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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2017
Pies in July

Marketing, print and mail shop turns to apple pies for an edge.

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  • December 23, 2009
Popular bar to get new look

The Clubhouse Tavern, will be renamed Rusty Hook Tavern by its team of entrepreneurial owners.

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  • August 7, 2015
Marina in historic village gets new life

The 68-slip marina at the Seafood Shack will get a “massive upgrade,” its owners say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2008
Market RUBDOWN

Opening 10 massage stores during an economic slump might sound crazy. But growing like that is comfort food to one Gulf Coast entrepreneur.

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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • August 2, 2013
Minimum Wage, Maximum Controversy

Employees of fast food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC are on strike in cities from New York to Detroit.

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  • October 19, 2012
Ted Todd

President, Ted Todd Insurance |Bonita Springs | Insurance

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  • June 13, 2011
Contrarian view on new Rays stadium

Amid all the chatter over how great it would be to build a gleaming new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays in downtown Tampa, one business leader believes it just isn't necessary.

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  • June 24, 2011
Bacon's leases Robb & Stucky building

Port Charlotte-based Bacon's Furniture has leased the 68,000-square-foot Robb & Stucky building on South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 29, 2013
Accountant checks into new gig

Well-known Bradenton CPA and executive Gregory Green has left his firm of more than a decade, Shinn & Co., to go out on his own.

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  • January 6, 2017
What if?

The statewide boom in tourism, a jobs machine for the region, has to end sometime, right?

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 24, 2025
Sarasota Memorial Hospital unveils $75M research, education center

The Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute will provide space for medical and clinical innovation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 29, 2018
Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys iconic area hotel

Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys famed Vinoy Renaissance resort in St. Petersburg, the latest in a string of high-profile lodging deals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 28, 2021
Beware of the hidden, insidious tax: inflation

Food prices are rising 8% to 10% a month for restaurants. Don’t blame the suppliers. Blame the Washington looters for printing too much money.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 1, 2016
Broker of youth

Success in commercial real estate traditionally only comes with experience. An innovative leader aims to disrupt that model.

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  • December 22, 2009
Watch grass grow, get a degree

Hodges University, which has campuses in Fort Myers and Naples, plans to offer an associate degree in turf grass management next year at the Kenneth Oscar Johnson School of Business.

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  • April 15, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • August 14, 2012
Building around America's pastime

Creating strong, long-term relationships with its subcontractors has paid off in an interesting way for Ed Taylor Construction.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 12, 2009
Cracking the Code

While legislators look for a science-based, politically acceptable plan for oil drilling, new technology for extracting natural gas is aligning with state and federal energy policy to potentially unlock Florida waters and the eastern Gulf.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 16, 2016
Got skills

Ross Edlund has taken the slow and steady approach to growth with his comfort food restaurant chain. That strategy is about to change.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2015
And pigs (and profits) will fly

Canada sends a lot to Florida, starting with thousands of winter tourists and snowbirds.

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