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News

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Market confidence continues to shrink

The commercial real estate market, from a national and global perspective, teeters on another possible downturn.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
LBK Club eyes joint venture

A joint venture deal has been drafted to help the resort achieve its expansion plans.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
PODS hires new CEO

John B. Koch will take the helm of the storage and moving company Sept. 17.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Chico's profits rise

Chico's FAS reports profits rose 23% in the second quarter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Clockwork names two top execs

Home services firm hires real estate and fast food veterans to lead growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
VC money trickles to Florida

Not since 2009 has Florida cracked the top 10 list of states for venture capital investment.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2012
Ker's to open 21st location

The sports- and wing-centered restaurant will open in Gainesville in September.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2012
Sarasota building permits up

Sarasota County permits could surpass 2009, though fewer projects are under way.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2012
Innovative sales rise

Innovative Food Holdings reports a 57% increase in sales

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2012
Wear shorts, stay for a long time

Sarasota tourism officials responded to a pair of thumping setbacks suffered over the past year with a new, and aggressive, attack plan.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2012
Naples home prices rise

Home prices rose and inventory continued to shrink in Naples in June.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2012
Company plans to add 300 jobs

An Indianapolis company expands facility, plans to add 300 jobs in three years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2012
Insurance firm targets Florida

A national company with a focus on small business clients buys two local firms.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2012
Prominent business changes ownership

A saga more than two years in the making inside the corner office at one of the region's largest locally owned tree and landscaping businesses is officially over.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2012
Businesses grow cautious

Business executives are more cautious today, a recent survey shows.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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