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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2013
Warren Buffett's firm smiles on Gulf Coast

Prominent residential real estate broker Helen Sosso says a key lesson she learned in the downturn was the power of a brand name to sell a home.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 2, 2013
Entrepreneurial booster

Fusion Pointe plans to help young startups through the valley of death.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
King of the (Harley) World

Texas and Arizona auto dealer Bert King bought a Charlotte County Harley-Davidson dealership last summer and quickly infused it with a strategy to make it a club-like destination. Strategy components, for what he renamed Bert's Black Widow, include kegs of free beer and bikini-clad girls.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2016
Tampa-St. Pete market gets ready for the ferry

An inaugural launch trip is planned for early November for the Cross-Bay Ferry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 4, 2016
Three multitasking myths that can derail a career

Baylor University professor researches promotes “excellence in outcomes” over doing a lot at once.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 14, 2015
Crew rows on

The women's commercial real estate group has made inroads in a male-dominated industry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 20, 2015
Call the nurse

Lee Memorial Health System pays as much as $5,000 cash to employees for each experienced nurse they can help recruit.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
No more guessing, hoping

Sarasota-based wealth manager Alin David Lozada has spent the bulk of his career in search of a solution to a serious issue: How to track a diverse portfolio's potential losses in real time, every day, to avoid large drops.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2015
Local company makes smart move

Economic development officials in the Tampa Bay region love to talk up regional cooperation. A win for Clearwater, for example, is also a win for Bradenton, the line goes, because a job is a job.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2015
Congressman joins fight to stop gulf fish poaching

Industry representatives claim more than 1,000 Mexican boats cross into American waters each year to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 17, 2024
Masonite terminates $3B acquisition deal with PGT Innovations

A $3 billion acquisition deal, one of the largest deals in Gulf Coast business history, has been scuttled.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth Stamoulis | Williams Parker Attorneys at Law |
  • June 5, 2023
What Business Owners Need to Know About Intellectual Property

Below is a brief summary of some types of IP that many businesses may own.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 26, 2024
NBA's Cavaliers to hold weeklong training camp in Bradenton

This will also be the Cavaliers’ first remote training camp since the 2004-05 season at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 10, 2025
Lee County waterfront home sale sets resort record at nearly $10M

The South Seas Resort, a luxury development on Captiva Island, closed out 2024 with a record sale: a $9.67 million purchase of a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom private residence.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 14, 2025
12 from region on Forbes best employers lists, including No. 1 spot

Raymond James, Shriners Hospitals for Children and Publix are on a list of the best large and midsize employers compiled by Forbes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 24, 2025
Ohio mall owner will sell its 10 Florida centers

The properties to be sold include Edison Mall in Fort Myers and WestShore Plaza in Tampa.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 30, 2025
$40M project brings affordable senior housing to North Port

When complete, the development in North Port will include 202 affordable housing units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 21, 2025
$37M affordable senior housing project complete in Bradenton

Astoria on 9th marks the fourth affordable housing community in Bradenton for developer Housing Trust Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 4, 2024
Education foundation pays $6M for prime downtown Sarasota property

The Education Foundation of Sarasota County has bought a piece of property on Washington Boulevard in downtown Sarasota that, until last year, housed Michael Saunders & Co.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2024
$144M Fort Myers landscape firm announces acquisitions, military contract

Juniper Landscaping is growing in the Panhandle and Southeast Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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