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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2014
Survivor banker retires

How many people can say they've had the same career for 50 years?

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 24, 2011
Top Tomato

The state's largest tomato producer is confident the agriculture business in Florida is profitable, even as it faces greater government regulation and rising costs. Lipman's newly installed CEO, Kent Shoemaker, is planning some acquisitions.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2011
'New' federal courthouse might not outlast neighbors

The next time someone argues that buildings aren't built as well as they used to be, the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse in downtown Tampa could be pointed to as an example.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2011
Borders bankruptcy isn't good for indies

You might think the widespread store closings resulting from Borders' recent bankruptcy would be good news for independent booksellers. But you'd be wrong.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Development firms partner on luxury apartment community

CC Residential, Barron Collier Companies open first buildings of Addison Place in North Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2017
Tampa woos new headquarters, plus 150 jobs

BlueLine Associates is expected to invest $2 million in the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2016
Waste not, want not

Executives and supervisors at Waste Pro often walk around facilities with wads of hundred-dollar bills in their pockets.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2018
March surge sees region set bed-tax record

Spurred by hotel revenues in March 2018, Tampa Bay’s tourism development tax, also known as the bed tax, has topped $4 million in a single month for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 26, 2020
Cleaning companies grapple with business overload

Industrial and decontamination cleanup companies are the low-hanging fruit of business increases as the pandemic plays out.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 4, 2009
Delivering for clients

All of the business done by Dermazone Solutions utilizes one main technological feature: a patented “nano-sized” nutrient delivery system for skin care products. The company has used that product to significantly expand the firm's scope of work.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 5, 2014
Doing Moore

The sales team at a property management firm was stuck. Then they stopped talking.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

This week's items: Bradenton entrepreneur redevelops Ninth Ave. warehouseVenice Little Theatre relocates props departmentJohn Cannon Homes sees record third quarter

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 28, 2023
Plant City apartments sell to NJ buyer for $31.6 million

A medical company sells its HQ, a new downtown high rise in the works, and a real estate firm gets into CRE top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 6, 2011
Moving Up

The Media Crew, a Largo ad agency focused on online banner ads, sees a new wave of business rolling ashore. It's adding to its current company segments to meet that demand.

  • News
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • February 19, 2010
Level playing field

Level 3 Communications is preparing to take market share from their competitors in Tampa Bay.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2014
Prominent Sarasota insurance firm sold

Three generations of Ludwigs have run Ludwig-Walpole Co. since 1933.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kyle Elliott |
  • March 14, 2025
Capitalizing on the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program

Under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, businesses that lease real property may receive a dollar-for-dollar credit against the state sales tax.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 7, 2012
Pickhardt's Plan

Acquiring companies to grow can be a perilous strategy. Pest control entrepreneur George Pickhardt thinks he's found a way to hedge against the hazards.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 10, 2024
Heather Woods-Elya, 38

40 Under 40 winner Heather Woods-Elya is partner and vice president of sales and marketing at California Closets Southwest Florida.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 24, 2017
The Governor v. The Speaker

Don't let the dispute over Enterprise Florida devolve to the level of Washington politics. Be statesmen.

  • Opinion
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