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  • By George Rauch |
  • October 11, 2013
Government bonds: financial disaster

Government bonds are decreasing in value because the public is unwilling to take interest payments of 1.5% to 2% annually for the risk of holding government debt.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 26, 2015
Make it sync

Even 35-year branding experts make mistakes. This one learned a lot, too.

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  • November 4, 2011
Find Good People

Karen Kocher Anderson is the best human resource professional, as voted by her peers. She offers some advice for entrepreneurs and business owners.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2011
Ft. Myers real estate improves

While state picture worsens, foreclosures decrease in Lee County.

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  • December 18, 2014
Airport traffic points to busier season

A 4.8% increase in the number of passengers flying through the Fort Myers airport in November bodes well for the start of the winter tourism season.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2010
Three easy steps ... to pay taxes

If you follow the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce on Twitter, you may have noticed the tweet posted by the organization last week: How to start a small business in #Tampa. And then a link to a page on the City of Tampa's website, claiming that, “starting a small business in Tampa is as easy as 1-2-3.”

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  • May 2, 2011
Website's focus is on transit

Despite the overwhelming defeat of a referendum for commuter rail in Hillsborough County last fall, the Tampa Bay Partnership isn't ready to give up just yet.

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  • August 31, 2016
Real estate brokerage punts Michigan, lands in Sarasota

McMullen Properties Inc. was founded in 1910.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2025
Hospitality chain buys Fort Myers mall property

The Tennessee developer plans to build a Hampton Inn on the site just off I-75.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2013
Bank bidders get busy on the Gulf Coast

The most active banks that seek to buy failed institutions nationwide have been busy on the Gulf Coast.

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  • May 12, 2010
Telling data behind No. 1 rank

NRT, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Florida, is once again top-ranked nationwide. But annual sales have been falling.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 3, 2015
Benderson named to top national retail lists

Manatee County-based Benderson Development Co. LLC has been named one of the largest retail property owners and managers in the U.S. by National Real Estate Investor — and it is the only company headquartered on the Gulf Coast to be so recognized.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 15, 2024
Tampa attorney gives youth in foster care hand with new app

Taylor Sartor takes an innovative approach to helping young people in the foster care system know their rights.

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  • March 7, 2014
San Francisco's Bristol Group buys Salamanca Pointe Apartments

The price equated to $67,800 per unit.

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  • October 17, 2019
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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.

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  • July 15, 2014
Hospitals in Sarasota, Tampa, ranked tops in U.S.

Tampa General is the second-best medical center in the state, report says.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 13, 2022
Losses from Hurricane Ian could top $1 billion for local insurer

Huge losses for insurance companies likely to put even more pressure on state run Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

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  • October 13, 2017
Lee standouts

We're No. 3, No. 7 and No.15 in national survey.

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  • May 29, 2015
Cheesehead uses noggin to find employees

Sarasota entrepreneur Louise Kennedy Converse recently tackled nearly every business owner's primary anxiety — how to find top employees — with a unique approach: raw and uncomplicated honesty.

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