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  • March 20, 2018
Local bank bought in $50 million deal

Bradenton-based Premier Community Bank of Florida will merge with Birmingham, Ala.-based National Commerce Corp.

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  • March 20, 2018
Jobs organization leaves United Way for Chamber

CareerEdge Funders Collaborative will move operational functions from United Way Suncoast to the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.

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  • March 20, 2018
Complex draws multiple bidders in $3M sale

The property is a 1970s vintage, Class B, garden apartment community.

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  • March 20, 2018
Eye-care CEO nabs top women’s leadership award

Lorna Taylor has been honored by the Working Women of Tampa Bay.

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  • March 19, 2018
Wire fraud lands former tech exec in prison

Timothy Roberts must also pay millions of dollars in restitution to his victims.

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  • March 19, 2018
Firm adds senior architect

Steve Isaacson joined Carlson Studio Architecture in Sarasota.

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  • March 19, 2018
Attorney joins competing practice in partner role

Luis Rivera first joined Henderson Franklin in 2003 as a summer associate.

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  • Grier Ferguson
  • March 19, 2018
School to host career fair for 250 jobs

IMG Academy will host a carer fair on March 22 for full-time, part-time and summer positions.

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  • March 19, 2018
High-end home sales surge

Pending sales in Naples are up 39% in the $2 million and over price category.

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  • March 19, 2018
Promising biotech firm names new president, CEO

E. Russell McAllister succeeds Kevin Sill as the leader of Intezyne.

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  • March 18, 2018
Welcome to the new Business Observer website

Our new website has been updated to give readers a better experience and more mobile features.

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  • March 16, 2018
Virtual reality changes the way firms market real estate

Virtual and augmented reality is changing the way commercial real estate is designed, built, marketed and even furnished.

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  • March 16, 2018
Hertz continues to miss earning targets

Hertz has some new hurdles to jump.

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  • March 16, 2018
Urn company offers scholarships to support funeral science students

Bogati Urn Co. has an offer that might interest you.

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  • March 16, 2018
On the money

Get your smarts on at Financial Literacy Day.

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