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  • November 28, 2018
College opens multimillion-dollar post-production facility

The Ringling College Studio Labs Complex includes three 2,000-square-foot soundstages and over 5,000 square feet of post-production spaces.

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  • November 28, 2018
Medical supply firm’s top financial officer to leave company

Bovie Medical Corp. CFO Jay Ewers recently announced he intends to retire from the Clearwater, Florida-based medical device and supply firm.

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  • November 28, 2018
Health care group names new officers

New chairman Charles Idelson joins Hope Healthcare slate of officers.

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  • November 27, 2018
Family scion takes over leadership at prominent retailer

Matt Beall is the great-grandson of founder Robert M. Beall, who started Bealls in 1915.

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  • November 27, 2018
Residential services contractor to expand office, hire 150

Best Home Services plans to move to a new location in Sarasota.

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  • November 27, 2018
Tech firm, nearing possible IPO, names new president

SynDaver, a Tampa biotech firm that manufactures lifelike synthetic human and animal bodies for medical and veterinary training, named Bill Wright president.

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  • November 27, 2018
Insurance executive wins lifetime achievement award

Uncommon Friends Foundation honors former board chairman Gray Davis of McGriff Insurance Services.

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  • November 26, 2018
In Memoriam: Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber, 1927-2018

Considered a true renaissance man and a visionary thinker by many who knew him — and a sartorial standout who was rarely not seen in a colorful tropical shirt and loafers on his feet, never socks  — Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber died Nov. 22. He was 91.

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  • November 26, 2018
Bank promotes three execs to key roles

Three Bank of Tampa leaders in Tampa, Florida — Corey Neil, David Moore and Scott Gault — have been promoted and given greater responsibility for the bank’s day-to-day operations.

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  • November 26, 2018
Bank opens branch in new area

Tom Quale is First Home Bank’s president for the Sarasota market.

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  • November 26, 2018
Luxury active adult community hires industry veteran as executive director

Tara O’Sullivan will lead Campo Felice, a high-rise, 55-and-older community at the Fort Myers Yacht Basin marina.

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  • November 23, 2018
Museum expansion kicks off $75 million arts group master plan

A reimagined Baker Museum is the first phase of Artis-Naples’ renovation and expansion efforts. The board of directors seeded the capital campaign with $50 million in contributions.

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  • November 23, 2018
Trade secrets lawsuit dismissed against prominent company

Tervis President Rogan Donelly says the company looks forward to moving on.

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  • November 23, 2018
Staff up: Employment agency innovators return with a new venture

James Hawley and Dan Rodriguez, who founded Tampa, Florida-based Veredus and turned it into a $100 million business, have launched a new venture in the same industry called NextPath.

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Entertainment giant targets savings on travel expenses

New York company cites Feld Entertainment in a case study of its travel budget reduction program.

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