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  • August 8, 2012
Utility top exec to retire

Vincent Dolan, with Progress Energy for 26 years, will leave by 2013.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 8, 2012
Building industry grows in numbers

Competition in the Gulf Coast construction industry is about to get even stiffer.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2012
Quality buys two for $34.3M

Quality Distribution buys two companies to aid in oil and gas industry operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2012
Goodwill expands stores

Goodwill Industries continues its retail expansion in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2012
$1B Fla. railroad motors along

Passenger service will initially connect Miami to Orlando. Tampa could be next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2012
Political forum draws candidate fest in Lee

Who says there's political apathy?

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2012
They did build it, and they are ticked off

Backlash to President Barack Obama's now infamous four words — you didn't build that — continues to grow in the local business community.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2012
Outback hungry for $300M IPO

Restaurant chain joins locally owned British soccer power in going public.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2012
Donor pledges $20 million

Anonymous donor pledges $20 million match for new children's hospital.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2012
Tampa Bay JA nabs high honor

The area Junior Achievement program continues to receive recognition for its quality.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2012
Unions target HMA

Health Management Associates executives warned analysts in a recent conference call that union activists are aggressively targeting the Naples-based hospital operator.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2012
Shoppes on Sand Key sells for $9.1M

The price equated to $228 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2012
Charlotte County government buys Paulson building for fleet

The price equated to $43 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2012
CoreStates Capital Advisors buys Sundial Beach & Golf Resort

Sundial Beach & Golf Resort and two additional lots on Middle Gulf Drive in Sanibel sold for $2.3 million

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2012
California investor group buys GPS Industries building

The price equated to $91 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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