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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 10, 2021
Bank, focused on climate issues, names pair of executives

Edmund O’Carroll and Brian Kruse join values-based Climate First Bank ahead of its scheduled Spring opening in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2021
Former surgeon general joins local diagnostic technology company as advisor

Dr. Jerome Adams will lead Lumos Diagnostics through the launch of the company's FebriDx product.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2021
Hurricane products entrepreneur gives $4M to college

The Rist Family Foundation gave another significant gift in 2020 to the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 19, 2020
High-end car dealership faces inventory challenges

At Mercedes-Benz of Naples, inventory is trickling in at a much lower rate than usual.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2020
High-profile sports tournament returns to area club

The FineMark Women’s Pro Tennis Championship will return to the Bonita Bay Club May 11-17.

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  • May 29, 2020
Financial relief program brings windfall for banks, credit unions

The federal Paycheck Protection Program was a windfall for USF Federal Credit Union, which processed 335 PPP applications.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Generational achievement for family business patriarch

The Columbia Restaurant Group’s fourth-generation caretaker, Richard Gonzmart, recently crossed off one of the biggest item’s on his career to-do list: buying the building that houses the Tampa, Florida-based company’s Sarasota Columbia Restaurant.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 18, 2022
Area resident gets federal prison for $800K COVID-19 relief fraud

Louis Thornton III applied for federal relief funds in the names of defunct companies

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2018
Rocket science: MarineMax fills a need for NASA

Clearwater, Florida-based boat retailer MarineMax lent the skills of members of its Houston-based service team to NASA for a project that will help astronauts someday explore reaches of space beyond the moon, including Mars.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2019
High school students find recipe for success

Teen-operated benefit corporation feasts on triple-digit growth in 2018.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2018
Entrepreneur shifts focus to state Legislature race

27-year-old businessman aims to win Florida House seat.

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  • April 28, 2017
Rhat Pack

Veteran Patrick Walker was inspired by what he saw on the ground in Afghanistan to invent a multi-purpose bike.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2017
Idea man

Downtown med school a dream come true for Tom Hall.

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  • May 26, 2017
Likability factor

Area CEOs find themselves on a worldwide ranking of cities and execs.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2013
French Connection

Cassis American Brasserie stakes out a prime location in downtown St. Petersburg.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2016
Raymond James faces sexual harassment charges

Employee says she was she was subjected to a “college fraternity atmosphere.”

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  • February 12, 2016
Groups aim to dump tax

A large coalition of statewide business groups — organizations that sometimes disagree on issues — have come together in support of a tax cut championed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 19, 2015
Saunders' commercial chief steps back

The head of the commercial division at one of the Gulf Coast's most recognizable residential brokerage firms has stepped down from management to focus on executing investment sales.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Thomas J. McLaughlin |
  • July 19, 2024
You and Your Business Idea Need a Succession Plan

Succession planning allows you to define your business’s legacy, while encouraging the leaders of your business to support the growth of your business’s employees.

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  • May 25, 2023
Brandon mall acquired for $220 million

Westfield Brandon's French owner sold the property to a West Palm Beach investment firm, another step in its efforts to exit the U.S. market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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