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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2013
No phone on the road

We all know it's now against Florida law to text while driving.

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • May 6, 2011
Business School

A new magnet school in Orlando will prepare high school students on how to be successful in business. Slated to open in 2012, the school will emphasize entrepreneurship and free enterprise.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 17, 2017
'Premier Market'

Fifth Third Bancorp President and CEO Greg Carmichael says the bank is eager to grow its presence in Florida.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 14, 2015
Anchors away

How do you battle giant competitors? With a gung-ho, non-defeatist attitude toward getting business anytime, anywhere.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2022
Venice hospital — citing competition and other forces — announces it will shutter next month

ShorePoint Health Venice will no longer continue operating after Sept. 22 as a full hospital, instead turning to outpatient services.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2009
Commissioner's claims thinning out

State Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty's claims of new capital propping up the property insurance market are again being called out — and this time some powerful people in the state are taking notice.

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  • September 24, 2010
Clublink buys WCI golf courses

ClubLink US Corp. purchased eight golf courses and associated facilities in Sun City from WCI Communities for $8.7 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2013
Blue Rock, Goff Capital buy Westbury at Lake Brandon

The price equated to $106,011 per unit and was $3.25 million less than the apartment last sold for in early 2007.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2013
Beer man pours on the jokes

Retired Marine Col. John Saputo, a decorated veteran, wags a sharp wit under his tough guy exterior — though it sometimes gets lost in running a $90 million beer distribution business.

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  • November 1, 2012
Nothing is flat about local entrepreneur's expansion

Steve Martin's Gulf Coast taco empire continues to grow.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2012
Chomp to success, one store at a time

Steve Martin keeps opening more Tijuana Flats restaurants on the Gulf Coast, yet the question of why he has launched another business in a recession keeps dogging him.

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  • October 8, 2020
Report: executive women suffer from more self-doubt than men

Imposter Syndrome is real in the C-Suite occupied by women.

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  • January 18, 2019
Credit card partnership aims to strengthen baseball, travel ties

Baseball fans will be able to carry an Allegiant World Mastercard in their wallets that offers baseball-related benefits.

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  • January 27, 2017
Builder hearts Florida

A $400 million Michigan builder and contractor, Rockford Construction, seeks to gain business traction in Florida.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 30, 2017
Market Spotlight | Downtown Tampa Office Market

Job and population growth and a lack of inventory make Tampa hot, hot, hot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2015
TerraCap buys four Sarasota office buildings for $37.1M

The Bonita Springs-based firm has purchased the Gateway Professional Center in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2015
Tampa office causes contractor problems

The third quarter was a tough one for Houston-based Orion Marine Group, a civil marine contactor, and the company pointed to the firm's Tampa office for most of its problems.

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  • August 14, 2015
Palms look promising for bank

A downtown Sarasota patch of grass once used for lunchtime food trucks is the latest sign the banking industry is hungry for a bigger piece of the economic recovery.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 25, 2024
Average airfares drop in Tampa Bay, rise slightly at Sarasota-Bradenton

The price of getting somewhere via a plane is going up nationally.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 22, 2024
Nordstrom Rack to open in Sarasota shopping center

The new Sarasota location will open in 2026, according to a statement from Nordstrom.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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