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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2020
Credit union picks up a $200K tab for area residents

Grow Financial Federal Credit Union's "Grow On Us" campaign provides $200,000 to Tampa Bay area businesses, which in turn provide free goods and services to residents.

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  • October 25, 2018
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Vice president of operations, Suffolk

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  • August 15, 2014
Piece by Piece

Several restaurants have led a downtown Bradenton rejuvenation. One of those eateries, in the middle of the action, has turned into a big draw.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 20, 2013
Clear communication

Andy Bowen specializes in reacting to crises. Maybe that's how he kept his cool when stopped by Canadian immigration not just once, but three times.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 20, 2013
Low risk

Insurance executive Craig Johnson puts a premium on options when he travels.

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  • December 27, 2013
Publishing house

Publisher Tony Spano is growing his glossy magazine empire, closely following the recovery in residential real estate.

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  • June 26, 2015
With style

Shopping meets eating at Sophie's at Saks Fifth Avenue.

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  • August 7, 2015
In Memoriam: R.B. Chips shore 1941-2015

From his office or a boardroom or a bar stool for a drink after work, R.B. “Chips”

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  • June 8, 2024
Tampa health care company to pay $14.9M in false claims settlement

Bluestone Physician Services of Florida is one of three related companies that were accused of improperly billing Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE.

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  • July 5, 2024
A Primer on Employee Pay and Inclement Weather

Is your business ready for hurricane season?

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  • December 20, 2023
Church, developer break ground on $42M affordable housing project

Construction has officially begun on a $42 million affordable housing project in Hillsborough County being built by a local developer and a local Catholic church.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2022
Restaurant company, behind 5-star fun motto, nearly doubles locations in less than a year

Fun-loving restaurant owner John Horne takes a "why not now" approach to growth.

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  • February 2, 2007
Corporate Report

Roskamp claims drug fights Alzheimer's PowerTown Line Construction bought by Universal EnergyExecutives, shareholders tender purchase proposal for Ablest Sky Angel skips satellite in Canada, opts for Internet TV Radiation Therapy Services 4Q beats expectations iCap Realty Advisors expands to FloridaGeneral Dynamics' contract grows by nearly $40 million

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  • January 23, 2004
Profit Makers

The two most profitable securities firms, Citigroup Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co., overcame the longest bear market in 50 years by focusing on the wealthiest clients.

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  • October 9, 2009
Make it Klich

Branch Banking & Trust is betting big on Florida's future with the acquisition of Colonial Bank. Longtime Florida banker William Klich is the man charged with making it work.

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  • November 5, 2009
Bear Trap

Legendary Naples investor Bruce Sherman built a spectacular track record at Private Capital Management, managing billions of dollars for wealthy individuals and institutions. Then, Bear Stearns collapsed and with it went Sherman's envious record and more than $1 billion of his investors' money. Now, Sherman wants justice.

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  • September 9, 2021
Waste not, want not

Shawn Handrahan’s journey to running a Tampa apartment concierge services firm ValetLiving was anything but linear.

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  • November 30, 2018
Focus on customer service, empathy are secrets behind company's multimillion dollar growth

Cool Today President Jaime DiDomenico says he serves the company's 244 other employees.

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  • July 20, 2007
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  • January 5, 2009
Bumpy ride, hazy finish

Optimists say the future for commercialreal estate looks much more positive ayear out. Pessimists worry about whatcan go wrong before then.

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