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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 18, 2022
Miami developer spends $55 million on Tampa property

The Related Group will build a mixed-used development on city’s river, across from downtown.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2018
Three’s (good) company

Golisano Children’s Hospital earns third straight Top Children’s Hospital honor from The Leapfrog Group.

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  • May 10, 2022
Tampa tech firm grows leadership team with hiring of COO

Koray Ozcubukcu has joined Blue.cloud, a fast-growing startup whose revenue grew 185% from 2020 to 2021.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2022
Popular Fort Myers resort plots $7M renovation

The resort was built in 1950.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • August 18, 2022
Florida recession? GDP says: Maybe

It turns out that there are many ways to arrive at an uncertain answer.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2022
Naples law firm reels in new partner

Brooke Benzio’s legal practice focuses on estates and trusts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2022
New nonstop service to Delaware city coming to Fort Myers, Tampa

Avelo Airlines, in announcing service to Wilmington, announced it was postoping other plans for Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 5, 2022
Theme park lays off more than 500 who'll transition to positions with new vendor

Legoland resort is outsourcing food and beverage services, as well as employees, to its global food provider.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 29, 2022
Arizona company pays nearly $500 million for Florida properties

Cove Communities expands holdings in Florida buying golf course and four 55-plus communities.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2022
Airline connects Wisconsin to region with new nonstop service to Fort Myers

Sun Country Airlines says that demand for its flights goes up in winter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 21, 2022
Dade City bank promotes executive vice president to COO

Jim Esry will also serve as First National Bank of Pasco’s director of enterprise risk management.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 11, 2023
State banking industry leader joins board of Arkansas bank

Encore Bank welcomes Rita Lowman, who brings more than 45 years of experience to Encore Bank, which recently expanded to Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 23, 2009
Ring one up for trial lawyers

It's actions like these that give politicians their bad name. Led by Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, and at the urging of trial lawyers, the Senate Judiciary Committee gutted a workers' compensation bill that had been previously approved in the Banking and Insurance Committee.

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  • February 19, 2010
Groups use litigation, again

Environmental groups continue to be aggressive pursuing litigation when not prevailing with government bureaucracy or legislatures.

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  • November 6, 2009
Kalu Watanabe, others buy Ashton Pointe land

Royal Swazi Ashton LLC, an investment group of Kalu Watanabe and several other Florida financial partners, purchased the 15.38-acre Ashton Pointe planned community on Fielding Lane north of Clark Road and west of Interstate 75 for $526,800.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2010
Naples' TIB could get a lot bigger

Naples-based TIB Bank is already one of the largest banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast with $1.7 billion in assets, but it could get a lot bigger.

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  • January 28, 2011
50 Cent tweets up stock to 45 cents

H&H Imports Inc. spent a wild few days on the penny stock market after getting a ringing — or rather tweeting — endorsement from a rap artist.

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  • June 17, 2010
Retired FDIC chair gets new bank gig

Bill Isaac, a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman who lives on Longboat Key, has been named to the board of Fifth Third Bancorp.

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  • May 14, 2013
Hertz CEO already has Naples roots

Naples has always been known as a haven for Fortune 500 CEOs who want to get away from the corporate life.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
Less regulation, but not lower taxes

State Senate President Mike Haridopolos' opening speech at this year's regular legislative session focused on what he termed the two “Rs”: reform and restraint.

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