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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2020
Area enjoys record-setting tourism revenues as peak season gets under way

Tourism revenue for Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida, reached historic highs in January as the area’s bed tax collections surpassed $3 million for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Contentment is the enemy

Visit Sarasota County president Virginia Haley spent a recent lunch hour telling area hotel sales and marketing executives about how good the county has been doing in tourism.

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  • April 15, 2010
Caspersen boardwalk under construction

Construction has started on a boardwalk and expansion project at Caspersen Beach Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2017
Giving taxpayer money to Amazon is a crime

And the increased population isn't worth it.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 2, 2016
Teenage techie

Fourteen-year-old Rocket Burns wants to give everyone an easy entry into the world of 3-D printing.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • August 20, 2010
Bigger Wing Span

Ker's WingHouse is ready to expand beyond Florida as a regional sports restaurant chain. Its owner doesn't worry about getting knocked around: That's how he used to spend many of his Sundays.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 30, 2010
Government Digest: July 30 - Aug. 5

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 8, 2019
Sarasota's Main Plaza sells for $20 million

Belpointe REIT Inc., of Greenwich, Conn., has purchased Sarasota's Main Plaza for $20 milion and plans a series of new apartments and offices on the 8.5-acre, downtown site.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 18, 2014
Market Revolution

To keep pace with his fast-growing marketing firm, HubSpot, CEO Brian Halligan has a new strategy: Think more and work less.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 7, 2014
Why stop at $10/hour? Go all the way: $200!

Barack Obama's campaigns for income equality and higher minimum wages explicitly illustrate what the Jesuit priests called “invincible ignorance.”

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 1, 2022
Marketing industry veteran weighs in on current trends — and what's to come

Priority Marketing might have grown up with a fax machine, but to keep up with the latest in the industry, the firm has adapted.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 14, 2020
Economic shutdown: don’t forget the other 99%.

One-size-fits-all shutdowns don’t make sense. Public officials should shift their focus to reopening the economy.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 3, 2021
With nearly $50M in sales booked, developer begins work on phase two of luxury tower

Altura Bayshore is moving its sale gallery as crews prepare to lay foundation for 23-story tower

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 1, 2024
$15M freestanding emergency room opens in north Manatee

HCA Florida Palmetto Emergency is affiliated with HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton and is expected to have 26 full-time employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 1, 2021
Fast-growing community on the cusp of getting a new Publix

WMG Development broke ground for The Shoppes at Palmer Ranch project. The 65,848-square-foot center will be anchored by a Publix, making a trip to the grocery store just a walk away for some residents.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 14, 2016
Rogan Donelly, 31

President, Tervis

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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • December 27, 2013
Closer to Normal

Deal-making is picking up at Gries Investment Fund as company leaders become more confident and seek capital to grow.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Eric Rosenthal, 37

President and Owner, Florikan

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Jackie Zumba, 28

Owner, Jackie Z Style Co.

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 18, 2023
After years of uncertainty, Tampa Bay Rays settle on stadium site

The Tampa Bay Rays are expected to announce the details of new — reportedly $1.2 billion — stadium Tuesday morning.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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