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  • Louis Llovio
  • August 13, 2021
Investigators: Nearly $13M stolen from university health system spent at adult web site

Employee working for USF Health support organization pleads guilty to massive $13 million embezzlement

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2021
Company sells three marinas with more than 1,000 slips

Port 32 also owns marinas on Florida’s east coast.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2021
County report shows tourism bouncing back with an all-time high for lodging occupancy

Visit Sarasota County's tourism statistics were off the charts in June 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 12, 2021
Homeless advocate's past informs her vision

Antoinette Hayes-Triplett fights to help people, especially veterans, to stay off the streets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 12, 2021
National hotel chain debuts new brand concept in Tampa

North Carolina hotel company, chasing population growth, makes Florida the focus of its new brand and expansion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 12, 2021
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital join forces

Pair of area medical giants, in teaming up for many administrative areas, aims to become the 'Apple of health care.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2021
Bell tower coming to The University of Tampa

The university is adding a massive, technologically advanced bell tower to its campus.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2021
Employment agency schedules job-a-thon to fill 1,500 positions

Event is planned for Aug. 24.

  • News
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 12, 2021
University to hold clinical study on COVID vaccine in children

The University of South Florida seeks volunteers for a clinical study on the safety and effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine on kids

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2021
Florida is a national leader in construction spending

Florida, along with Texas and a few other states, mostly in the South, tops the nation’s construction surge.

  • News
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 11, 2021
Official asks for more time to respond to federal lawsuit

Head of DBPR asks judge for seven-day extension after attorney woking on lawsuit falls ill

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 11, 2021
Amazon to open two delivery stations in area as part of major expansion

Online retailer Amazon announces adding fulfillment center and five delivery station in Florida, including in Pinellas and Lee Counties

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 11, 2021
Another county tourism record set

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater reports historic bed tax collections in June

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2021
Former CPA pleads guilty to wire fraud in $6.3M scheme

Kenneth Murry Rossman could face up to eight years in prison.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2021
Construction begins on high-end, private member wine club

Groundbreaking was held for Rebecca’s and The Maddox in July.

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