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  • January 14, 2015
First Watch lassos its biggest franchise deal

Company to open its first stores in Texas, starting in Dallas, in late 2015.

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  • January 14, 2015
Government blesses algae fuel

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved Algenol's biofuels for use by refiners to meet renewable-fuel standards.

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  • January 13, 2015
Silver Airways announces St. Pete service

The airline plans to kick off service from the Clearwater airport to/from Fort Lauderdale and Key West in mid-March.

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  • January 13, 2015
Airline boosts Puerto Rico service

Sun Country Airlines says demand for service from Fort Myers to Puerto Rico is strong enough to increase its inaugural flights to twice a week.

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  • January 13, 2015
Neal Communities project hits princely milestone

The homebuilder redeveloped Boca Royale Golf & Country Club.

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  • January 12, 2015
Clearwater Chamber hires Johnson Pope COO

Carol Hague will become president and CEO of the organization, replacing the retiring Bob Clifford.

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  • January 12, 2015
Pharmacists sentenced to prison

A federal judge sentenced a pharmacy owner and manager to prison for money laundering and unlawful drug distribution.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2015
Embezzler sentenced to five years

Palmetto woman also ordered to pay $651,300 in restitution and forfeit $745,000.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Local drug maker forms clinical panel

Intezyne Technologies created the group to help it build studies for its cancer treatments.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Bradenton tech firm bites into new CEO

Ryan Brown has run sales and marketing at xByte Technologies for five years.

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  • January 9, 2015
Interstate 75 scammer sentenced

A federal judge sentenced a Punta Gorda man to nine years in prison for wire fraud and to forfeit $5.7 million to victims of an Interstate 75 road-construction scam.

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  • January 9, 2015
GreenPointe Communities buys Quay land for future development

GreenPointe Communities, a subsidiary of GreenPointe Holdings, purchased the 14.54-acre former Sarasota Quay land for $27 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Live it and love it at the mall

The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota, which opened in October, is the test site for a new personalized smartphone shopping app with unique indoor navigation technology.

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  • January 9, 2015
Law society fetes Supreme

Naples is a must-stop area on the speaker circuit at this time of year, and one of the hottest tickets in town is sure to be this one.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Tampa Electric buys lumberyard for Channelside land clean up

Tampa Electric Co. purchased a 1.63-acre lumberyard east of Channelside Drive and north of Adamo Drive for $6 million.

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