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  • March 31, 2022
Banking industry veteran joins Venice company board

Rita Lowman joins the Caldwell Trust Company board with 45 years of experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • March 31, 2022
Nuclear option: High-tech medical diagnostic firm launches in region

Tampa, Florida, has been chosen as the location for a recently launched biotech company that specializes in treatments for conditions such as blood clots, tuberculosis and respiratory problems brought on by climate change.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2022
Rhea Law officially becomes University of South Florida's next president

At its March 30 meeting, the Florida Board of Governors unanimously approved her appointment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2022
Credit union, with promoted exec, eyes Naples expansion

Achieva Credit Union is scouting two potential Collier County locations.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 30, 2022
Construction of 622,000-square-foot St. Pete industrial park to begin this summer

Leasing opens for new 75-acre Gateway Logistics Center set to open early 2023.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2022
Former Tampa tech firm leader joins Dallas company as CEO

Tony DiBenedetto, who led Tribridge for 19 years, succeeds Brandon Miles as head of Appspace.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2022
Sarasota technology company board member to retire after 21 years

To fill the hole, Diana Sacchi will stand for election as a director of the board at the annual meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2022
Women’s retailer aims to wrap up $2.5B in revenue by 2025

Chico’s FAS had $1.8 billion in revenue in its 2022 fiscal year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 29, 2022
Garage at former Dolphin Tower, once shut down and evacuated, to undergo major repairs

Work to address issues at The 101 Condominium will affect residents and may force retailers to shutter and move.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2022
Sarasota cybersecurity startup receives $20 million in funding

The series B investment is planned to help with product development, scale services and expand the company's presence.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 29, 2022
Financial tech firm opens first out-of-state office in Tampa

Minneapolis-based Branch has opened office in Ybor City, cites area's sales talent and potential as what attracted it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2022
State education board to consider university’s choice for next president

Rhea law is the University of South Florida Board of Trustees' pick to be the university's next president. She's held the job on an interim basis since August 2021.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2022
Charlotte County Airport authority vice chair charged with election fraud

James Walker Herston was elected in 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2022
Show Business: SMR cancels $30M theater project in Lakewood Ranch

The show will not go on for The Players Centre of Performing Arts' new complex that was planned to reside within the Waterside Place development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 28, 2022
President of drug company indicted for accepting more than $450,000 in bribes from supplier

Feds allege Thomas Mollick of Tampa told supplier it had to pay kickback to do business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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