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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2022
Tampa attorney elected to presidency of women’s legal group

Erin Jackson of Jackson Jackson PLLC will lead the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2006
Jet Sports Management plans new sports bar

Abbott has hired Tampa-based Veranda Homes to completely renovate the building. 

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 25, 2009
atLarge, Inc. wins Stevie Award

Sarasota-based atLarge, Inc. recently become the first local business in the region to win an American Business Award, also known as a Stevie Award.

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  • February 4, 2010
What took regulators so long? Immokalee?

We'll never know why it took so long for regulators to shut down long-suffering Florida Community Bank, but speculation among bankers was its unique headquarters location: Immokalee.

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  • February 11, 2010
RaceTrac Petroleum buys Cranberry site

Atlanta-based gas-station company RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. purchased 2.14 acres at the intersection of State Road 45 and Cranberry Boulevard for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 15, 2010
Telovations feels crunch, goes for venture capital

A Tampa-based communications services company is looking to add debt — but won't be asking the bank for a loan.

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  • January 29, 2010
Plumbing owner buys Sawyer Road building

Joybill 5600 LLC, a limited liability headed by Joyce Milligan, purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse on five acres just off Sawyer Road north of Clark Road for $900,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 13, 2009
First resident in waiting, and waiting

It may not be that unusual for a big city mayor-elect to have to wait a couple months to take office. But it's the first time for the city of St. Petersburg.

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  • March 18, 2010
P Berger Holdings of Illinois buys closed building

Winnetka, Ill.'s P Berger Holdings LLC purchased the former Jean Paul's French Corner, a 2,752-square-foot restaurant building on Tarpon Bay Road south of Periwinkle Way for $635,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 25, 2009
Better luck next time

Bank of Florida, the three-bank holding company in Naples, was forced to postpone a plan to raise at least $71 million after investors shunned its stock offering (symbol: BOFL).

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  • December 4, 2009
Sen. Bill Nelson: No public option

Sounds like U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson heard his constituents loud and clear on the health-care bill.

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  • November 1, 2010
Nobel Prize for Algenol's Woods?

Be ready for some hyperbole if you're going to hand over the microphone to politicians, especially during election season.

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  • December 17, 2010
Collier lowers impact fees

Library and general government impact fee rates are being reduced.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 24, 2010
Bowling alley entrepreneur buys All Star Lanes

North Fort Myers resident Bill Hanson purchased the 27,422-square-foot All Star Lanes bowling alley for $1.9 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 29, 2010
Firm girds against new health care audits

An unexpected consequence of health care reform could be coming to your favorite practitioner's office soon.

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  • January 18, 2011
TRC receives buyout offer

Coleman Cable made an unsolicited offer to buy Technology Research Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 21, 2011
Better-looking people a sign of recovery?

Spending on plastic surgery rebounded last year after slipping in 2009, and a Tampa doctor who specializes in facial procedures predicts an even better 2011.

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  • September 22, 2010
Consumer spending comeback coming?

At least 65% of retailers and suppliers believe consumer spending has improved since last year and could return to pre-recession levels by next year.

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  • January 28, 2011
Chocolates, panties and financial reform

We're not sure we trust the palates of experts who test washing machines, but you can't deny Consumer Reports' reach with more than 7 million subscribers.

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  • February 4, 2011
Executives wanted for MBA program

The recession that devastated the ranks of middle management at many companies also hit those educational programs that catered to corporate up-and-comers on the Gulf Coast.

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