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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2016
Giant development wins school approval

Babcock Ranch Neighborhood School will begin accepting enrollment applications this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 30, 2015
Green more fashionable in Tampa real estate

New research from CBRE shows the Tampa market is one of the fastest-growing when it comes to environmental building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
Get down and dirty with trades

Mike Rowe, of “Dirty Jobs” TV show fame, wants to change the way people think about blue-collar work.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2025
Jabil Inc. gets $3.2 billion line of credit after expansion announced

The St. Petersburg technology company disclosed the revolving credit facility in an SEC filing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 1, 2016
Suds on the bus

Standing out in what's become a crowded field of independent breweries can be difficult. One company, with franchise plans, thinks it has an edge.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2023
Sailing school company promotes internally for new CFO

Offshore Sailing School turns 60 years old next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 15, 2010
Googling is basis for new book

Inspiration for a book can come from just about anywhere, and often in time to go to press right before gift-giving season.

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  • April 5, 2013
Enfield to FGCU: Dunk This

That didn't take long.

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  • May 15, 2015
Glazer adds name to historic Tampa armory

It's been an iconic home to history for decades -- from an early performance by Elvis Presley that made the cover of his first album, to one of the final speeches delivered by President John F. Kennedy.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 17, 2025
Champs Sports looks to reinvent its store experience starting in Brandon

The chain, which is part of Foot Locker, has opened two reimagined store concepts incorporating technology and customer insights to create what it calls a new approach to reach shoppers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 21, 2006
Hungry for Growth

The second largest public real estate brokerage in Florida fills holes in its market coverage by buying a firm in two Gulf Coast counties. It looks to get bigger by acquisitions and agents.

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  • October 19, 2016
Radio firm tunes into $24M sale

Beasley Broadcast Group arranged the sale to comply with FCC ownership regulations.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • July 17, 2017
Waterfront eatery keeps award streak alive

Sale e Pepe wins more recognition from Wine Spectator magazine.

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  • May 28, 2014
Chico's profit falls 22%

Women's retailer Chico's FAS posted a decline in quarterly profit because of higher promotional expenses to boost store traffic.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 12, 2015
Alico juices up citrus sales

Alico's citrus sales more than doubled in the second quarter on the heels of major acquisitions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 3, 2011
Out of the Trap

Entrepreneurs often have to reinvent themselves and their companies to survive and grow, but Everett 'Buzz' Waid took it a step further by switching to a new industry.

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  • May 4, 2022
Naples chef who beat Bobby Flay embraces White House visit

Asif Syed calls the White House visit "an extraordinary privilege."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

Ranch's condo rush: Palmer Ranch is in the middle of a condo conversion rush.Stretching for success: It took the loss of an employee who was being groomed for the chief operating officer job to convince Lee Wetherington he needed to diversify his company's top operational position.Health care: businesses still buying despite cost: Two-thirds of small businesses provide health insurance benefits for their employees, according to a new study from the International Profit Associates Small Business Research Board. Consumers like little banks: Banks have had happier depositors and borrowers during the past two years, according to the University of Michigan's latest quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index.Around and around: The way Irish American Properties is acquiring property for the Fruitville Road roundabout it would seem that it was a done deal.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 24, 2009
Pools of Profit

The pool supply business would seemingly be crushed by the recession. But one Gulf Coast entrepreneur has risen above the rubble.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 5, 2023
Multimillion-dollar gym to open in north Manatee County

The Crunch Fitness is the fifth owned by the franchisee in the Sarasota-Bradenton area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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