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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 18, 2023
$435M Sarasota nonprofit plans relocation to Tampa

CAN Community Health has been headquartered in Sarasota since 2018.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 25, 2020
Fast-moving financial crisis demands decisive action: banker

David Druey, Centennial Bank’s Florida regional president, says the coronavirus pandemic presents a host of challenges.

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  • By Tom Hall |
  • November 6, 2025
The Florida Aquarium at 30: How one building truly changed a city

A belief in Tampa — and a hope in an unseen vision — led a major success that defined three decades of growth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
Heavy Lifting

Gevity develops a new business model as it slowly discards its old one. Some competitors follow, while some fill gaps left behind by Gevity.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2011
Dunkin' doubles down in Polk

Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Donuts has signed a deal to develop five restaurants in Polk County to add to the six it already has in the county.

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  • April 5, 2012
Tough odds for Obamacare repeal

The chairman of the Cato Institute told a group of that the chances the Supreme Court will repeal Obamacare are less than 50%.

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  • October 4, 2013
Wasteful government agency shuttered

Agriculture commissioner approves the dissolution of a Lee County agency.

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  • July 18, 2008
Sarasota/Manatee 40 under 40

A look at the best an brightest under 40 in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2008
The Flower Guru

A Gulf Coast florist, known to dozens of florists nationwide as a "never ending machine of ideas," is competing against - and beating - industry heavyweights.

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  • September 26, 2003
YP Sarah Hoffe

Sarah Hoffe, a radiation oncologist for 21st Century Oncology, talks about work, dealing with death, who has mentored her and more.

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  • October 24, 2003
Ahead of the Wave

Transplanted British developer Derick Coles sees rising British investment and immigration coming to Florida. His New Horizons' clients are bringing $500 million a year into Florida.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at company briefs from around the Gulf Coast for free.

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  • June 11, 2010
Corporate Report: June 11 - June 17

New information from HSN, Sykes Enterprises, Health Management Associates, and more.

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  • August 29, 2014
Corporate Report

Pushing the Envelope wins two Golden Image awards; Hertz debuts new mobile car app for trip planning, in-car GPS syncing; Discount Coupons Corp. buying Conejo Deals websites; Flameret subsidiary introducing hemp oil product and more corporate news.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 29, 2010
Ocular Opportunity

One of the Gulf Coast's largest eye-care practices seeks more growth — without relinquishing its obsessively tight grip on its vaunted customer service approach. It's a delicate balance.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 6, 2025
Danny Perez: The new disrupter

At last there is a Florida speaker addressing what we have all seen: Our so-called conservative Republican lawmakers have a spending problem.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 10, 2021
Pair of shopping centers seeks to fill empty grocery stores

Landlords also look toward Amazon-proof stores.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk:SKY Sotheby's confirms move :Looks like Coffee Talk was on to something when it reported last month that the word in local real estate circles was Brandyn Herbold, co-founder of Sarasota luxury real estate firm SKY Sotheby's International Realty, was planning a big move, possibly to Minnesota. Review gets an intelligence boost: The Review is welcoming another member to the family: The S2 Report, a free daily business newsletter sent by e-mailChico's continues transparency: Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS is known on Wall Street for its straight talk with investors and a recent filing demonstrates that once again.Tired of golf? Treat customers to the circus: Here's a break from the norm: Instead of taking your important clients for another round of golf or treating your star-performing employees to a four-star dinner, how about a night under the big top?Tampa Bay still has work to do: There really weren't any surprises in the newest economic development scorecard of the Tampa Bay region. How Tampa Bay ComparesA friend of Florida business?: Even though the position of lieutenant governor in Florida is far from a decision-making powerhouse, Coffee Talk did a double take when Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist picked Cape Coral State Rep. Jeff Kottkamp as his running mate. Another cool confernce in Sarasota: Last month, the initial Sarasota/Manatee Technology Conference: Integration at the Crossroads wo

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  • August 3, 2022
Brokerage buys pair of vacation rental firms — including one that leases houses for $100K a month

Companies are being folded into JRW Vacation Rentals LLC, A John R. Wood Company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Getting it back

Steve Delaney lost a lucrative book-printing deal a year ago to low-cost Chinese competitors, but he won it back when the Olympics disrupted business there. The deal shows how American businesses can take advantage of the perils of offshoring.

  • Entrepreneurs
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