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  • March 4, 2005
Kindness Begets New Business

A community banker acts against type to get his institution through hurricane chaos.

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  • March 8, 2012
Capitol Chatter: March 9

Insurance and the battles over the budget wage on.

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  • March 20, 2015
Full swing

Commercial and residential building activity is on the rise in one Charlotte city, with more growth projected.

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  • July 27, 2007
Family Tradition

The Tampa-based commercial real estate construction company now offersdesign services and can help companies find financing for their new buildings.

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  • October 8, 2020
Flower-related businesses experience ups and downs during pandemic

Area businesses have had to contend with initial closings, changing delivery procedures, supply chain issues and a Mother’s Day bloom boom.

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  • December 25, 2020
Tech firm looks to recapture past growth rate in 2021

The pandemic pushed a fast-growing tech company in unexpected directions. While several moves were for survival, others lay the groundwork for a solid 2021.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
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KnowBe4, general counsel

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  • January 31, 2023
Popular cruise excursion business reopens post-Ian

Captiva Cruises has been family owned and operated since 1986.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2010
Florida wins demolition derby

The Obama Administration doles out another round of public cash.

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  • January 12, 2012
Chomp to success, one store at a time

Steve Martin keeps opening more Tijuana Flats restaurants on the Gulf Coast, yet the question of why he has launched another business in a recession keeps dogging him.

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  • December 31, 2010
The Distance

JEFFREY HENN - Age: 42 - Title: Neurosurgeon - Company: Lee Neurosurgery, Fort Myers

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  • April 13, 2018
Developer: Sunseeker Resort moves forward with communication, cooperation

Developers sometimes fear community and government feedback. One executive, behind a large project in an underdeveloped site, embraces it.

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  • October 21, 2016
Interactive tech

Millennial makes a play to bridge the social connection gap in the alternate reality gaming world.

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  • February 19, 2019
Medical group recognized as a best company for employees

Florida Skin Center honored by the 2018 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For Program.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Turn it off while on vacation

Turning off all work-related communications while away from work can be agonizingly difficult, says executive coach and consultant Doug Van Dyke.

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  • August 20, 2010
Unemployment rises in July

Gulf Coast jobless rates are up from last month, as well as this time last year.

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  • April 19, 2011
First National raises $148M

The Naples-based bank raised capital with a private placement.

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  • November 13, 2012
Tech firm earns two patents

xG Technology, working on Internet-based cell phone calls, grows its portfolio.

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  • April 17, 2012
Bug firm rides growth surge

Arrow Environmental Services capitalizes on growth through acquisitions.

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  • May 24, 2019
Area telehealth firm merges with Seattle language services company

Stratus Video, a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of telehealth and remote interpreting services, has merged with InDemand Interpreting, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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