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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 15, 2023
Another tech firm relocates to Tampa Bay as West Coast costs rise

California companies, in flee-mode for years, are more and more looking at Florida as a No. 1 option.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
The Defendants, Their Lawyers*

The Defendants, Their Lawyers is available free of charge.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 18, 2025
SWFL restaurant company introduces two new concepts, nears 2,000 employees

The Phelan family has learned that listening and adapting to customer needs quickly is the best recipe for success in the hospitality industry.

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  • September 13, 2013
Corporate Report: September 13

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Sharon Hillstrom |
  • June 27, 2025
Bradenton action plan seeks to galvanize the city's economy and livability

City leaders aim to capitalize on Bradenton's momentum.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 5, 2021
Company, behind new name, targets niche service for seniors

An attorney and a banker have found success running a business in an under-appreciated area: the gray areas that help seniors transition to a new phase in their lives.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 17, 2023
Business accelerator launches data-focused program for startups

The program will run from August through October featuring groups workshops and individualized mentoring.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2022
Tampa area university names new president

University offers no information on its previous top official.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Two companies collaborate on unique beer offering

RND Robot Red is now served at Naughty Monk Brewery.

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  • February 3, 2017
Car dealer steers a victory

Tampa-area auto dealer John Williams and some fellow auto executives spent a portion of the past few months checking out all kinds of luxury — for research.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 21, 2025
Sarasota County leaders to consider land buy for jail expansion

The Main Street parcel would be an early step in a yearslong process to add space to the over-capacity facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 4, 2023
Sarasota deli closes temporarily two days after opening, citing staffing issues

The Original Wolfie's and Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House opened Nov. 2.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 17, 2023
Sarasota deli that shuttered two days after its debut reopens

The Original Wolfie’s & Rascal in Sarasota, a New York-style and Jewish deli that opened to big fanfare Nov. 2 only to temporarily close two days later, has reopened.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2020
Vocational training nonprofit, in response to crisis, offers career reboot

AmSkills, a Tampa Bay nonprofit focused on training workers for manufacturing jobs, is staging a series of “boot camps” to give job seekers a taste of a career in manufacturing.

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  • April 1, 2020
Prominent chocolatier shifts to capture business in crisis

'Our doors are still open,’ Norman Love Confections co-founder Norman Love says.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2022
Apartment rent rate increases wildly outpace many other parts of the country

The Naples, Fort Myers and Sarasota-Bradenton regions remain national leaders in multifamily rent increases, as demand continues to soar.

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  • February 6, 2012
Chocolate firm tastes big expansion

Prominent Fort Myers-based gourmet chocolate maker Norman Love Confections is about to get some competition.

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  • February 22, 2021
Branding, ad agency promotes principal to president

Christine Turner’s elevation at ChappellRoberts is part of long-term succession plan at Tampa advertising and branding agency

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2019
Credit union targets $4B in assets with double mergers

MidFlorida Credit Union is the fourth-largest credit union in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2019
Luxury hotel property seeks captive audience

Artists and up-and-coming filmmakers had a unique chance to showcase their skills.

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