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  • May 15, 2020
Area manufacturer, after ousting CEO, names new top leader

Josef Matosevic brings global industry experience to Helios Technologies.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2020
Golf club fitting company swings into action at local course

True Spec, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based golf club fitting firm, has opened its latest location at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, a northern Pinellas County community.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2020
For restaurant firm, shutdown cuts revenues like a steak knife

Outback Steakhouse's Tampa, Florida-based parent company, Bloomin' Brands, has detailed the harsh toll COVID-19 has taken on its finances.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2020
Pizza restaurant reopens, resumes happy hours

Bavaro’s also offers contactless curbside pickup, online ordering and craft cocktails served in gallon sizes to go.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2020
Private investment firm acquires jewelry company

JK Findings is a 45-year-old global designer, manufacturer and wholesaler of jewelry components.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2020
Pharmacy giant to open additional COVID-19 test sites in region

CVS Health will offer COVID-19 testing in Largo, Lutz and Tarpon Springs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2020
Airport names CPA to top finance role

Dave Amdor previously worked for the Omaha Airport Authority in Nebraska.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2020
Area restaurant company to reopen some locations

The Tampa, Florida-based Columbia Restaurant Group aims to have all of its properties back up and running by June 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2020
Construction firm begins first project in area in several years

Current Builders will help an area church transform a building into a multipurpose center/office as part of a new development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 12, 2020
Credit union, bank abandon merger plan

The COVID-19 economic crisis has halted Suncoast Credit Union’s bid to acquire Miami-based Apollo Bank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 12, 2020
FCCI reverses course, fires CEO for alleged battery on police officers

The termination of Craig Johnson, who has maintained he will be vindicated, comes one day after he was granted a leave of absence.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 12, 2020
Business Observer starts book club, hosts first event virtually

At the June 3 event, Emmalee Legler will discuss the book “Eat That Frog!”

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2020
Best Buy founder’s group backs area health care organizations

The SWFL Stronger Together campaign supports Lee Health and NCH.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2020
Open debate: when should businesses come back?

The disagreement over when the economy should reopen rages on.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2020
Airport passenger traffic down 95% in April

Traffic is down 8.5% for the first quarter of 2020 at SRQ.

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