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  • April 30, 2015
Airline launches flights to Puerto Rico

Sun Country Airlines will begin nonstop service from Fort Myers to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Sept. 16

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • December 16, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 16

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 12, 2019
Brain study thinks ahead for new lab space

The study, the Brain Health Initiative at Lakewood Ranch, will open the Brain Health Innovation Lab at the Collaboration Opportunities for Research and Exploration project in east Manatee County

  • Health Care
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 19, 2016
A long road trip

Dimmitt's new Sarasota showroom is cool and luxurious. But a few speed bumps had to be cleared before a deal could be struck.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Rooms Service

John McKibbon continues a family tradition of building and managing hotels, expanding the company throughout the Southeast.

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  • September 28, 2006
Breaking Out

A fledgling architecture firm in Clearwater, led by a planner who once designed jails, is trying to get in on the good times by adding flair to a city not known for artsy architecture.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 13, 2021
$300 million construction firm builds smooth succession plan

A nice dinner out paved the way for Owen-Ames-Kimball to formulate ideas for top executives to exit the firm gracefully.

  • Construction-Development
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  • December 20, 2019
Credit union gets bigger — and dismantles more of the community bank model

Suncoast Credit Union seized the buy-to-grow strategy when faced with a obstacle to its asset expansion.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 28, 2025
Upscale Sarasota vacation rental company expands to Clearwater

The frenzied hurricane season didn't dent the enthusiasm — or wallet — that high-end vacation rental development firm Vunique Vacations has for the region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
No More Passwords

Ceelox Corp. offers a way for CEOs to secure sensitive information in computers by using fingerprint identification technology.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2007
Prepare for War?

More than 1 million square feet of new office space will come on line in Tampa's Westshore market in the next18 months, which may trigger a rate war.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • May 22, 2008
THOMSON: Glimpses of the rebound

The Gulf Coast economy shows the first signs of a rebound. Will all areas participate?

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 20, 2020
'Very Cautious'

NFL championship in February will propel Tampa Bay into national spotlight, even if visitor numbers aren’t as robust as initially anticipated.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 8, 2020
Car maintenance subscription company provides services on the go

A pair of enterprising brothers are steering growth in their upstart business using a simple strategy: give people what they need when they need it.

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  • June 19, 2020
COVID-19 CEO update: Rita Lowman, Pilot Bank, Tampa

Pilot Bank President Rita Lowman expects some bumps in the road as the economy recovers from COVID-19 but is generally optimistic about the future.

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  • August 16, 2010
Tower Cloud raises $25.5M

The St. Petersburg firm received a surge of capital from several investors.

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  • April 16, 2010
Florida unemployment at 12.3%

It's the state's highest rate on record, since data was first recorded in 1970.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2011
New research firm hits Sarasota

Focus Sarasota will conduct market research from 1990 Main St.

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  • October 27, 2011
Nicholas Financial profit grows

The Clearwater-based firm earned $5.5 million in quarterly profits.

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