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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 15, 2025
HSN updates layoff numbers, 375 people to be let go in July

Almost three times the number of spring layoffs are expected to occur, Home Shopping Network's parent company QVC announced.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2023
International philanthropy couple donates $25M to Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Jerry, retired co-CEO of a meat processing giant, and Karen Kolschowsky have donated $25 million to Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, with the money geared toward innovation, education and research.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2010
Murphy: Here's to you, Gulf oil spill

Anna Maria Island restaurateur Sean Murphy has yet again taken a page from the headlines to come up with his latest drink concoction.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2011
THURSDAY'S CUP: Is the recession moving out of town?

The latest anecdotal evidence of an economic rebound on the Gulf Coast lies in an unlikely place: An 11-year-old moving company that suffered its two worst years in 2009 and 2010.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
Noted family buys water sports firm, adds 55 employees to payroll

The Hoffmanns have invested about $500 million in buying numerous Southwest Florida properties the last three years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2017
Fit for growth

Prepared-food company launches delivery service amid expansion.

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  • May 8, 2015
Realtors roll into growth days

The latest sign of a robust residential real estate market: The membership roster at the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee has swelled.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 6, 2024
Sarasota theater progresses on $57M plaza, affordable housing project

Florida Studio Theatre's Arts Plaza will include new theater space, a parking garage and housing for downtown arts workers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 5, 2017
Dollars to Doughnuts

A former policeman — yes, really — leads the rapid growth at a doughnut franchise business. The recipe is one part simplicity, one part consistency.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2013
Nursing home investors seek legal protection

Proposed bill would limit who can be sued when residents are injured.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Coffee Talk

Hurricanes a boon for Superior MoldOne to One gets bigger and biggerA tale of roads and the rails Veteran banker forms another Lee County bankIndustry Expo seeks few good manufacturersBabcock Ranch could model homes in 2009Gulf Coast dominates insurance committeeSarasota's Saunders in Kelly's DublinTampa real estate meeting boasts CuomoEdgy moms become entrepreneurs Commercial builders still seeking more help

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 7, 2016
Florida, I-4, Indys and voters' mood will tip the election

Ah, the deplorables.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2018
Developer unveils first office renderings from mixed-use project

Bromley Companies has revealed renderings of what the first of three new Class A office towers will look like when its $500 million, 22-acre Midtown Tampa neighborhood development is complete in 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 14, 2018
Sub chain CEO: 'I'll clean the worst restrooms'

Don Fox was recently in Tampa for a University of South Florida Muma College of Business “Conversation with a CEO” event. In an interview with the Business Observer, Fox talked about leadership, franchise best practices and connecting business with philan

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  • March 11, 2022
Clearwater insurance firm continues rapid growth with acquisition

Clearwater, Florida, insurance firm AmeriLife Group LLC has continued its rapid growth with the acquisition of Philadelphia-based BGA Insurance Group.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2014
Sarasota health care IT firm scores $36M investment

Voalte wins a round of funding from a New York firm to maintain fast growth pace.

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  • February 28, 2013
Best Bureaucrats?

We recognize the people in government who 'get it.'

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 5, 2017
Grow with Care

Technological innovation is the new plow for farming. A family-run operation leads the way.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 21, 2010
Government Digest 1/21/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2011
Franklin Street leases three

The Tampa real estate firm completed three lease deals in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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