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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 24, 2024
Study: Floridians are buying more clothes, fewer couches

People in Florida are buying things that make a difference in their everyday lives and holding back on luxury items, according to a new study.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 10, 2024
Naples medical device firm picks up $20M in funding

Catalyst OrthoScience seeks to hire more people and grow into new markets.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 8, 2024
New tenants coming to north Manatee shopping center

Market Walk in Parrish will contain restaurants as well as beauty, fitness and pet offerings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 31, 2026
Pizzeria closes on Main Street in Sarasota

Bravo’s Pizza & Italian Eatery has shuttered next to the Hollywood 11 movie theater.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 16, 2026
Naples financial services and senior care firm names new president

Kimberly Spiker is an attorney with 30 years of experience in the field.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 14, 2025
Marriott Vacations Worldwide to cut 136 jobs in Lakeland

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. is laying off 136 employees from its Lakeland office, blaming the cuts on a new operating model

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Sarasota-Manatee Runner-Up 2

Britton Williams, President, Bruce Williams Homes: It took Britt Williams a while to get excited about homebuilding in Manatee County. "I didn't feel the bug right away," says Williams.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2009
Rail bill's own breakfast-gate

In an apparent attempt to evade capture by public records requests, “pancakes,” “waffles” and “French toast” were used as code words in e-mails about rail legislation between top officials at the Florida Department of Transportation and perhaps others involved in crafting the bill approved by the Legislature during the recent special session.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2013
Whistleblower to get $4 million for exposing kickbacks

Dr. Alan Freedman formerly worked at the Tampa Pathology Laboratory.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2011
Scot Success

Spouses Malcolm and Karen Ronney opened MacAllisters in 2006. It was one of the first businesses on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Flood Trapper

Floods in the Midwest this summer gave Everett “Buzz” Waid's the boost he needed to propel his flood-barrier business. It could be another big year for TrapBag.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2021
Pier pressure: Owner, town at odds over shuttered beach attraction

A legal battle rages over the future of the vacant Redington Long Pier site, a prime piece of Gulf-front real estate in Redington Shores, Florida.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 16, 2018
Marlissa Gardner, Founder/Owner, Emillions

Founder/Owner Emillions, Naples

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2019
Great Scott: Governor-turned-senator shows a lighter side

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Naples, recently spoke to a group of Sarasota area business leaders.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2019
Boat dealer lands a huge catch

Fish Tale Boats in Fort Myers delivers a $1 million Grady-White Canyon 456 to Cape Coral Client

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 28, 2017
Thrill of the spill

Attorney secures $30 million in damages for clients after BP oil spill.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 23, 2023
PGA Pro and former NFL player takes leadership role at Naples golf club

Mike Scully switched from football to golf in the 1990s.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By 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.

  • Florida
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • March 8, 2013
Feeding Frenzy

The BP oil spill drove travelers away from Florida's Gulf Coast. With billions of dollars at stake in a new wave of damage settlements, out-of-state lawyers have swooped in to duel for claimants.

  • Law
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 23, 2021
Meet the new guy

Homes by WestBay, homebuilder with a small-but-mighty mindset, woos an executive from one the biggest competitors in the field.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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