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  • January 11, 2017
Former tech exec faces prison for fraud

Timothy Roberts founded Ybor City-based cloud-computing company Savtira.

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  • January 10, 2017
Luxury private club scores global honor

BoardRoom magazine recognizes Fiddler's Creek for the second consecutive year.

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  • January 10, 2017
Tampa law firm targets Sarasota for growth

The Stockham Law Group opened a new office in Sarasota.

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  • January 10, 2017
Health care giant names new senior exec

Timothy Trodden, now with WellCare Health Plans, worked for Johnson & Johnson for 16 years.

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  • January 9, 2017
Funeral home set for $2.2M expansion project

New owners plan to complete the project at Sylvan-Abbey Funeral Home in Clearwater in 2017.

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  • January 9, 2017
Bradenton exec picked to run trade group

Gene Moran takes on a greater leadership role with the Florida Defense Contractors Association.

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  • January 9, 2017
Five noted business leaders join hospice board

Joe Gammons and Trudi Williams are among the new board members at Hope Healthcare Services.

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  • January 6, 2017
Date first, then marry

One of the more established and respected branding and marketing agencies in the Sarasota-Manatee region, C-Suite Communications, has a new owner.

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  • January 6, 2017
Catch the fever

Thank goodness for college students.

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  • January 6, 2017
IN MEMORIAM | Bronson Thayer 1939-2016

Several years ago, when top Bay Cities Bank executives were getting ready to host a lunch at their Tampa office for a group of customers, Bronson Thayer offered to bring dessert.

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  • January 6, 2017
Company signs 'huge' deal

Southwest Florida executive Keegan Hodges had a keen interest in how the Carrier Corp. melodrama with President-elect Donald Trump played out.

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  • January 6, 2017
Saturation point?

New Sarasota hotels leave some questioning how much is too much.

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  • January 6, 2017
Nonprofit agency appoints new CEO

Heidi Brown, former CEO of senior care community Aviva, takes on the same role at Jewish Family and Children's Service.

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  • January 6, 2017
Prominent broker leaves firm he helped launch

Stephen Cunningham says he sought a new career challenge by going to SVN,

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  • January 6, 2017
Bank names market area president

Jim Weiss will be based in Tampa for Fifth Third Bank and report to the bank's Florida regional president, David Call.

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