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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 13, 2025
Manatee Memorial Hospital breaks ground on Parrish ER

The freestanding emergency room will be the third for the hospital in Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 11, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays launch streaming service to broadcast 2026 games

Every game, except those scheduled for national broadcasts, will air on the new Rays.TV service, a partnership with Major League Baseball, launching Feb. 21.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 3, 2026
Lee Health clinic in Babcock Ranch grows

The Lee Health Family Medicine Clinic opened its newly expanded facility on Tuesday.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Cut Taxes, Build Wealth

Who doesn't want to hold on to hard-earned dollars? Financial experts, from Naples to Tampa, offer tips to reduce taxes and protect wealth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 2, 2009
How Miami has lessons for the GM Rescue

Here in Florida it's difficult to feel the emotions, fears and depth of the implosion of General Motors and Chrysler and the firing of General Motors' Rick Wagoner.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 1, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Hill Ward snags former Eckerd lawyerZinober & McCrea receives top ratingsFowler White shareholder heads tax sectionBavol Judge hires new associateAllen Dell lawyer to discuss moldCarlton Fields lawyers address groupsProminent lawyer joins Lilly, O'Toole & Brown LLPJohns joins Macfarlane FergusonFoley & Lardner recognized for workAttorney becomes board certified

  • Law
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 28, 2023
Cancer center creates nonprofits to oversee construction of 775-acre campus

The new nonprofit corporations will handle the development of the land and land holdings for Moffitt Cancer Center's massive new campus under construction in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 6, 2023
Leader of St. Petersburg bank to retire at year’s end

Thomas Zernick will succeed Anthony Leo as CEO of BayFirst National Bank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2023
Lakewood Ranch named best-selling for fifth year in a row

The multigenerational, master-planned community received the honor despite have sold fewer new homes in 2022 compared to 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 27, 2012
Footloose: Entrepreneur dances to success

When Evelyn Squires launched her dance studio five years ago in partnership with her mother-in-law, Heather Squires, she made one crucial, yet common, misstep.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2011
Mise en Place: Dining with Tampa's finest

Maryann Ferenc and Marty Blitz have owned the establishment for 25 years. Blitz also serves as the head chef.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
Ask-Gary founder buys Enterprise building

Dr. Gary Kompothecras purchased the 14,940-square-foot Enterprise Building on State Street for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 27, 2012
Ship Sails Itself

The Ship on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs has been a landmark for nearly two decades in various incarnations, including a steak house and a bingo hall. What will it become?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2021
Nonprofits embrace crypto to boost Giving Tuesday

Organizations like the Safe Children Coalition aim to diversify donation sources.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 23, 2020
Ryan Cos. promotes Bosso

Ryan Cos. promotes Max Bosso in Tampa, one of several prominent recent commercial real estate moves and hires in the Tampa Bay area recently.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2020
Upper management: Council lauds organizations for their business practices

The Pinellas County Tax Collector and USF Federal Credit Union have been honored with the Governor's Sterling Award, in recognition of their superior management practices.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2020
Area real estate brokerage woos new president

Real estate executive Nancy Nagy has been named president of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, responsible for leading all sales operations at the brokerage.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 31, 2019
PWC expands, takes entire MetWest III building

Accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will occupy the entire 10-story MetWest III office tower when it is completed in Tampa's Westshore Business District later this year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2018
Bloom or bust? Restaurant firm faces investor discontent

Bloomin’ Brands, the Tampa, Florida, company that owns popular restaurant chains Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, has come under fire from one of its investors, New York-based hedge fu

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2018
Retailer, after drop in sales, profits, loses top exec

fter a little more than two years at the helm of the Chico’s brand, a unit of Fort Myers-based women’s retailer Chico’s FAS, Diane Ellis has left the company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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