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  • By Flint Stephens |
  • May 28, 2015
Voluntary insurance benefits help attract, retain employees

High-deductible plans have created a gap in coverage for many employees. Voluntary benefits increasingly bridge that gap.

  • AllTrust Insurance
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 1, 2018
Amendments advice: Where does it fall on the freedom scale?

There are exceptions, of course. This is why it helps to know some of the background and nuances of the questions. As we know, legislators and others sometimes create confusing questions that, on the surface, sound reasonable, but in practice are meant to

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 23, 2024
Developer pushes tiny homes as solution to affordable housing crisis

Dan Dobrowolski has been building small houses for two decades and believes they provide homeowners what they need and are more humane than traditional apartment blocks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
Corporate Report

Arthrex found guilty in patent-infringing caseBrown & Brown buys assets of Alpha Benefits, HBANCircle signs three new children's animation dealsUtek buying Innovaro Ltd., fosters European growthEvos aims to increase presence

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2004
Corporate Payout or Deceit?

A retired lawyer says allegations he defrauded an Italian manufacturing group are lies.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 10, 2018
Dermatologist starts from scratch to build four-clinic practice

Dr. Anais Badia Florida Skin Center Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Punta Gorda, Lehigh Acres

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 29, 2016
Listen to your customers

Computing power is helping CallMiner develop programs that can analyze conversations in real time. The technology is revolutionizing call centers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 23, 2024
Secretive Naples' exec on how to build a $3B medical device business

Reinhold Schmieding says little publicly about the company he founded, Arthrex. His silence belies the company’s resounding, generational success.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 21, 2023
Longstanding family-run insurance firm promotes third-generation leader to CEO

Austin Boyd has been with the company since 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 1, 2023
Hospitality event: Labor remains industry's toughest puzzle

Industry professionals gathered in Tampa on Thursday to talk through strategies they use to retain talent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 8, 2022
Brooklyn buyers pay $240 million for nearly 2,500-unit multifamily portfolio

The statewide 14-property portfolio includes six properties on the Gulf Coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2021
CEO sues nonprofit for at least $12M, alleging defamation, wrongful firing

Rick Carlisle was CEO and president of CAN Community Health for more than six years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2021
Official asks for more time to respond to federal lawsuit

Head of DBPR asks judge for seven-day extension after attorney woking on lawsuit falls ill

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2020
Lawyer launches own firm after 94-year-old practice shuts down

Like any good lawyer Bill Robertson knows how to turn a problem into an opportunity. That’s how Robertson, 60, ended up opening his own law firm earlier this month, The Robertson Law Firm PA, after spending his entire career at one practice, Kirk-Pinkerto

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2018
Pricey storage suites for expensive toys selling fast

Island Storage Suites provides men — and their wives — what they want.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2018
In Memoriam: B. Terry Aidman, 1947-2018

On June 20, Tampa accountant and business consultant B. Terry Aidman, 70, died suddenly while on vacation in Colorado.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2017
Buying opportunity

Despite poor earnings, Chico's has 'favorable' valuation.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2015
Gag order finds voice

The unusual case of a Sarasota weight-loss supplement company that allegedly forces customers to sign a gag order to not complain about its products has taken a step forward.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 13, 2025
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee lands $4M gift for aquatic facility

Local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ronnie Shugar has donated $4 million to go toward a state-of-the-art aquatic facility on the Greenspon Campus for Jewish Life.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 30, 2025
Longboat Key fine dining institution Euphemia Haye closed

Euphemia Haye and The Haye Loft closed abruptly last week with little notice or detail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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