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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2020
Government agency payrolls — pre-pandemic — were on growth track

School boards, by far, are the biggest employers in many Florida counties.

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  • April 28, 2022
Two counties in the region lead the way nationally in population growth

Polk and Lee counties crack the top 10 on list of 1,800 counties nationwide with most new residents.

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  • June 30, 2017
Wave on wave

TampaBay Wave rides to top as a great place to get some work done.

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  • November 21, 2016
Resort builds $7.1M water park

The Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa also recently renovated meeting rooms and ballrooms.

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  • August 21, 2020
Despite 90% monthly drop in sales, travel tech firm soldiers on

Squaremouth, a St. Petersburg, Florida, company that operates a travel insurance comparison website, has, for the eighth consecutive year, been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing companies.

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  • March 26, 2012
Foreign buyers dig Gulf Coast

Florida tops list of metro hotspots where international residents buy homes.

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  • May 11, 2012
Talk to the farmer

Lipman, which bills itself as North America's largest field-tomato grower, has launched a website for consumers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2016
Tech entrepreneur buys ABA basketball team

Tryouts for the Sarasota Manatees will be held Aug. 19 and Aug. 20.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Merging isn't easy

Companies can often generate savings by merging with similar firms to benefit from economies of scale. But while cost savings are all well and good, Florida Blood Services has found that completing those beneficial mergers takes work.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2015
Mortgage rates look sweet in Manatee, Sarasota

Lee County also has one of the best mortgage approval rates in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2017
Condo sale closes at $7.7M, sets new mark

Six of the eight waterfront condo residences at AQUA have closed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2018
Calling all contractors

It's your time to shine. Don't miss next week's deadline.

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  • November 2, 2018
Insula moving offices to Sarasota's Plaza at Five Points building

Insula Cos. plans to move its headquarters to the Plaza at Five Points office building in downtown Sarasota in February

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  • January 19, 2011
Triad drops Digital, adds Retail

Tampa's Triad Digital Media changed its name to Triad Retail Media.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2025
$42M technical school construction starts in Lee County

The $42 million Heights CareerTech Institute is being built at the corner of Gladiolus Drive and Pine Ridge Road.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2018
Super security: Firm wants to change the login game

Super Auth, a Tampa, Florida-based tech startup, has created a password-less authentication system that uses a person’s fingerprint or facial features, inputted via his or her smartphone, to transmit login credentials to apps and websites.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Eastwind developing multifamily project in Posner Park

Siena Pointe, a 55-plus community from Eastwind Development,, becomes latest component to $500 million, mixed-use development in Polk County.

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  • June 2, 2011
Peak 10's Curtiss starting new venture

Debra Curtiss, who helped build the Tampa office of Peak 10 into a local data storage power, has left the firm to re-launch her own company.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 6, 2015
Baby buzz

Gina Almonte came up with an idea for baby bottles on the go nine years ago. With a growing list of national retailers, she's finally at the tipping point.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2015
Inching toward a big goal

When pest control executive George Pickhardt shifted his business model, to grow by acquisition, a dream-big goal was to make the top 10 on Pest Control Technology's annual top 100 list.

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