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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 22, 2025
Eye care practice in $615K fraud case responds to allegations

Gulfcoast Eye Care says it relied on information from an unnamed third-party vendor.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2010
Tampa lawyer joins PSC

Gov. Crist appoints Julie Brown to the Florida Public Service Commission.

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  • October 13, 2011
Progressive hires 130 in Tampa

The insurance firm plans additional hiring after adding 110 in June.

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  • June 25, 2012
JetBlue eyes Naples

Discount airlines JetBlue scouts Naples to offer service to New York.

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  • October 10, 2012
MetJet starts Green Bay link

MetJet inaugurates air service from Fort Myers to Green Bay, Wis.

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  • July 10, 2012
Nonstop Nashville

Southwest launches winter nonstop flight to Nashville.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2022
Publix, Walmart, others closing stores, cutting hours as storm nears

The area’s two largest grocers are closing nearly 330 locations between them as Hurricane Ian gets close to landfall. More closings are likely to follow.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 8, 2017
Glass Ceiling

Disrupting an industry, particularly one many try to avoid, is rife with obstacles. A novelist-turned-entrepreneur tackles it with heartfelt passion.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2019
Landscape firm chases market share — and $40M in sales

Behind a unique pair of senior-level managers, ArtisTree has lots of room to grow.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 21, 2020
Top brokers join new firms in Tampa, Fort Myers

Avison Young and Colliers International add veterans Ayers, Stoneburner to their rosters.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2019
The robots are coming to Florida's west coast — for these jobs

According to a January report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute, four of the top 25 and eight of the top 50 metro area most vulnerable to losing jobs to automation are on or next to Florida’s West Coast. No. 3 is Lakeland-Win

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  • May 20, 2016
Corporate report

Tampa firm continues hiring surge; CEOs rank Florida among best states for business; Officials offer firm more than $1 million; Architecture firm adds trio; Former Tampa executive takes Naples post; Business leaders elected to Hall of Fame

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 25, 2023
FPL pays $30 million for 3,400 acres in Manatee County

Florida Power & Light has bought the acreage in Myakka City as state records show it plans to build three solar centers in the county.

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  • October 20, 2022
Education nonprofit named semifinalist for $1 million prize

RCMA is one of 32 up for the Yass Prize.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 18, 2012
Innovating Ancient Industry

The recession tested many a business model, but the shift FreightCenter made to weather the downturn opened a new avenue of sales.

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  • October 8, 2012
Tampa Tribune sold for $9.5M

A private equity investment group bought the newspaper from Media General.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Access to the Acre

Vegetable grower and packer Lipman is diversifying its operations by acquiring companies in other parts of the country.

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  • July 1, 2021
Ad agency adds clients and work to roster, staffs up Jacksonville office

St. Pete ad agency Paradise grows on the strength of its work with tourism clients

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 17, 2021
Nearly 70-year-old lumber company sold

Tibbetts Lumber Co. buys Largo truss manufacturer founded in 1954

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2020
Marketing consultant offers advice about business content strategy

Tiffany McEachern, a marketing consultant at Clearwater-based Tech Data, shared tips about the power of storytelling and measuring content performance.

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