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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2010
Progress through Freedom

Progress and prosperity follow a less intrusive government, one more attuned to buttressing property rights and free trade and allowing open markets and capitalism to thrive.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 3, 2020
Get busy: Venerable courier service, amid pandemic, sees surge in demand

Busy Beaver Express, a Dade City, Florida-based courier company founded in 1995, has weathered massive shifts in the way business documents and products are transmitted.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • January 21, 2021
Killer views: firm invests $7 million in virtual studio

Entrepreneur’s penchant for embracing the latest in technology — along with a hefty investment — creates a path to climb beyond the pandemic.  

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 12, 2021
Plaintiff attorneys on losing end of business interruption insurance cases

Lawsuits statewide against insurance firms in Florida, with allegations of not paying claims, have failed to gain any traction with judges.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 13, 2022
Fight club: Tech company leader roughs up the competition

Most sporty executives tend to gravitate toward golf and tennis. Tampa, Florida, tech firm CEO Stan Liberatore competes in mixed martial arts fights.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 10, 2025
Manufacturing CEO turns flying hobby into a way of life

Flying, for manufacturing CEO Scott Ashton, isn’t merely a way to get from here to there.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2008
Fees in free fall

Local governments are reducing impact fees to spur development and boost the tax base.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 15, 2024
47-year-old Fort Myers retail plaza sells for $4.8 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new hotel is coming to Sarasota, a new subdivision to be built near Tampa, and a Naples industrial property brings $1 million.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Rod Thomson: Mozambique vs. Michigan: A lesson for us

Michigan and Mozambique are going in opposite directions. They offer lessons to Gulf Coast business leaders.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 9, 2021
On the Move

Sudler Cos. has developed primarily in New Jersey for the past century. But a new generation at the family company believes other markets — namely Central Florida — deserve attention, too.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 12, 2021
Exposure: Zero

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield now operates a single mall in Central and Southwest Florida and says it may begin exiting the U.S. by the end of next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 21, 2011
Retool Time

Economic development and regulatory reform transition teams offer Gov. Rick Scott dramatic ideas to shift Florida into a new economy.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 17, 2025
US News Best Nursing Homes list includes 34 in region

More than 30 nursing homes from Tampa to Lakeland to Naples earned top ratings from U.S. News & World Report.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Builders contest impact fees How SMH is stopping the bleedingLongboat company disputes claim

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Bold business

Startup struggles are so 2007 for Tricia Bolds. Now, with a company nearing $5 million in annual sales, she has other pressing challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 19, 2011
Zen Bears

Deb Canham's hobby-focused business is down more than 50%, courtesy of the recession. Her story of career transformation, and now, business survival, is nonetheless stirring.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2021
$430 million healthcare nonprofit names new CEO

Rick Carlisle had been CEO of CAN Community Health since April 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 25, 2018
Shannon Kirsten Couch, 33

Owner and artist, Shannon Kirsten Studio

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 22, 2016
Trade up

The hunt for top employees at a renowned resort is in full blast in January. Will $2.4 million in salary increases push it to the top?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 31, 2015
'Everything's Possible'

Hands-on meets high-tech at a startup that created a unique kids building kit. The next goal: big-time sales and chain stores.

  • Entrepreneurs
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