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  • November 7, 2025
Florida tortilla manufacturer seeks to conquer retail with new chips brand

Steve Allen, the Pinellas County-based retail manager for Florida-based industrial tortilla manufacturer Easy Foods, is helping the company launch its first snack food: Island Time Snacks.

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  • November 6, 2025
Get paid to cash in your PTO — if you go to St. Pete-Clearwater beaches

Visit St. Pete-Clearwater has launched a new campaign to pay visitors up to $250 for booking a beach vacation before the end of the year.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 6, 2025
Bloomin' Brands closes 21 restaurants, launches turnaround strategy

The Tampa restaurant giant says in its earnings report that the plan focuses on Outback Steakhouse.

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  • November 5, 2025
Swedish firm finishes St. Petersburg apartment construction

The Marina Club Apartments community was built using precast construction methods.

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  • November 5, 2025
Mobile aircraft detailing service launches at 7 airports in region

RealClean Southwest Florida will serve airports from Sarasota-Bradenton to Marco Island.

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  • November 5, 2025
Colorado defense contractor moving HQ, investing $20M in Hillsborough County

Orion Edge Group, which develops tactical electronic warfare systems, has relocated to Tampa and is looking to hire 20 new employees.

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  • November 5, 2025
Wagamama moving US headquarters to Tampa from NYC

The British restaurant chain, which opened its first and only Florida location on Water Street, plans to move to the Westshore district by Dec. 1.

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  • November 5, 2025
Putting on college football's championship is a four-year game

Tampa will host the 2029 College Football Playoff's national championship game in 2029, but its a world away from a Super Bowl.

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  • November 4, 2025
Jabil to pay $750M for energy management company

The St. Petersburg company says it has agreed to pay $750 million for the Northern Virginia and Irish company that specializes expert in power systems and energy optimization.

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  • November 4, 2025
State regulators levy $500K in fines against two insurers for Ian, Idalia claim issues

The insurers, both with Tampa ties, were the last of 10 Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation investigated.

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  • November 4, 2025
USF secures record-setting $750M in research funding

The University of South Florida’s year-end research funding is $11.6 million more than last fiscal year and 37% higher than 2022.

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  • November 3, 2025
Developers behind $6.8B St. Pete proposal seek investors — for as little as $500

The two private investment funds are meant to establish a new model for participation in urban redevelopment around the Tropicana Field site in downtown St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2025
Dealmakers, nonprofit leaders and AI aficionados: October on 'From the Corner Office' podcast

Some of the key insights and pieces of wisdom bits from the past month of "From the Corner Office" podcast episodes.

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  • November 3, 2025
Florida GDP, economy passes a European stalwart, targets Australia

The Florida Chamber Foundation isn’t complacent with its latest ranking of 15. It aims to get into the top 10.

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  • November 2, 2025
Half-acre of waterfront land on Clearwater Beach listed for $2.99 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota office building gets a price reduction, a Memphis company buys a Naples hotel, and a local buyer is scooping up land in St. Petersburg.

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