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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
Investment firm lands veteran leadership

Jim Cheatham — one of Wendy’s fast food chain’s first franchise owners and a former marketing executive for Holiday Inns — has joined forces with a trio of other Tampa, Florida, executives to launch a private equity firm called Eagle Rock Partners.

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  • September 21, 2018
Union job

Veteran mortgage executive makes the move from banking career to Lake Michigan Credit Union.

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  • January 27, 2016
A four-step process, honed by a Tampa entrepreneur, will help you overcome failure

Joy Randels has raised more than $300 million for startups and other companies in her career.

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  • February 26, 2016
Developer: IRS has no clue

Prominent Sarasota-area developer Hugh Culverhouse Jr., also a longtime trial attorney, has ventured in an area few others will go: He attacked the IRS.

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  • April 17, 2015
One dead, one injured in MagneGas explosion

Tarpon Springs officials are still investigating the blast, which happened just after 2 p.m. on April 16.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 9, 2025
Bradenton to buy Tropicana land after price drop

Following a year of due diligence and negotiations, the city of Bradenton is set to buy more than 30 acres from Tropicana.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 7, 2025
St. Petersburg bank lays off employees as it cuts loan program

BayFirst Bank's decision to eliminate small balance loans through the SBA led to job reductions.

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  • By Moss’ Sarasota Team |
  • September 20, 2024
A Q&A with Josh Mutchler, Project Executive at Moss: contractor for The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort and Residences

The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort and Residences project proved to be both an exciting and challenging endeavor for contractor.

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  • March 30, 2007
The Buying Experience

Making the car-buying process easier for buyers and sellers sounds like an impossible dream. But a pair of marketing gurus is doing it anyway, creating a profitable business in the process.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 23, 2021
Small Firm, Big Differences

Plaza Advisors has succeeded in selling Gulf Coast retail centers through experience — and a willingness to limit screen time

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 19, 2026
Tampa court case could change how government tackles zoning

A dispute over the denial of a zoning request for a downtown hotel is likely heading to the Florida Supreme Court as questions raised about Tampa City Council’s authority.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 6, 2017
'A Great Resource'

Prominent land use attorney Dan Bailey has done many things in his career. Working with his son was one perk he didn't see coming.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 21, 2014
Making room

Mary Brandt traded in her corporate life for entrepreneurship after she had children and later divorced.

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  • October 7, 2016
MY VIEW | Why I ran for the U.S. Senate

By Carlos Beruff

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  • February 6, 2026
Southwest Florida homebuilder dies at 91

Milton William “Bill” Frey II was the co-founder of Frey & Son Homes, a luxury homebuilder in Lee and Collier counties.

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  • April 29, 2005
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  • January 15, 2009
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  • June 10, 2011
Government Digest: June 10

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes and John C. Getty |
  • April 8, 2019
FMLA: FORGETTING MINUTIAE LEADS TO (LEGAL) ACTIONS

FMLA: FORGETTING MINUTIAE LEADS TO (LEGAL) ACTIONS

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  • January 28, 2011
Line in the Sand

Illegal immigration continues to be a drain on local governments. Florida and many other states are pushing reforms in the absence of an adequate federal response.

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