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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 23, 2018
Event horizon: Faced with failure, entrepreneurs tackle a new frontier

EventPower Inc. founder Frank Powell was forced to reinvent his Tampa-based business when government budget cuts destroyed his revenue stream.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2010
Want that Ferrari? Or a '56 convertible?

Even in Naples, where luxury cars jostle for parking spaces on tony Fifth Avenue, the 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia will make a few jaded heads turn.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2010
CEO departures increase

A national survey finds that executive turnover has increased slightly this year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2013
Window firm shares get big boost

PGT Inc. shares are trading at 52-week high.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
Top business challenge: Finding good people

Survey says finding qualified workers is biggest concern.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2013
Burger 21 expands to Pa. with 25th location

The Melting Pot Restaurants Inc.- owned burger joint tastes success in a new state.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2012
Passenger traffic jets up 3.3%

Delta leads the way in passengers at the Fort Myers airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2021
Airport grows monthly traffic while annual figure is down 40%

The traffic leader at Southwest Florida International Airport in January was Southwest Airlines.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2021
Airport closes out year down more than 40% in passengers

Traffic at Page Field remains a bright spot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2022
Airport soars in new traffic data report

Passenger traffic and aircraft operations on the rise in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 20, 2017
Lee County has trio of fast-growing cities

Lehigh Acres and Fort Myers, both in Lee County, are among the fastest-growing cities in America, according to a new tabulation by research firm WalletHub.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2016
Hospital ranked among best in the nation

This is the third consecutive year the hospital has cracked the top 100 list.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2016
Distressed sales in Tampa among highest in nation

Florida overall has the fourth highest rate of distressed sales.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2016
Sarasota earns national credit for business tax-friendliness

The city ranks in the top 10 nationwide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2014
Airport traffic points to busier season

A 4.8% increase in the number of passengers flying through the Fort Myers airport in November bodes well for the start of the winter tourism season.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Merging isn't easy

Companies can often generate savings by merging with similar firms to benefit from economies of scale. But while cost savings are all well and good, Florida Blood Services has found that completing those beneficial mergers takes work.

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  • October 25, 2021
Airport blazes trail with innovative terminal upgrade for passengers

Tampa International Airport’s express curbsides, opening Nov. 16, are intended to speed up the departure process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 11, 2017
Business leaders to form new community bank

Onetime Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida executive Dennis Murphy is the proposed president and CEO of the new bank.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

BayView forms finance arm; 'It's 2005 all over again'

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 24, 2024
16 Gulf Coast companies make Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2024 list

Companies from Tampa to Naples made the business magazine's list of the best employers in the country.

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