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  • January 7, 2013
Real estate agent closes 2012 in a blur

Looming tax changes for 2013 meant many Gulf Coast real estate dealmakers had super-busy Decembers.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
Manatee seeks $68M for spill

Manatee County is one of several from five Gulf Coast states to apply for funds.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
Colliers promotes Kratz

Tampa Bay executives helped drive revenue growth, company says.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
West Coast Mattress of Venice plans future move, expansion

The price equated to $65 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • January 4, 2013
Downtown entrepreneur set to buy Main Street buildings

Sarasota businessman Jesse Biter is working on a deal to purchase 10 storefronts fronting mid-Main Street in downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
Englewood couple buys All American Boat, Dry Storage

Jaroslav and Kerrie Cervenka of Englewood purchased the All American Boat and Dry Storage and an adjacent parcel.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
'Lady Columbia' sign lights up Ybor City

Clearwater-based USAmeriBank bowed to history as it raised an 11-foot sign at its new Ybor City branch, housed in the former Columbia Bank building.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 4, 2013
The word for America in 2013: Freedom

We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year — the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
Ray Sandelli joins CRE

Raymond Sandelli is well recognized in commercial real estate circles across Florida, so it was big news when he joined an entrepreneurial firm in Fort Myers.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2013
C1 Bank opts for 'Plan B'

C1 Bank is moving on after scuttling its planned high-profile merger with Miami-based U.S. Century Bank.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2013
Workers' comp rates drop 56%

A new state report, however, says the impact of 2003 reforms is waning.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2013
Parker named GM at WTTA-TV

The veteran Tampa Bay television executive formerly was with Bright House.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2013
Lee home permits jump

Single-family home building permits in Lee County rose 49% in 2012.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2013
Companies dip deeper into the bonus bag

Santa was in full jolly mode in late 2012, at least in terms of companies that gave out year-end bonuses.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2013
Homes sell for millions

Two Olde Naples homes sold for nearly $30 million in the last two months of 2012.

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