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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2022
Two Longboat Key properties sell for over $18 million

The sales were facilitated by representatives of Michael Saunders & Co.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 7, 2022
Sarasota doctor gets 3.5 years in prison for taking bribes to prescribe opioids

A federal judge sentenced the 59-year-old doctor for taking sham “speaking fees” in exchange for prescribing drug containing fentanyl.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Brian Hartz
  • December 7, 2022
St. Petersburg sales consulting firm acquired for $7.5 million

Harte Hanks buys InsideOut Solutions, which was founded in 2015 and grew rapidly under the leadership of Chad Nuss and Christina Cherry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2022
Fort Myers home health agency acquired

Enhabit Home Health & Hospice continues to grow its footprint in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 6, 2022
Pasco leaders provide $1M in incentives to lure NY plastic manufacturer

A packaging company will bring about 555 jobs to a new 279,000-square-foot facility opening in 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2022
Lee County surpasses 4 million cubic yards of debris collection

More than 3,500 miles of Lee County roads have been cleared of debris.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2022
Connecticut pro soccer team chooses Bradenton for training home

The area is now the Hartford Athletic's spring training home.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2022
St. Pete flood insurance firm bolsters leadership team with promotion

Matt Duffy has been elevated from Neptune Flood’s director of risk management and internal audit to chief risk officer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 5, 2022
Stadiums, hotels, multifamily and museums: St. Pete releases proposals for Trop redevelopment

With the future of the Tampa Bay Rays in play, St. Petersburg publishes the proposals submitted by four developers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • December 5, 2022
Visionary tennis coach dead at 91

Nick Bollettieri was the kind of coach that gave athletes exactly the kind of support they needed to find success, leading him to coach 10 of the world's top tennis players.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 5, 2022
Rays’ spring training plans uncertain because of hurricane damage

The team will not be able to play at Charlotte Sports Park in Charlotte County, its traditional preseason home.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 5, 2022
Matchup set for Tampa college football playoff game

Wake Forest University will take on the University of Missouri in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 5, 2022
Hertz reaches settlement in false arrest lawsuits

The Lee County-based company will pay more than $150 million to drivers after it filed incorrect police reports leading to arrests.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2022
Iconic tennis coach, academy founder dead at 91

Nick Bollettieri founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy — now IMG Academy — in 1978.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 5, 2022
Farm-to-table restaurant leader plots local, statewide expansion

By fall 2023, Naked Farmer expects to have five Florida locations.

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