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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
Home Investor's Heyday

Nationally recognized real estate investor/teacher John Schaub sees a heyday coming from the housing-price correction.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 8, 2022
Grand jury indicts group for embezzling hundreds of thousands in aid for students

The co-conspirators are facing prison time for stealing student identities to gain access to accounts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2010
German American Style

Reinhold Schmieding incorporated the best management practices from Europe and America to build Arthrex into one of the largest manufacturers of arthroscopic surgical tools in the world.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2021
Florida's penchant for freedom energizes CEOs nationwide

Sunshine State scores high — again — in national business climate survey.

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  • November 27, 2020
Luxury builder sells $18.5M waterfront home — on spec

London Bay Homes recently sold a 7,640-square-foot home it built in the Port Royal neighborhood.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 19, 2025
The Parrot owners buying, rebranding former Big Top Live venue

Renamed The Parrot Live, the business featuring live music is getting a multimillion-dollar update.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2011
No Regrets

A pursuit Larysa Switlyk picked up five years ago changed her life. It could be her next career.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 29, 2016
House of shares

VeryUs lets travelers rent a room instead of the whole house. It's a tech twist on the bed-and-breakfast model.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2022
Lakewood Ranch named one of Top 100 Planned Communities

This is the fourth year the community has been recognized by Ideal-Living magazine.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 14, 2021
Nominations open for the Business Observer 40 under 40 issue — apply now

We seek the best and brightest in the business community.

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  • November 11, 2016
Florida wants to feel peachy

Florida dropped one spot in Site Selection magazine's 2016 best business climate ranking over 2015, from No. 10 to No. 11.

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  • July 15, 2014
Hospitals in Sarasota, Tampa, ranked tops in U.S.

Tampa General is the second-best medical center in the state, report says.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2016
Tech firm to add 150 jobs

New Jersey-based technology firm eMaint Enterprises is expanding in Southwest Florida and plans to hire 150 people in Bonita Springs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2016
Tech firm SiteZeus eyes big year

A Tampa technology startup behind a novel software package that helps companies pinpoint the best sites for expansion using data-driven analytics has had a stellar year.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • November 26, 2010
Truck Stop

The trucking business isn't sexy, admits Gulf Coast entrepreneur Paul Henley. Still, Henley says the fragmented industry could sure use a $250 million national force. He hopes to give it one.

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  • January 5, 2007
Beall's Inc. buys Tropicana HQ

The move cements Beall's headquarters in Manatee County.

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  • August 18, 2009
Minnesota bank steps out of the cold

Community bankers in Sarasota are abuzz over the latest competitor to the join the trenches, this one via a government-forced ousting of two other institutions.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
Open receiver

Developer Kenneth Saundry Jr. spent 31 years in the real estate business in Florida building homes, RV parks, shopping centers and offices. Now, he's reinvented himself as a court receiver to manage distressed properties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 27, 2021
Rent -a-car giant changing how it disposes of fleet; expanding partnership with Uber

The Hertz Corp. will work with Carvana to sell vehicles in its fleet and expanding EV options to Uber drives

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 31, 2022
Naples ex-con charged with $2.5 million COVID fraud

Feds say convicted felon lied and provided false documentation to secure loans for five businesses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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