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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 22, 2020
Retailers overcome 'panic mode' on path to reopening

Gulf Coast retailers are opening their doors with new measures in place to battle the coronavirus.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 9, 2014
Disney's Roast

When turnaround guy Ted Abrams took over Joffrey's Coffee and Tea Co., he wasn't even a coffee drinker. So he followed what he did know: Focus on what you do best.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin Gillen, Synovus Bank |
  • April 11, 2025
Gulf Coast Population Boom Carries Opportunity for Sarasota and Beyond

It is understandable that a community experiencing such rapid growth might have trouble keeping up with the rising demand for housing. And we all know what happens to prices when demand rises.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2007
Light It Up

Installing home theaters and a remote control for 350 light bulbs can be lucrative. It's all about 'taming technology.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 10, 2010
Black in White

Four black men in key local government positions in white Sarasota County represent the changing times. They will have much to say about the economic future.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2019
In report, Florida ranks third in growth of female-owned businesses

The State of Women-Owned Businesses Report analyzes data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 10, 2017
Q&A | Ron Wheeler

Ron Wheeler is the chief executive officer of Sembler Co., a firm that over the course of its more than 50-year history has developed more than 325 projects containing more than 27 million square feet of mostly retail real estate throughout the southeastern U.S. and Puerto Rico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 11, 2016
If you don't want Trump; remember the ultimate prize

The 2016 campaign has been truly bizarre. Clearly, 60% of Republicans don't want Trump. There's one way to make it more difficult for him.

  • Opinion
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 6, 2024
Sarasota theater progresses on $57M plaza, affordable housing project

Florida Studio Theatre's Arts Plaza will include new theater space, a parking garage and housing for downtown arts workers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Andy Stultz, President of Atlas Building Company |
  • October 31, 2025
Q & A with Andy Stultz, President of Atlas Building Company

Founded in 2011, the Gulf Coast CEO Forum connects our area’s business leaders, allowing them to find new ways to grow and thrive.

  • Gulf Coast CEO Forum
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Rolling in work

The office furniture at Architecture Inc. is all on wheels, encouraging collaboration and teamwork. The principal architect explains how it works.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Rod Thomson: Mozambique vs. Michigan: A lesson for us

Michigan and Mozambique are going in opposite directions. They offer lessons to Gulf Coast business leaders.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Review and Comment: Corporate Subsidies Ignore the Unseen

It's welfare. Welfare of the worst kind - corporate welfare.It's yet another form of our munificent government redistributing your/our hard-earned wealth for one of their pet causes, which they disguise as economic boons to us all.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: All-Gulf Coast job finalistsNew director sails in under a cloudAnother conspiracy theoryShapiro honored

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  • By George Rauch |
  • December 21, 2012
Curb your appetite for high returns

Returns from the stock and bond markets aren't what they used to be.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Corporate Report: August 3

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 19, 2023
Family of banks unite under one name after 94 years

The Crews brand saw an opportunity to unite after technology in the industry became more prominent.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2024
Pasco’s population draws Johns Hopkins and other medical providers

Johns Hopkins All Children Hospital paid $24 million for land in Pasco, joining Moffitt Cancer Center and others putting down roots in the fast-growing county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
22 Legal briefs/calendar (Tampa)

open in SeptemberHillsborough County Court Administrator Mike Bridenback says the new George Edgecomb Courthouse will open later this month.At a recent Hillsborough Bar Association meeting Bridenback said the new $38 million courthouse features 320,00

  • Law
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  • By Darcy Eikenberg |
  • July 21, 2022
How to keep your best people (Hint: It’s not about the money)

Money might talk, but employees will more often walk without this key leadership component.

  • Advice
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