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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Tampa firm named distributor of the year

DOW Electronics was awarded the top distributor award at the 2014 Mobile Electronics Industry Awards.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Allegiant adds more destinations

Discount airline Allegiant says it plans to add nonstop destinations from Punta Gorda and St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Family grocery produces third location

Detwiler's Farm Market will take over a Sweetbay vacant since 2009.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2014
Naples angel fund invests in software firm

Tamiami Angel Fund II joins a group of angel funds to invest in software developer LevelEleven.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2014
MagneGas buying gas-distribution company

MagneGas reached a letter of intent to buy a Tampa Bay-area company that sells industrial gases and has agreed to buy a new headquarters building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2014
Sarasota and Manatee float combined bus service

New website from two chambers of commerce promotes plan.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2014
Burger 21 grows to 10 states

The Tampa-based burger restaurant franchise signs new deals to add locations in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Raleigh, N.C. and Ocala.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2014
Lab plans to raise $32.2 million

Cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics says it plans to raise $32.2 million by selling more shares to the public.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2014
Bradenton firm lights up IMG Academy

Beacon Products says the installation project will reduce energy costs by 70%.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2014
WellCare hiring Aetna executive as CFO

Andrew Asher was with Coventry Health Care for 15 years prior to its sale in mid-2013 to Aetna.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2014
NeoGenomics to raise capital

Cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics plans to sell more shares to the public to fund future growth.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2014
Gulf Coast locales lead state in cash home sales

More than half of all home sales in Florida in May were cash purchases.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2014
Florida shines for Top Execs

The not-so-well-kept secret is officially out: Chief executives like to live on the Gulf Coast.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2014
New York brothers buy Neapolitan Car Wash

Two brothers from the New York City area purchased the business and real estate of Neapolitan Car Wash. They purchased the 8,000-square-foot facility for $4.02 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2014
Home prices stabilizing

The days of big spikes in new-home prices may be numbered.

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