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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2021
Bank buys building for $1.35M, plans bigger branch

Renovations will be completed next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 4, 2020
Developer on a roll with headquarters projects names top attorney

Charles Thomson spent nearly a decade with Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2020
Bank appoints pair of new regional leaders

Earnest Wilks has been with Regions Bank for 17 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 3, 2019
Restaurant opens new pizzeria concept

Oak & Stone Fastfire opened on Sept. 26 at 6220 14th St. W. in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 26, 2018
Former Fidelity exec heads up $45M theater campaign

Steve Akin is currently on the Gulfshore Playhouse board of directors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 18, 2016
Nurse-turned-exec takes on a top role

Elizabeth Miller has been with WellCare since 2012.

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  • November 10, 2017
Enter the panda

'St. Pete had the right amount of weird for us,' firm says of its new eastern HQ.

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  • August 26, 2014
New College sets first-year enrollment record

School has nearly 300 new students, boosting total enrollment to more than 850.

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  • November 21, 2013
USF startup wins green-business award

Trash2Cash-Energy LLC receives recognition for its patented process that converts landfill gas into fuel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 23, 2024
SWFL gourmet company sells nearly $700K in cheese

Innovative Food Holdings Inc. expects to see profits in early 2025.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 8, 2024
Foundation offers Helene relief to food and beverage workers

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation has partnered with Southern Smoke Foundation to help Helene-impacted local service workers bridge financial gaps during recorvery.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 31, 2026
Southwest Florida construction firm opens Tampa office

Naples-based DeAngelis Diamond has opened its eighth company office in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 29, 2022
Flame burns bright for company that handles cannabis finances

A Southwest Florida cannabis financial services firm, riding industry boom, is preparing for a big year.

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  • February 25, 2010
SDI acquires Stratus Healthcare

Tampa-based SDI Diagnostic Imaging, a radiologist-owned provider of healthcare-imaging services, acquired Brandon-based Stratus Healthcare, a full-service teleradiology provider, to form SDI Teleradiology Inc., which will provide day-and-night teleradiology services.

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  • September 19, 2014
Fuel service

Africa-based investors plan to transform a small Fort Myers company into a fuel-service giant.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2013
Sweet Symphony

A pair of executives bring their history of business success to an IT services firm. Their goal is to help clients do it all.

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  • May 9, 2023
Business Observer celebrates six top entrepreneurs

Event featured a panel conversation and three videos.

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  • November 15, 2022
Airport, with two months to go, surpasses 2021’s passenger count

Year to date, departures and arrivals are up 24% at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 3, 2009
Florida: Tax oasis or wasteland?

The old saw that statistics can be bent to prove any point of view rings especially true when it comes to economic rankings of states. Florida is no exception.

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  • June 9, 2010
CEO turnover up again

The latest poll shows a greater number of CEOs leaving their positions this year.

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