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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2013
Hamman has inside track

Brian Hamman now has the inside track on winning the Lee County commission seat vacated by Tammy Hall when elections are held in November 2014.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: June 17

Regional business news at a glance.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2012
CEO Predictions 2012

Leaders from throughout the Gulf Coast business community talk about their expectations for 2012.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 8, 2022
Grand jury indicts group for embezzling hundreds of thousands in aid for students

The co-conspirators are facing prison time for stealing student identities to gain access to accounts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2017
Area execs charged in $4.7M scheme to rip off county

VR Labs leaders face up to 45 years in federal prison.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2017
County faces large payout

Lee County's VR Labs deal could cost it millions.

  • News
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Manufacture in China

Four times a year, Daniel Fisher travels to China with a small entourage of agents and translators to meet face-to-face with some 60 manufacturers.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2010
Omni Cable Corp. buys Riverview warehouse

West Chester, Pa.-based Omni Cable Corp. purchased a 25,676-square-foot distribution warehouse for $1.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2014
Prison officer admits to inmate ID theft, tax scam

Jerry St. Fleur faces up to 20 years in federal prison in $500,000 case.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2014
AT&T rings up Florida hiring boom

The firm, with 450 current job openings, hired 3,000 people in Florida in 2013.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2013
Lee commission race heats up

Half a dozen candidates have already lined up for Tammy Hall's seat on the Lee County Commission.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2016
Man sentenced to more than 14 years for fraud

David Lovelace and his co-conspirators submitted more than $12 million in fraudulent claims.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2016
Audiologist sentenced to prison for health care fraud

Terri Schneider was sentenced to 94 months in prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 25, 2015
Top Deals 2015: Sarasota-Manatee

Senior housing caught fire with investors in 2015, and in Southwest Florida, no deal was larger than NorthStar Healthcare Income Inc.'s purchase of the Fountains and Springs at Lake Point Woods, in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
European, investor buys CVS drug store

Swiss investor Federico Hurth purchased an 11,200-square-foot CVS drug store on Tamiami Trail near Laurel Oak Drive for $5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 4, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Shoppes of Apollo Beach

Lakeland-based grocery Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 109,878-square-foot Shoppes of Apollo Beach for $12.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 5, 2022
Sarasota man guilty of running $80M Ponzi scheme from Longboat Key firm

57-year-old Michael J. DaCorta convicted by jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and money laundering

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2013
Realtor gets 26 years for mortgage fraud

A Tampa area Realtor and loan officer receives prison sentence for fraudulent acts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 17, 2013
Watch this

A trio of entrepreneurs weathered the downturn by making strategic acquisitions and targeting customers in another part of the country.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2012
Banker imprisoned for one year

Mark Leetzow was also ordered to pay $3.34M in a widespread mortgage fraud case.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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