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  • February 24, 2020
Trade hub adds international office

The Chile office is the third for the trade hub.

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  • February 24, 2020
Locally based restaurant chain opens prototype eatery

On Monday, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s unveiled a new corporate-owned prototype restaurant at 889 E. Bloomingdale Ave., in Brandon, east of Tampa, Florida.

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  • February 24, 2020
Airport board chooses new chairman

Michael Lenhard was appointed to the board in 2017.

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  • February 21, 2020
Housing market sees increase in sales, decrease in inventory

Report from Florida Realtors shows closed sales in Sarasota and Manatee totaled 1,539 in January.

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  • February 21, 2020
Area marketing firm taps 20-year industry veteran as new president

Jennie Treby is the new president of Roger West, a Tampa-based marketing agency founded in 2007.

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  • February 21, 2020
Report: Florida budget vastly unprepared for next recession

State is in bottom tier of country in rainy day funds.

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  • February 21, 2020
High-tech, low-voltage lighting firm files for bankruptcy

St. Pete tech firm LumaStream has files for bankruptcy after losing a $3.9 million lawsuit filed by an investor and former executive.

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  • February 21, 2020
Shore thing: City's profile as tech hub on the rise

The St. Petersburg EDC has pulled out all the stops in an effort to market the Florida city as the nation's next great tech hub, referring to it as "Silicon Shores."

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  • February 20, 2020
Foundation names four new board members

The New College Foundation is the philanthropic organization supporting New College of Florida.

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  • February 20, 2020
Area multifamily complex sold for nearly $100M

The Retreat at Vista Lake was originally completed in 1990.

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  • February 20, 2020
Telecom infrastructure firm expands to region, plans to hire 100 people

Fast Wave Communications, an Atlanta company that designs and builds 5G cellular towers, has opened an office in Tampa.

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  • February 19, 2020
Food company names two new board members

One board member, James Pappas, is Innovative Food Holdings’ largest shareholder.

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  • February 19, 2020
Bioscience firm names VP of medical affairs

The Sarasota-based medical device company is focused on treating infertility with its FDA-cleared INVOcell product.

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  • February 19, 2020
Real estate developer sentenced in $2.7M mortgage scheme

Real estate developer Marek Harrison, a Plant City, Florida, resident, has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for a mortgage fraud scheme.

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  • February 18, 2020
Passenger traffic breaks airport's all-time record

Traffic for January 2020 was up 53% over January 2019.

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