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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 27, 2012
Fishing for Buyers

The housing crisis has forced Realtors to think of innovative uses for traditional properties. Selling a bait shop presents more challenges.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 11, 2012
Fly Boys

The economy nearly wrecked the ambitious plans executives had for Rectrix, a private jet service. Four years later the center is a hub of aircraft activity.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Sign of (old) times: Multiple bids resurface

The chatter about multiple bids for home sales making a comeback — so 2004 — is a reality on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2011
Why Vengroff sold its AR unit to Capgemini

One of the largest companies on the Gulf Coast has gotten smaller — part of a plan to get bigger than ever before one day soon.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2012
Investment firm believes in local construction

A Sarasota-based investment firm continues to believe in the comeback ability of the construction market.

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  • June 21, 2021
$25 million nonprofit adds two trustees to serve three-year terms

The pair will help guide the institution's vision for the future

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2021
Financial advisors awarded $1.5 million after receiving negligent compliance advice

An investigation and bad press cost the advisors potential customer accounts

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2021
Boston investor buys downtown Tampa office building for $56 million

Farley White Interests’ acquisition of Two Harbour Place marks its fifth deal along the Gulf Coast

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2021
Woman sentenced to federal prison for telemarketing scam that stole more than $1 million from victims

Lori Owen gets five years in federal prison for her role in a scam that stole from people led to believe they owed back taxes

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2021
Nonprofit names new president, CEO

The appointment was unanimously approved during Step Up Suncoast’s annual board of director’s meeting June 24. Yount Tittle will replace retiring president and CEO Barbara Patten on Sept. 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2021
Realtor heads to Tokyo for Olympic adventure

Leah Secondo has been in sports broadcasting for more than 30 years.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2021
Former CPA pleads guilty to wire fraud in $6.3M scheme

Kenneth Murry Rossman could face up to eight years in prison.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2021
Bell tower coming to The University of Tampa

The university is adding a massive, technologically advanced bell tower to its campus.

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  • September 10, 2021
Area engineering firm merges with Michigan company

Waldrop Engineering was founded in 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2021
Locally based restaurant chain debuts first international store

Tampa, Florida-based PDQ, via a deal with a Dubai-based investment firm, has opened a location in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2021
Communications firm relaunches with focus on social impact businesses, nonprofits

Knight Strategic Communications will be led by former NYC-based Hiltzik Strategies Publicist Elizabeth Knight and former Knight Marketing CEO Tracy Knight.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2021
Boosted by PPP loans, credit union surpasses $2 billion assets

Achieva Credit Union grew its business customer portfolio by 74% in 2020.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2021
Software firm appoints health care industry veteran to leadership post

Todd DeWeese joins Tampa firm DataLink Software as senior vice president, provider transformation, in the second recent major hire by the company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Gail E. Farb, Labor & Employment Attorney, Williams Parker |
  • April 30, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act and How It Affects Employers

The American Rescue Plan Act and How It Affects Employers

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2021
Cancer network names pair of executives

Network continues its national expansion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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