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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2007
George Rauch: Bull market discounts bad news

Despite all of the obvious economic dislocations, the stock market has a mind of its own. For now, as the saying goes, 'the trend is your friend.'

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Bradenton Beach City Commission wants to review all major development plansOffice vacancy rates shoot upHotel left out of Fruitville development planFifth Third is first

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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • August 16, 2013
Power and Speed

A look at life in the fast lane with Fowler White Boggs' leading lady.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 14, 2019
In Focus: Fort Myers

The Lee County submarket of Fort Myers has tempered somewhat in the past year after reaching a number of commercial real estate superlatives

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2019
Tampa area officials grapple with workforce quality issues

With the results of a comprehensive comparison study against nearly 20 peers, Tampa area officials and business leaders have a core challenge: to recruit and retain talent.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2022
Leader of Tampa tech association to step down after 10 years

Virginia Lee will succeed Jill St. Thomas as interim CEO of Tampa Bay Tech.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2022
Takeout pasta concept opens third franchise in region

Passersby will notice a mural created by local artists and watch the signature DalMoros pasta machine at work.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Runner-Up 2

Jerry Williams, Chairman, President and CEO, Orion Bancorp: Is there an entrepreneurial gene?If so, it's dominant in Jerry Williams' family. In Athens, Texas, Williams' father and grandfather created numerous successful ventures, from steel construction to auto-parts stores.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2010
Banking news not all gloom and doom

Coffee Talk is happy to report that not all the news in local community banking is about regulatory shut downs and desperate capital raising efforts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2013
Tampa Bay foreclosures are nation's fourth-highest

Florida is still the hardest-hit state for foreclosures, a new report shows.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2021
Local company receives premarket clearance on wound care product

The Omeza Collagen Matrix is the company's first medical prescription product.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2021
Over 50% of homes in sustainable community sell during pre-sale period

Hunters Point, from homebuilder Pearl Homes, will have 86 single-family, zero-energy homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2020
More than 10,000 apartments, even in the pandemic, remain in the works

Some multifamily developers like what they see in a post-pandemic marketplace.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 24, 2020
Tri-County Business Park sells for nearly $37 million

The Tri-County Business Park, a collection of 20 office and light industrial buildings, has been sold to a pair of South Florida firms for nearly $37 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2020
Insurance group starts charitable foundation for more efficient giving

In April 2019, FCCI Insurance Group established the FCCI Charitable Foundation.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 20, 2022
Hertz invests $19M in European electric vehicle company

The rental car firm makes another step in electric vehicle mobility movement.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2018
Florida college students falter with loan debt

college, student loans, default, debt, Florida, pay

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2018
Trade secrets lawsuit dismissed against prominent company

Tervis President Rogan Donelly says the company looks forward to moving on.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 30, 2018
UPS leases entire McCraney building in Polk County

UPS has signed a lease for the entire new 27 Logistics Park building that McCraney Property Co. of West Palm Beach recently completed in Davenport, in Polk County

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2019
Partnership leads to hundreds of employees receiving eye protection

Eye Center and Sun Hydraulics teamed up to provide safety glasses for Sun's manufacturing workers.

  • News
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