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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 14, 2022
USF professor donates $1 million to institution’s St. Petersburg campus

Deby Cassill changed careers in her 40s, earning bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in biology.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2022
Senior living firm, approaching $500M in revenue, picks up private equity investment

Discovery Senior Living was founded in 1998.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2022
Voters approve massive downtown development

Clearwater will move forward with the sale of two properties to developers looking to transform the city’s downtown.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 28, 2022
Billion-dollar real estate investment firm names new CFO

Darren Martin recently moved to Southwest Florida from Pittsburgh.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 12, 2022
Local plumbing program aims to bring more into the industry

When the number of plumbers in the area tanked, Best Homes Services decided to create its own labor pool.

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  • By Christopher Westley |
  • January 6, 2023
FGCU Business School dean says there's 'reason to think economy will sour in 2023'

Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College of Business Dean Christopher Westley says that uncertainty is causing consumers and investors to cut back.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 9, 2023
Airport terminal’s famous flamingo gets a name

The flamingo sculpture, whose moniker was chosen from 65,000 entries in a contest, will greet passengers at Tampa International Airport.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
Calendar

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Runner-Up

Steven Camposano, President, High Velocity: Since starting High Velocity in 2001, Steven Camposano's company has become one of the Gulf Coast's leading manufacturers and installers of hurricane shutters.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Still on Fire

A Bradenton manufacturer of super tough fire trucks keeps on motoring. It's fueled partially by Army contracts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
Bar Association Meets

The St. Petersburg Bar Association met Sept. 12 in the Mirror Lake Lyceum for its monthly membership luncheon. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker, an attorney, served as keynote speaker.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Newsmakers

Area movers and shakers.

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  • July 9, 2004
Clifford Chance to Settle Brobeck Lawsuit

The world's largest law firm agrees to $3.75 million settlement with small California firm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Chamber chairman never gets his chair

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce had barely elevated a Sarasota County employee to be its next chairman when word spread that a government worker would head the county's premier business group and the chamber backed down.

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  • February 19, 2010
Heads roll in Palmetto's $6 million grant mistake

The city of Palmetto is typically eligible to receive up to $1.5 million a year in federal community development block grant funds. But bad advice resulted in those funds not being applied for from 2006-2009, costing the city up to $6 million.

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  • February 19, 2010
Company tries to stay in the lines

A startup franchise company with ambitious growth goals — and a catchy tag line — has targeted the Gulf Coast for its nationwide debut.

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  • December 18, 2009
Enemies among meat companies

Boar's Head Provisions, the nationwide deli meat company with a corporate headquarters in Sarasota, has found itself in a food fight with a competitor.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Partnership Power

A team of veteran insurance agents committed to an unusual cross-business partnership in the summer of 2009, despite knowing that many similar arrangements had collapsed. So far, this partnership is working.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Celebrity Apprentice likes Clockwork

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams will be one nervous TV watcher May 2.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Feds may jack up Florida sewer bills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to establish stringent, numeric nutrient water quality standards throughout the state will be impossible to meet and impose serious economic hardship, according to a coalition of Florida businesses, associations and public entities.

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