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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 30, 2023
Tampa venture capital firm leads tech company’s $6M funding round

Florida Funders and a group of returning and new investors are backing San Francisco-based Dashbot, whose platform specializes in conversational artificial intelligence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 13, 2023
Report: At the end of day, corporate jargon isn’t a win-win

Corporate buzzwords are driving us all bonkers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2023
Established Fort Myers PR, marketing firm lands new owners

Conric PR + Marketing, one of the leading digital marketing agencies in Fort Myers, has new owners.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 17, 2023
Study finds glimmer of hope in Florida’s battered housing market

As negative news continues to pour in, a study shows that home construction in Florida is among the best in the country.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 2, 2023
Fort Myers cancer services practice receives $65 million investment

Funds will help American Oncology Network continue its mission of supporting community-based oncology practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2022
Is it stadium or bust for St. Pete mayor’s new approach to Trop site?

Ken Welch says proposals must include a ballpark, but the Tampa Bay Rays are mum on the matter.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 11, 2022
Chicago investor buys second Sarasota complex — total investment in area tops $287 million

Real estate giant LaSalle Investment Management buys a second Sarasota apartment complex in as many months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2022
Downtown Tampa skyscraper sells to New York firm

The Wells Fargo building was sold by its owner of 10 years to The Feil Organization.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 8, 2022
Swiss life sciences company choses Tampa for regional HQ

The company will open an office in USF Health’s CAMLS center downtown.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 24, 2022
Developer to convert Naples hotel to workforce housing

The developer will take a 104-room hotel in Naples and turn it into apartments that are affordable for area workers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 10, 2022
Tampa Bay voters again reject tax for transportation improvements

Hillsborough County’s proposed 1% levy would have generated $340 million for public transit and measures that would improve traffic safety and ease congestion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 20, 2022
Watch out Santa: Gift-giving drones take to Tampa skies

For a $3.99 fee, Walmart will offer aerial delivery to customers who live within a mile of four participating stores in the area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2010
Fraudsters multiply with unemployment

The Better Business Bureau of West Florida has issued a warning about various scam artists attempting to take advantage of jobless residents along the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2013
HSN's cool and mobile

HSN Inc. CEO Mindy Grossman respects Amazon.com, but she doesn't consider the online retailer a competitor - at least not directly.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
No butts allowed

You'll find Starbucks coffee, iPads built into countertops and dog parks at Crescent Crosstown, but you won't see smokers lighting up cigarettes at the 25-acre retreat-style community.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Glenview Capital tries to oust HMA board

The hedge fund urges shareholders of the hospital operator to elect a new board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2011
New blog tracks Ponzi schemes across U.S.

Seems like there are blogs for everything these days. But Tampa attorney Jordan Maglich was surprised to learn no one, far as he could tell, monitored Ponzi schemes nationwide.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2012
Presidential impact on small businesses up for debate

Despite the tsunami of heat President Barack Obama took for his “You didn't build that” comment, the business community, at least in one new survey, stands behind him.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2012
Local product receives 'awesome' endorsement

Würkin Stiffs, the business behind magnetic devices that connect collars to shirts, got the gift of entrepreneurial dreams just before Christmas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2021
New Jersey developers buy 120,000 square feet in warehouse space near airport for more than $11 million

The Sudler Cos. buy two warehouses on Benjamin Road, near Tampa airport, for $11.25 million

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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