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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2020
Former Rays player to open gyms in region

Former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Matt Joyce, and his wife, Brittany Joyce, are co-owners of several F45 Training franchises that are set to open in the Tampa Bay region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • May 23, 2018
Employers Take Note: A New W-4

At this time, employers should, at a minimum, have all new hires and any employee that has a change in their tax status, complete the new 2018 W-4

  • Williams Parker
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 9, 2016
Passco buys Bradenton apartments for $75M

Fueled by potential future yield and a desire to beef up its Florida portfolio, California-based Passco Cos. LLC has invested $75 million to acquire the ParkCrest Landings apartments, in Bradenton.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 15, 2025
Sarasota-Bradenton airport sets all-time monthly passenger record

Nearly 600,000 passengers traveled through the airport's two concourses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 30, 2024
Walmart closing all 23 Florida health centers, including 9 in Tampa Bay

The retail giant joins Walgreens in closing medical offices in the state and nationwide.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Weathering the Storm

Commercial real estate industry is knocked about by the hurricanes, but still afloat.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 20, 2023
Fires shut down construction at Sunseeker Resort

A hotel sells for $79 million, Sarasota named a top relocation destination and another drug store sale top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2004
Carlie's Law

Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has drafted legislation to tighten the reins on probation violators.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
Newsmakers

Dick Risner is a new superintendent at J.L. Wallace Inc., a Fort Myers-based general contracting company.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
Marketplace of Ideas: Rich Uncle Pays Your Mortgage

Rockwell points out that more of the same policies that caused the mortgage problem will not fix it.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 29, 2011
Mobile Marketing

An Orlando company has developed software that allows merchants to quickly build a large database of customers for effective marketing campaigns. All you need is a customer's mobile number.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2018
Forge Ahead

It takes cunning commitment to make it as an entrepreneur.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 22, 2018
Area company heads up development of potential solution for opioid crisis

Sarasota's Robrady, working in tandem with physician assistant Afton Heitzenrater and others, is moving forward with a possible solution to the opioid crisis.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2015
What could go wrong?

The battle of words between a company and Sarasota County is hot. At stake: the biggest payout in the history of the county's economic development fund.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • January 1, 2024
Data dive: Wages might increase, housing inventory might rebound

While the job market shows signs of slowing down, even a little, Florida remains a hot place to be.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 13, 2023
Sarasota foster care and children's nonprofit names new CEO

The announcement came after an eight-month search.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2022
Private equity firm makes offer for Clearwater cybersecurity company

Vista Equity Partners says it will pay a 39% premium on all outstanding shares of KnowBe4 Inc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2010
Foreclosure mess: A litigator's dream?

Sales at some of the Gulf Coast's busiest courthouses have slowed considerably while attorneys general from all 50 states crawl through the offices of major banks and foreclosure law firms.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2010
Toll booth coming up? Just keep on rolling

There's good and bad news for motorists along the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway through Tampa.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2010
Early Halloween: madness in Madeira

Talk of budget cuts by local governments around the Gulf Coast is commonplace this summer as taxable property values continue to decline.

  • News
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