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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 13, 2025
Report: Small business optimism up, but worries percolate

An increase in business owners expecting more sales was the biggest factor in the increased Optimism Index.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 2, 2006
Condo Craze: Tampa Top 10

The Southwest Florida construction industry keeps on motoring. Condos aredriving the growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 8, 2023
St. Petersburg-based financial services founder dies at 89

Bob Menke's 'entrepreneurial spirit and tenacious perseverance' led to the success of Bankers Financial Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Giving Back

Professional football player Warrick Dunn and Florida Bar President Kelly Overstreet Johnson talk to local judges and lawyers about their volunteer work.

  • Law
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • December 29, 2017
Boat Brigade

A Southwest Florida boat business, with a plan to bring more service to wherever its customer is, seeks more market share in 2018.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 12, 2014
Fee down

Banks nationwide have slashed or abandoned deposit account fees that previously made up for income lost in other areas. The trend goes both ways on the Gulf Coast.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 9, 2016
Instagram for grownups

Scott Relf sold his startup company to Google in 2011. His next company also has bold ambitions.

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Still not coasting: There isn't a community bank in the Tampa Bay area that is moving faster than Coast Bank of Florida.CEO: Chico's will grow faster: The president and chief executive officer of Fort Myers-based Chico FAS Inc. says his company will double sales in the next three years.Bust or boom: Will Sarasota County's upward trek in real estate prices continue or is the bubble about to pop?Tuscano: large golf course community: Coffee Talk reported last week that Jacksonville developer Stokes & Co. LLC, used the corporate identity of Tuscano LLC, to purchase 2,398.5 acres in North Port's Thomas Ranch, but officials weren't talking.Lee County's top 10 zoning zones: Tony Palermo agrees he's no David Letterman, but that doesn't mean the senior planner with Lee County's department of community development can't come up with his own top-10 list. Palermo compiled a list of the top areas in Lee County for zoning cases so far this year through Aug. 31, which include but are not limited to rezoning and variance requests.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2021
Area community ranks No. 1 in U.S. for home sales through June

Lakewood Ranch residential transactions are up 83% from the same time in 2020, survey of master-planned communities finds

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2020
Performing arts hall puts together schedule of virtual events

Van Wezel is trying to make the most of the tricky time — and stay top of mind with patrons — by shifting to the virtual arena.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2020
Stats reveal how we comfort ourselves with food

Bite Squad analyzed the most popular dishes ordered by customers from Lakeland through Naples, Florida, for delivery since March.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 30, 2024
8 Florida teams, with Yankees on top, surpass 100K in spring training attendance

The Tampa Bay Rays reached about 4,000 fans per game in Charlotte County.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 17, 2025
Realty team helps shape condos across the region

Simon Bacon, executive director of Development Services for Michael Saunders & Co., says variation is ahead in the condo market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: Grand opening of Tampa ChamberBancshares of Florida Inc. enters Tampa marketFlorida Hospitals place second in national rankingFlorida Magazine Association meets, awards, in Sarasotat

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 5, 2025
Manatee County considers buying $23.5M building out east

Staff is proposing to move the administration building to Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 28, 2025
Immigration program provides $47M toward Bradenton apartments

EB-5 has been targeted by the Trump administration. But for now, the sometimes-complicated federal foreign investor program is helping to fund an apartment community being built on the site of DeSoto Square Mall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Econofists

A prominent panel in Tallahassee continues to debate tax policy that could ultimately become a decision all Florida voters will make. The latest kink: Inviting the Legislature into the process.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2003
Patently Offended

BillingNetwork.com, an Internet medical-billing company, notified 250 competitors they may be in violation of federal patent laws. It has sued four of them.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2023
Comcast names new top lobbyist for SWFL market

Role is a Fort Myers-area homecoming for Justin Damiano.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 8, 2023
St. Petersburg realty firm names top broker

Premier Sotheby's International Realty appoints Doug Swain as top broker.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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