackson Hewitt exec counts new gig

Danamichele Brennen oversaw a Jackson Hewitt call center from 2007 to 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 29, 2014
New COO named for USF Health

The University of South Florida has hired Dr. Edmund Funai, the interim dean of The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 29, 2014
Former CFO sentenced to prison

A federal judge sentenced the former chief financial officer of a Naples concrete company to five years in prison for mail fraud and tax evasion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 29, 2014
Sarasota firm calls on former Verizon lobbyist

Shirley Bloomfield joins the advisory board of xG Technology.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 28, 2014
Rauschenberg Foundation to hand out $250,000

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation plans to give $250,000 to nonprofit organizations in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 28, 2014
Two Clearwater law firms merge

The Law Offices of Carey & Leisure and Walker Law Group join to create the Carey, Leisure, Neal & Walker Litigation Group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 28, 2014
Roskamp scientists make major Alzheimer's finding

Significant breakthrough published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2014
Former Rowdies president buys Italian team

Andrew Nestor, who still owns a minority piece of the Tampa Bay soccer club, is buying the Bologna Football Club 1909 with partners.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2014
Naples film studio expands

Naples-based ITZ Studios acquired the former headquarters of Univision in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2014
Broker secures nearly $7M in mortgage deals

Thomas D. Wood & Co. executive Brad Cox cites low interest rates for hot streak.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Tampa port officials approve $24M in cranes

Port aims to expand capacity to compete in more markets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Dental group drills in Bradenton for president

Kim Bland is a 1983 graduate of the Manatee Technical Institute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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