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  • March 6, 2012
Tampa in top 10 for travel

Florida cities dominated Hotwire.com's list for best travel value.

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  • April 19, 2021
Clothing distribution center closing, leading to more than 100 layoffs

Perry Ellis International will close its Tampa distribution center in July

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 24, 2020
Southwest Florida lands retail discounters

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Goodwill Industries opening new stores in Bonita Springs, East Naples

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  • January 11, 2019
Virginia firm buys Clearwater apartments for $78 million

General Services Corp.'s purchase of the Grand Reserve at Palm Isle brings to 11 the number of multifamily rental properties the Virginia company now owns in Florida.

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  • July 14, 2017
Time to launch

OpenMyFloridaBusiness.gov ready to help new businesses

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  • August 15, 2016
Tech entrepreneur buys ABA basketball team

Tryouts for the Sarasota Manatees will be held Aug. 19 and Aug. 20.

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  • February 19, 2025
Tampa venture capital firm invests in govtech startup

It's the firm’s first leap into the government sector

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 7, 2025
Hoffmann Family of Cos. acquires Naples marine tourism business

The Naples conglomerate purchased Pure Florida, which specializes in such activities as dolphin tours and personal watercraft rentals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 22, 2025
Investment firm buys Naples apartment community

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  • September 27, 2013
Quality trumps quantity in social media

Social media may not provide huge returns, but they can help build an engaged, loyal customer base.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 20, 2022
Accountant pleads guilty to murder-for-hire plot involving dark web and Bitcoin

Tampa accountant was charged with trying to hire someone to kill the wife of an ex-boyfriend

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 31, 2015
Corporate report

Mortgage Bankers Association installs board of governors; Coastal Orthopedics conducting new spinal-cord research; Jabil reaches agreement to grow in Vietnam; Innovative Food Holdings subsidiary growing Chicago area presence; Action Automatic Door & Gate expands to Manatee County

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  • October 18, 2022
Boston hospitality company shuttering Tampa hotel and laying off all employees

The company will close the Westshore district hotel near Tampa International Airport on Dec. 19, six days before Christmas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 15, 2021
Nashville firm buys Swan Lake apartments

Covenant Capital Group focuses on acquisitions with upside potential from renovations.

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  • September 4, 2020
Pinellas apartments sell for $120 million

St. Petersburg, Largo apartment complex sales demonstrate that demand for multifamily rentals in the county remains strong, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 9, 2019
Rainier buys Woodlands Square for $64 million

A Dallas-based investment firm has spent $64 million to acquire the Woodlands Square Shopping Center in Oldsmar in the wake of a multimillion renovation.

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  • March 26, 2015
Scientists face 20 years in prison

Mahmoud Aldissi and Anastassia Bogomolova were found guilty of wire fraud, identity theft and falsifying records.

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  • February 6, 2024
Pinellas medical manufacturer will close facility, lay off employees

BioDerm has notified the state that is cutting about 50 employees at its facility in Largo but says it will eventually relocate in the county.

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  • January 14, 2010
Corporate Report: Brown & Brown CFO retiring, subsidiary buys Alamo Group

A subsidiary of Daytona Beach- and Tampa-based Brown & Brown Inc. has purchased the assets of San Antonio's Alamo Insurance Group Inc., provider of property and casualty, employee benefits and personal insurance, plus risk management services with annual revenues of $4.3 million.

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  • November 3, 2017
Where's the moral thinking of Amazon executives?

Reader spreads the word about public incentives.

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