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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Micro-managed Health

Avalon Healthcare faces giant competition, but itis gaining contracts in the Florida health care market.

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  • January 5, 2009
Positive Thoughts

George Rauch still holds out hope that his$3 million bet on beachfront tourism pays off. He is keeping his 'fingers crossed.'

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  • January 5, 2009
Making Progress

Greg Sembler is repositioning The Sembler Company during a tough time for the retail industry.

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  • November 12, 2004
Calender of Events

The calendar of business events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is available free of charge.

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  • December 24, 2009
Going to the back to make a comeback

Erik Vonk, a banking and staffing industry executive who has been credited with both saving and nearly wrecking the same Gulf Coast human resources firm, is back in the business.

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  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Merging isn't easy

Companies can often generate savings by merging with similar firms to benefit from economies of scale. But while cost savings are all well and good, Florida Blood Services has found that completing those beneficial mergers takes work.

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  • October 21, 2010
Amendment 4: billion-dollar boondoggle?

Opponents of Amendment 4, such as Florida Chamber of Commerce's President & CEO Mark Wilson, are fond of a certain saying.

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  • December 3, 2010
Darn radicals are local, too

Edward Giunta II, the new chairman of the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission, has good reason to expect big changes for the state's growth management act.

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  • June 28, 2013
'Wife Insurance' for sale

Motorists on Tampa's Westshore Boulevard are apt to do a double-take when they see Continental Wholesale Diamond's “Wife Insurance” billboard.

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  • August 1, 2011
Leadership Manatee's new class

Members of Leadership Manatee's 2011-2012 class have been announced.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 8, 2011
Muckrakers wanted

The following is a job posting from Matthew Doig, a member of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's investigative reporting team.

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  • July 20, 2012
Long Bar Pointe owner adds partner, sells some land

SBC Developments sold the 142-acre single-family portion of the development for $6 million and the remainder of the development for $6.3 million

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 5, 2012
Survey: Aging in Florida is a mediocre proposition

Sarasota officials and business leaders have played up the area's older demographics as a source of widespread potential economic development.

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  • May 11, 2012
Strength in Numbers

In a world littered with regulations, a trio of Tampa wealth managers has joined forces with an investment giant to help solve their compliance conundrum.

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  • August 31, 2021
Museum restructures leadership team, names COO

The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples turns 10 years old in 2022.

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  • September 3, 2021
Luxury apartment community filled 60% of leases in 90 days

Citria at Fruitville Commons is on track to open the community's clubhouse in the next 30 days.

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  • February 26, 2021
Bayfront Health names top medical, nursing officers

Dr. Trina Espinola and Lorraine Parker had worked in interim capacities prior to their promotions at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.

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  • April 1, 2021
Leading area tech exec named chair of startup nonprofit board

Brian Murphy replaces Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik in the role at Embarc Collective.

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  • April 9, 2021
Cancer center hires director to oversee fast-growing facilities and operations

Terrence Wright brings more than three decades of experience to the renowned Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2021
Splish splash

The realignment will help the organization rebuild following the pandemic.

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