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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 25, 2023
St. Pete firm motors ahead on big plans to move fuel via rail lines

Belvedere Terminals' $750 million fuel delivery system will use specially designed railcars to haul 50 million barrels a year along the east coast of Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Corporate report

BayCare reaches agreement to use Clarifire technology; Clarke Advertising, Public Relations renames itself C•Suite Communications; BluePearl Veterinary Partners plans $1 million headquarters expansion; First Watch Restaurants opens new Largo location; Florida Agency Network hires new CFO; Neal Communities' 2014 breaks sales records

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
Calendar of events

The calendar of business events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2020
Busch Gardens parent company reports $79M loss in third quarter

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., the Orlando, Florida-based parent company of Busch Gardens Tampa, reported a net loss of $79.2 million in the third quarter of 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2018
State OKs greenbacks to fight red tide

Florida Gulf Coast businesses affected by the red tide outbreak can apply for short-term bridge loans as Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency in seven counties.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2016
Pin interest

Virginia Haley's politics these days revolve around encouraging people to visit Sarasota. Her office tells a bigger story.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 16, 2024
$14.6M sets monthly bed tax record for St. Pete-Clearwater

Tourism development taxes soared in March in Pinellas County, according to Visit St. Pete-Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 11, 2024
Lifetime TV movie 'Roommate Regret' filmed in St. Pete makes its debut

A made-for-TV movie filmed almost entirely in downtown St. Petersburg is scheduled to make its debut Thursday night on the Lifetime Movie Network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2016
Sembler expands its portfolio

Sembler expanding its portfolio; Tampa's GE bid short-circuited; Validus Senior Living adding projects; Power brokers change firms to start 2016

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2007
Corporate Report

Raymond Building Supply buys Contractor's Choice SupplyAve Maria board plans law school move to Collier CountyHealth Management Associates Inc. reports objectivesStinger fires back at Taser over lawsuitPEO Gevity buys HRAmerica for software, personnel expertisePersystent Tech, IBM sign deal to share, market softwareXCPT planned for University of Pennsylvania

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2007
'Place to Be'

A condo glut doesn't deter EcoGroup's principal from building New Port Tampa Bay - a luxury waterfront community where the land alone cost $74 million.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 24, 2024
Naples golf club for sale, 'best and final offers' encouraged

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Port Charlotte apartments sell for $66.5 million, and an experimental Tampa redevelopment gets a new leasing agent.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2021
Built on People

Skanska USA Florida head Michael Brown says that despite his company’s size and stature, construction is local and about the people who work in it.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 13, 2012
News Makers

News delivery in the digital age has long confounded media industry executives. A Gulf Coast firm has some answers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2017
Pharmacy owner pleads guilty in $100M fraud scheme

Nicholas A. Borgesano Jr. is eighth member of conspiracy to admit guilt

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 22, 2019
Convergent Capital Partners focuses on what's next

Covergent Capital Partners, of Tampa, has discovered a new way to profit from the current robust commercial real estate market, even as the distressed asset deals it specialized in are today few and far between.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2009
The key language: No geek speak

Yvonne Graber, 56, was a successful garment district executive who went back to school and made a late career change to computer tech support.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2010
Star firms to be recognized

GrowFL, UCF, and others are organizing a “Companies to Watch” awards program.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2010
Sheriff's surtax opposed

Manatee County's tentative budget eliminates a surtax for its Sheriff's Office.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2013
Naples wine festival raises $8.5 million

The Naples Winter Wine Festival raised $8.5 million for children's charities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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