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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: May 13

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
The Ultimate Tourist Trap

Visitors to Seminole Hard Rock spend more than $1 million daily at the two Indian casinos. Do gamblers realize they're not on American land ... that they have no legal rights? Jack Gordon wants to change that.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 13, 2026
$5 million Sarasota-Manatee pet retail business starts franchising

The franchise market for retail dog food and toys is lucrative. Entrepreneurs — and passionate dog parents — Rob and Linda Emery enter it with a litter full of in-the-field experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 19, 2023
Lakewood Ranch-area Trader Joe's to open next week

Trader Joe's openings tend to draw a crowd.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2018
Batter up: Business community rallies around Rays

One-hundred Tampa Bay area business leaders have formed a group to help keep the Rays baseball team in the region.

  • News
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  • By George Rauch |
  • September 7, 2012
Government destroyed the economy. Here's how we can revive it.

The war on gold, and the urge of politicians to get rid of it to settle a country's accounts, has led us to an undisciplined Congress, and president.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2011
Law firm returns to downtown presence

It was a pretty big deal when Tampa law powerhouse Carlton Fields relocated from Harbour Island to Westshore in 2003. Now the firm is bringing part of its offices back downtown.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2010
Unemployment rises in July

Gulf Coast jobless rates are up from last month, as well as this time last year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2013
Nicholas Financial evaluates options

After receiving an indication of interest, the firm has hired an adviser to weigh a possible sale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2013
Take me out to the ball game

At the Tampa Bay Rays' opening day, there were more than avid baseball fans playing hookie in the stands — there was an entire company.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2012
Tech firm earns two patents

xG Technology, working on Internet-based cell phone calls, grows its portfolio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2012
Building industry grows in numbers

Competition in the Gulf Coast construction industry is about to get even stiffer.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2012
Bug firm rides growth surge

Arrow Environmental Services capitalizes on growth through acquisitions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2021
Smaller Florida cities get bigger in latest demographic trends

Sarasota leads the way in population growth.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2019
Area telehealth firm merges with Seattle language services company

Stratus Video, a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of telehealth and remote interpreting services, has merged with InDemand Interpreting, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2019
Regional homebuilder debuts new community

Neal Communities premiers Marquesa Isles in south Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 21, 2017
Florida CRE development and employment booming

The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks ranked Florida among the top five states in the nation for commercial real estate industry spending impact and the number of jobs the industry sustains.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2017
Middle market shuns Florida

Those companies make up a fraction of the state's businesses.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2017
Luxury shines through

Leases being snapped up in new Channelside location.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2017
Investment trust acquires immigration building

HC Government Realty Trust entered an agreement to purchase the Alabama property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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