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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
Local entrepreneur wins another award

The Review's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is getting some statewide recognition.

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  • November 12, 2010
Sarasota's Marson Group buys vacant Venice land

Sarasota-based Marson Group Inc. purchased 1.83 acres between Nokomis Avenue South and Calle Central in downtown Venice for $450,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 14, 2010
Rowing facility approved

Sarasota County has not determined the funding source for the $28 million project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 1, 2011
Review takes home awards

The Review won first place in the special section category for its Gulf Coast 500.

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  • July 28, 2011
Boat retailer profitable again

Clearwater-based MarineMax posts strongest financial results in years.

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  • October 24, 2012
Report shows RNC's impact

The August convention provided a spike in hotel demand and media coverage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 22, 2011
Chico's earnings miss mark

The retailer earned $26 million in net income, but investors expected more.

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  • April 4, 2019
Youth-focused nonprofit adds two board members

Fort Myers councilman, Lee County school board representative elected to board of Uncommon Friends Foundation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 21, 2014
Platinum Health Care LLC buys Emeritus at Fort Myers

The price equated to $36,018 per bed.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 25, 2016
Home prices march higher

The median price of existing single-family homes in the Fort Myers and Naples areas continued to rise in December compared with the same month a year ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 20, 2015
Mexican miners pay hefty price for Odyssey

Looking for buried treasure takes more than just a map and an “X” to mark the spot.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 15, 2025
HSN updates layoff numbers, 375 people to be let go in July

Almost three times the number of spring layoffs are expected to occur, Home Shopping Network's parent company QVC announced.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 23, 2023
Gulfside Bank hires leadership for new upcoming location

The new bank is expected to open next year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 5, 2015
Sarasota home services firm blossoms nationwide

Direct Energy Services will add locations from Panama City to Pennsylvania.

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  • June 3, 2024
Bealls names new member of leadership team

Leana Less is the new senior vice president of marketing for Bradenton-based Bealls Inc.

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  • May 5, 2020
Company restores executive pay while it staves off bankruptcy

Rental car giant Hertz Global Holdings has until May 22 to come up with new plan to avoid liquidating vehicles or other issues.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 18, 2019
Virginia firm snaps up four office buildings near USF campus

Real Estate Value Advisors of Virginia has purchased four Class B office buildings near the USF tampa campus for $25 million, adding to its local portfolio.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 22, 2017
Quick Text

A tech entrepreneur says he's found a way for fellow businesses to get out of the purgatory of 'please hold.'

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 29, 2013
In position

Some industrial space brokers in Tampa foresee a market on the mend. The recent Amazon announcement — 1,000 jobs and 1 million square feet — is a large catalyst.

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  • October 16, 2015
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