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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2010
Rankings and eye-rolls go hand-in-hand

Top lists and rankings are great for bragging rights, but Coffee Talk is sore from all the eye rolling it did on the latest list from RelocateAmerica, an online real estate services firm.

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  • June 13, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • January 12, 2011
Tough road ahead for bank branches

A Wall Street analyst who covers the banking sector scored a zero on the shock-o-meter with her latest report: Federal banking regulations will likely decimate the industry.

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  • August 14, 2015
Lots of help wanted in Naples

The good news: Naples is the top place in the U.S. for job growth through 2017.

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  • August 5, 2021
With $42 million in sales booked, developer begins construction of luxury tower

The Ronto Group has begun construction work on Altura Westshore in Tampa

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  • November 24, 2017
Attorney sentenced in $80M health care fraud

Former WellCare general counsel Thaddeus M.S. Bereday pleaded guilty June 26 to one count of making a false statement to the Florida Medicaid program.

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  • November 27, 2023
Sarasota businesses help with free programming at park

The Bay seeks to increase the number of businesses it partners with.

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  • July 21, 2016
Publix, Rooms to Go crack elite list

The list ranks the top private companies in the United States.

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  • February 17, 2024
As Sarasota dog track begins demolition, redevelopment remains uncertain

After 95 years, the Sarasota Kennel Club, on a 26-acre site in north Sarasota, will be cleared for unspecified future development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 27, 2008
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  • February 3, 2017
Hall gets two new members

A pair of prominent Southwest Florida business leaders are the latest to get the call from the hall: Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida will induct Teri Hansen and Sandy Stilwell into the Business Hall of Fame, Lee County, later this year.

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  • November 19, 2004
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

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  • February 22, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Gonzmarts resignHillsborough service cutsYbor business boostLWR's coming growthBabcock brawl widensAmendment 1 challenge

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  • November 9, 2007
Florida 'edupreneurs'

Donald Jones and his family have created and managed schools and career colleges all over Florida. Their formula for success has been based on this basic business tenet: Pay attention to the customer.

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  • October 11, 2019
Tourism agency names new leader

The Pensacola leader will stay in his current position until mid-December.

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  • May 10, 2019
Dog days at credit union's latest branch

Suncoast Credit Union opened a new branch in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 9 that caters to customers, coffee lovers and even dogs.

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  • November 1, 2011
HMA to borrow $3.7 billion

The Naples firm seeks a new credit line, two new loans, and a debt issue.

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  • October 7, 2011
No Regrets

A pursuit Larysa Switlyk picked up five years ago changed her life. It could be her next career.

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  • May 21, 2010
Government Digest: May 21 - May 27

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • May 2, 2011
Website's focus is on transit

Despite the overwhelming defeat of a referendum for commuter rail in Hillsborough County last fall, the Tampa Bay Partnership isn't ready to give up just yet.

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