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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2017
Change it up

An inventor with a never-quit attitude aims to find success in virtual realty. 'I want to create the technology to catch that wave,' he says.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
Florida sets quarterly tourism record

Visitors from Canada and overseas are on the upswing.

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  • August 26, 2011
Raymond James buys back stock

The financial giant will invest an additional $21 million in repurchasing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2016
Large credit union expands along Gulf Coast

Suncoast Credit Union is one of the 15 largest credit unions in the United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2016
Daytime cafe continues nationwide expansion

The chain announced plans to open new restaurants in Tennessee and Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Rod Thomson: Mozambique vs. Michigan: A lesson for us

Michigan and Mozambique are going in opposite directions. They offer lessons to Gulf Coast business leaders.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
Experts says Tampa has tailwinds behind it

Despite all of the growth it has had over the past seven years, a joint ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report states that Tampa is poised for future economic expansion.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 24, 2009
Click Through

One of the top online advertising firms in the country — by at least one financial calculation — calls the Gulf Coast home. It hopes to stay on top partially by stiff-arming small competitors.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 6, 2018
Company with ambitious goals injects humor into business model

Revenue jumped more than 100% in three years at Atlas Professional Services, and is closing in on $7 million.

  • Transactions
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  • June 3, 2020
Safeguard your business — ahead of an economic downturn

One key to the coming economic upheaval: plan for many what ifs.

  • Advice
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 17, 2019
Shane Costello, 36

Shareholder, Hill Ward Henderson

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2021
Women's clothing brand supports its core customer base

White House Black Market partnered with a national organization.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 20, 2020
General Services buys Allure apartments

Sale of the 274-unit Allure at Gateway apartments comes a little more than a year after the Pinellas Park complex was completed.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2020
Nonprofit compiles list of employers with jobs available now

CareerSource Suncoast is also offering virtual workshops, job search and one-on-one career coaching.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 21, 2022
Zillow layoffs grow in Tampa

As the online real estate giant closes Zillow Offers programs, local job cuts more than double.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 27, 2018
South Real Estate Group adds to Estero land holdings

South Real Estate Group, of Naples, is exploring options for its 14-acre University Highlands property in Estero following a land purchase that nearly doubles its holdings in the area

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2014
Builders' group brings back pride

The Gulf Coast Builders Exchange aims to promote its members.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2015
The butler did it

Sarasota entrepreneur Bill Merritt recently found success in front of an unusual audience for his low-tech product — a cup holder that attaches to a laptop computer, called the Laptop Butler.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 6, 2024
84-unit affordable housing community to open in Sarasota

Cypress Square opens at a time when finding affordable or attainable housing is getting more difficult and bridges “the affordable housing supply-demand gap.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 10, 2023
Car wash chain buys Toale Brothers mortuary building in Sarasota

The car wash chain pre-submitted a permit application to Sarasota County in April before closing the sale in September.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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